Thank you! We have already broke 2 strings (My boys tried to help me. We know nothing about banjos ) trying to learn how to string. Was also scared to brake the old banjo that was givin to me, especially since it belonged to my grandpa. Now can't turn one of the tuner pegs so just gonna take it in to get evaluated and set up maybe depending on prices. But am definitely gonna have to learn to string it for my self.... This looks so much easier than what we were trying. Yay! Blessings😊
GREAT VIDEO!!! I have owned my banjo since 1984!! yes. I was 21 when I got my banjo. . I just changed the strings last month. I can believe it took me this long to get on the banjo bandwagon. I'm obsessed now with fixing it up and taking lessons again. oh, and i just bought my 2nd banjo. a Harley Benton. the Thomann shop in Germany is shipping it now.
I just have to say that I saw this video last week and today put on some new strings on my banjo........and........OMG! By far, this is the BEST WAY EVER to put on strings! Only thing I did different, is that I only do one string at a time. Many THANKS for sharing!!!
First time I changed strings I didn’t realize the importance of the bridge being properly located on the drum. So that cost me some time. Now I have a pencil mark to relocate bridge to the exact same position. Excellent way to change strings.thanks
Once you get used to placing it, it’s no big deal. You just string it up, tune it, then check the intonation at 12th fret. The move accordingly until it’s right. I don’t mark any of my heads (because I change them out and may put them on another banjo).
Thank you so much! My dad gave me his old banjo for Christmas last year. I have watched so many videos of others taking forever explaining how to change strings. I watched your video and I understood it right away!! THANK YOU!!!
that's why i love your channel, always sharing advice. I'll have to try that next year when i change my strings, (just kidding about a year). I change them every two months or so. I usually leave the g string on to hold the bridge, then change that last.
I've been playing on the original strings for over 200 hours. I think I'm overdue for some new strings. Someone mentioned this video to me...can't wait to try this technique out. Thanks!
You just saved my banjo life! Nice, simple, helpful! And I got your strings here in Russia. Great srtings and the only ones here. (Kidding! there’s three types). It was my first time changing and first I watched so many wrong vids. But Jesus loves me. Thanks again. 💜💜🙌
My mind is blown!! I've struggled so many times and in the end sought help from my music store guy .🤣 Thanks for this - I use loop end strings, but maybe I should try your method with ball end ones. Wish me luck! 😊
I’m learning to play my Luxor tenor banjo and broke a string. Earth wood doesn’t seem to make tenor strings. What do you recommend Your teaching is making be a better student. Keep it up! Blessings
Depends on what tuning you want. I like John Pearse for tenor guitar, and he makes tenor banjo too - juststrings.com/jps_2035h.html?setCurrencyId=1&sku=JPS_2035H&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsuSzBhCLARIsAIcdLm5BGa4KQJGXKj2YhiYTbO8pNVgbMHExtvRIomnvBUn1yeHyMn3iv3QaAr_6EALw_wcB
Hey Mandy thanks for the advice I keep saying we will be making y'all a video soon Lord willing time to do instead of talk will be the first one in over two years Love y'all
Hey Teach. I tried stringing my banjo for the first time all by myself ( the method you showed was awesome ! ). I thought I was well on my way 3 strings done when I looked down and noticed I didn't feed the strings through a part of the tail piece that i was supposed to. 😧. Had to take them all off , but at least I know I can string them myself next time. 😊 Thanks to you. Just wanted to say Thank you!!!
Happy Sunday! I’m a newbie to the banjo. I own a Luxor tenor banjo (CGDA tuning) with light gauge strings. I’m having trouble locating Earthwood strings in light gauge. For that matter I can’t find Tenor strings in light gauge. Which strings, if any, from a 5 string light gauge set can I use? I welcome your comments. Lovin ya in Jesus
@@BanjoLemonade Awesome that will save me a ton of time changing strings especially if one breaks durning praise and worship practice on Sunday before services. God bless you this will be a life saver
Hi I’m a complete novice on the banjo. I purchased the strings you recommended but I’m confused. The spare strings that came with my banjo are marked G,D,G,B,D The ones you recommended are marked 10,13, 15, 24 and 19, so I don’t have a clue what order the go on the banjo for G tuning. I can’t find a chart anywhere that shows the gauges of the strings to show the corresponding note. Unless 10 is G, 13 is D, 15 is G, 24 is B and 19 is D Can you help please.
Hey Mandy with this method does the strings ever slip at all. I may give it a try as it is not as easy for me to change strings as it used to be. I change the strings on my mandolin quite often right now trying to find the sound I like and the ones that work best for my mandolin. Blessings in Christ, Sister.
Hey Shawn!! They don’t slip. Once you get them on just pull them some to stretch them and they will be fine. With mandolin I love the sound of the D’addario EJ74’s.
Thanks, Mandy. That's good news about this method of changing strings. Christy and I have to do it together and this will make a lot easier on us. I like light strings but I've been thinking about going to medium strings because I've read they have more volume. I've not used medium string because my way of playing is not hard driving. But for volume and sustain, I'll give the EJ74s a try. I've already tried the EJ73s and I don't mind them and I've tried the XT1140 and did not like them. So I have the nickle bronze on there right now. I like those but where I had my stroke, I' m not as light on my fingers as I like to be so I get a lot of string noise. I've ordered the nickle plated 67 strings but they are not in yet. I hear they have good volume and sound smooth. Thanks for the advice. I'm going to give the EJ74s a shot because I didn't mind the EJ73s but I would like more sustain. I'm now a proud owner of an Eastman mandolin because of you. I figured, if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me. After watching the factory video, they truly are hand-crafted. I'm sorry so long winded. Love y'all, Mandy. Blessings in Christ. Shawn
@ -Aww no worries ever about being long winded Shawn! That’s awesome. I do love my md305. It’s a good mando (I sold the collings I had and kept the Eastman, I just didn’t need such a fancy one). I hope you like the strings, I heard someone on here say they used them so I tried them and really like them, they don’t feel heavy at all. God bless you my friend. Happy pickin’
Great video. Thank you very much. Are the 5th and 1st string the same size? In a pinch can you use the 1st string for the 5th and vice versa? The reason I ask is because I bought some strings to replace the 5th string and then looked at the specs. Not that I minded buying strings, I was just without a banjo until they came and I might have been able to keep playing in the meantime.
You’re welcome! I never mark mine, it’s an easy thing to do and I don’t like putting marks on my heads in case I want to swap with another banjo. I did a video on this here- ruclips.net/video/36CwUg34Wvs/видео.html Grab a measuring device (ruler, or anything) that you measure from the nut to the 12th fret. That distance there - is the same distance from the 12th to the bridge. That will get you 99.9% there. Then tune everything up. Then pluck your 3rd string (G), then fret it at the 12th and you should have a dead on (G) in the next octave. If it’s sharp, move the bridge back a teensy bit, flat move it forward. Until everything is good. Only takes a minute once you get your strings on and stretched out. If you practice it you get real good at it and can do it on any suspended bridge type thing real easy. Have fun!
You would think, right? No instructions with what number goes for which string . I have the same package as you too. The back just listed names of musicians. Love your channel that I just discovered.
Dang, sorry! I was trying to make the video quick. Haha. It’s really easy actually. Just a little metal tube and the string slides right in with no problem.
haha yep that’s a great excuse to get a new banjo!! I’ve wanted one forever and finally got one and I’m not going back. SOOOOO nice not having that tuner in the way. Clean looking too. There’s no sharp angles with it if it’s done right. Steve over at Stone does it right.
Huh that’s backwards from what I was always taught. Doing this next time! Usually I’d put it though the post first, do the knot and then turn the tuner. Your way is faster
Would’ve been helpful to explain what order they go in… as it only gives gauges on the strings and not the actual position. Someone new to banjos wouldn’t know and there not color coded like other string brands….
@@rebeccaeastwood8819 lots and lots of string brands put that information on the back of the pack. Banjo strings as well. I’ve not found one that doesn’t actually.
@rebeccaeastwood8819 - one set from D'Addario has the following typical sizes; two strings 9 thousands of an inch thick, one of 10 thou, one of 13 thou, and the wound string of 20 thou. The 9 thou strings are the 1st string (the one nearest your knee), and the 5th string (the one nearest your face). If you have the banjo on your knee in the playing position, the order of strings from bottom (on your knee) upwards with this set would be as follows: 1st string, 9 thou; 2nd string, 10 thou; 3rd string, 13 thou; 4th string, 20 thou wound string; and 5th string, 9 thou. You might think that telling the difference between the 9 thou and 10 thou strings could be tricky, but if you wrap them into a loop, say, 6 inches across, you'll easily feel that the 10 thou one is a bit stiffer. HTH.
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Thank you! We have already broke 2 strings (My boys tried to help me. We know nothing about banjos ) trying to learn how to string. Was also scared to brake the old banjo that was givin to me, especially since it belonged to my grandpa. Now can't turn one of the tuner pegs so just gonna take it in to get evaluated and set up maybe depending on prices. But am definitely gonna have to learn to string it for my self.... This looks so much easier than what we were trying. Yay! Blessings😊
GREAT VIDEO!!! I have owned my banjo since 1984!! yes. I was 21 when I got my banjo. . I just changed the strings last month. I can believe it took me this long to get on the banjo bandwagon. I'm obsessed now with fixing it up and taking lessons again. oh, and i just bought my 2nd banjo. a Harley Benton. the Thomann shop in Germany is shipping it now.
I just have to say that I saw this video last week and today put on some new strings on my banjo........and........OMG! By far, this is the BEST WAY EVER to put on strings! Only thing I did different, is that I only do one string at a time. Many THANKS for sharing!!!
Wonderful!
First time I changed strings I didn’t realize the importance of the bridge being properly located on the drum. So that cost me some time. Now I have a pencil mark to relocate bridge to the exact same position. Excellent way to change strings.thanks
Once you get used to placing it, it’s no big deal. You just string it up, tune it, then check the intonation at 12th fret. The move accordingly until it’s right. I don’t mark any of my heads (because I change them out and may put them on another banjo).
@@BanjoLemonade
Thanks so much for sharing. Appreciate it.
@@BanjoLemonade you should do a video on the bridge intonation if you haven’t already! Help us beginners out! Lol
Thank you so much! My dad gave me his old banjo for Christmas last year. I have watched so many videos of others taking forever explaining how to change strings. I watched your video and I understood it right away!! THANK YOU!!!
Glad I could help!
that's why i love your channel, always sharing advice. I'll have to try that next year when i change my strings, (just kidding about a year). I change them every two months or so. I usually leave the g string on to hold the bridge, then change that last.
Thanks Tom! Haha. I always take them all off so I can clean the fretboard, but I usually don’t sit outside and the bridge doesn’t fall off lol.
I’m out of town on a work trip and I bring my banjo to play in my hotel. Well I broke a dang string last night, I can’t wait to try this method!!
always keep an extra set or 2 of strings in your case. I broke a 5th string last night at a jam and had that puppy changed in under 5 minutes.
I've been playing on the original strings for over 200 hours. I think I'm overdue for some new strings. Someone mentioned this video to me...can't wait to try this technique out. Thanks!
Worked like a charm. Thanks from the Bay Area, CA!
You just saved my banjo life! Nice, simple, helpful! And I got your strings here in Russia. Great srtings and the only ones here. (Kidding! there’s three types). It was my first time changing and first I watched so many wrong vids. But Jesus loves me. Thanks again. 💜💜🙌
thank you so much!!! I like all your videos but this one is the best 😉
My mind is blown!! I've struggled so many times and in the end sought help from my music store guy .🤣 Thanks for this - I use loop end strings, but maybe I should try your method with ball end ones. Wish me luck! 😊
This is loop end strings
@@BanjoLemonade oh my word, that really is amazing!!
Nice technique. That stone banjo is so cool. I hope I can get one one day. Earthwood are good strings, I've used them for years.
They are!
Awesome! Thank you soooo much!😇🪕
Put new strings on my Taylor guitar today. Using this method. Quick and easy, no slipping. (Brilliant)
Thanks ( saves a bunch of time.)
Glad it helped!
I’m learning to play my Luxor tenor banjo and broke a string. Earth wood doesn’t seem to make tenor strings. What do you recommend Your teaching is making be a better student. Keep it up! Blessings
Depends on what tuning you want. I like John Pearse for tenor guitar, and he makes tenor banjo too - juststrings.com/jps_2035h.html?setCurrencyId=1&sku=JPS_2035H&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsuSzBhCLARIsAIcdLm5BGa4KQJGXKj2YhiYTbO8pNVgbMHExtvRIomnvBUn1yeHyMn3iv3QaAr_6EALw_wcB
That was so easy , thank you, from England.
Hey Mandy thanks for the advice I keep saying we will be making y'all a video soon Lord willing time to do instead of talk will be the first one in over two years Love y'all
MIND BLOWN!
Hey Teach. I tried stringing my banjo for the first time all by myself ( the method you showed was awesome ! ). I thought I was well on my way 3 strings done when I looked down and noticed I didn't feed the strings through a part of the tail piece that i was supposed to. 😧. Had to take them all off , but at least I know I can string them myself next time. 😊 Thanks to you. Just wanted to say Thank you!!!
Thank you this was really helpful!
Your set is my set. I took your advice the first time you recommended them.
Haha that’s great! Don’t get fooled like I did and go down the rabbit hole of trying all these different ones. These are just great 👍
I hate changing my strings. You make it look so easy and I’m doing it your way next time. BTW - love, love, love the new banjo baby!
Thank you sweetie!! ❤️ 😘
I just bought a banjo Uke from walmart its fun they even gave me an extra set of strings too.
Oh wow, that’s cool! Have fun.
Great video Mandy! Should a person mark the head with a pencil where the bridge is to put it back? Or is there a trick to that as well?
I have a video - ruclips.net/video/36CwUg34Wvs/видео.html
Happy Sunday!
I’m a newbie to the banjo. I own a Luxor tenor banjo (CGDA tuning) with light gauge strings. I’m having trouble locating Earthwood strings in light gauge. For that matter I can’t find Tenor strings in light gauge. Which strings, if any, from a 5 string light gauge set can I use?
I welcome your comments.
Lovin ya in Jesus
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Glad to know you follow Jerry at Rosa Stringworks & even more glad that you follow Jesus!
AMEN! 🙏
I wonder if you can do that with guitars would save a lot of time changing strings?
Absolutely yes! I’ve done it on my husbands guitar, my mando, my dulcimers, and banjos. IT WORKS AMAZING and is so fast!
@@BanjoLemonade Awesome that will save me a ton of time changing strings especially if one breaks durning praise and worship practice on Sunday before services. God bless you this will be a life saver
It really is great!
Hi I’m a complete novice on the banjo. I purchased the strings you recommended but I’m confused. The spare strings that came with my banjo are marked G,D,G,B,D The ones you recommended are marked 10,13, 15, 24 and 19, so I don’t have a clue what order the go on the banjo for G tuning. I can’t find a chart anywhere that shows the gauges of the strings to show the corresponding note. Unless 10 is G, 13 is D, 15 is G, 24 is B and 19 is D
Can you help please.
Never mind I found out which way they. I'm 85 so I get easly muddled
I had the same question. What note corresponds to which number? I assume G is #10 because there are two of them.
Hey Mandy with this method does the strings ever slip at all. I may give it a try as it is not as easy for me to change strings as it used to be. I change the strings on my mandolin quite often right now trying to find the sound I like and the ones that work best for my mandolin. Blessings in Christ, Sister.
Hey Shawn!! They don’t slip. Once you get them on just pull them some to stretch them and they will be fine. With mandolin I love the sound of the D’addario EJ74’s.
Thanks, Mandy. That's good news about this method of changing strings. Christy and I have to do it together and this will make a lot easier on us. I like light strings but I've been thinking about going to medium strings because I've read they have more volume. I've not used medium string because my way of playing is not hard driving. But for volume and sustain, I'll give the EJ74s a try. I've already tried the EJ73s and I don't mind them and I've tried the XT1140 and did not like them. So I have the nickle bronze on there right now. I like those but where I had my stroke, I' m not as light on my fingers as I like to be so I get a lot of string noise. I've ordered the nickle plated 67 strings but they are not in yet. I hear they have good volume and sound smooth. Thanks for the advice. I'm going to give the EJ74s a shot because I didn't mind the EJ73s but I would like more sustain. I'm now a proud owner of an Eastman mandolin because of you. I figured, if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me. After watching the factory video, they truly are hand-crafted. I'm sorry so long winded. Love y'all, Mandy. Blessings in Christ. Shawn
@ -Aww no worries ever about being long winded Shawn! That’s awesome. I do love my md305. It’s a good mando (I sold the collings I had and kept the Eastman, I just didn’t need such a fancy one). I hope you like the strings, I heard someone on here say they used them so I tried them and really like them, they don’t feel heavy at all. God bless you my friend. Happy pickin’
Great video. Thank you very much. Are the 5th and 1st string the same size? In a pinch can you use the 1st string for the 5th and vice versa? The reason I ask is because I bought some strings to replace the 5th string and then looked at the specs. Not that I minded buying strings, I was just without a banjo until they came and I might have been able to keep playing in the meantime.
Yes absolutely you can interchange them. If I’m ever out of strings I’ll steal one off of guitar or anything I can find. Haha.
@@BanjoLemonade thanks for the info 👍🏼
Thank you for this video. Just wondering if the bridge location should be marked?
You’re welcome! I never mark mine, it’s an easy thing to do and I don’t like putting marks on my heads in case I want to swap with another banjo. I did a video on this here- ruclips.net/video/36CwUg34Wvs/видео.html
Grab a measuring device (ruler, or anything) that you measure from the nut to the 12th fret. That distance there - is the same distance from the 12th to the bridge. That will get you 99.9% there. Then tune everything up. Then pluck your 3rd string (G), then fret it at the 12th and you should have a dead on (G) in the next octave. If it’s sharp, move the bridge back a teensy bit, flat move it forward. Until everything is good. Only takes a minute once you get your strings on and stretched out. If you practice it you get real good at it and can do it on any suspended bridge type thing real easy. Have fun!
Can I use this method for nylon strings?
you can definitely try it, but nylon stretches so much.
Will do thanks 👍
What do the numbers mean on each package ?
Usually that will have the string guage listed, you can find which guage goes where by looking at the back of the package or somewhere on the package.
You would think, right? No instructions with what number goes for which string . I have the same package as you too. The back just listed names of musicians. Love your channel that I just discovered.
I juse my ernie ball 046 009 guitar strings works perfekt for me
Aw man, I wanted to see the tunneled 5th go in. I still don't get how those work 😕
Dang, sorry! I was trying to make the video quick. Haha. It’s really easy actually. Just a little metal tube and the string slides right in with no problem.
@@BanjoLemonade
I can't wrap my head around that angle! I'm just gonna have to get one myself. 🤑
haha yep that’s a great excuse to get a new banjo!! I’ve wanted one forever and finally got one and I’m not going back. SOOOOO nice not having that tuner in the way. Clean looking too. There’s no sharp angles with it if it’s done right. Steve over at Stone does it right.
Huh that’s backwards from what I was always taught. Doing this next time! Usually I’d put it though the post first, do the knot and then turn the tuner. Your way is faster
Would’ve been helpful to explain what order they go in… as it only gives gauges on the strings and not the actual position. Someone new to banjos wouldn’t know and there not color coded like other string brands….
@@rebeccaeastwood8819 lots and lots of string brands put that information on the back of the pack. Banjo strings as well. I’ve not found one that doesn’t actually.
@rebeccaeastwood8819 - one set from D'Addario has the following typical sizes; two strings 9 thousands of an inch thick, one of 10 thou, one of 13 thou, and the wound string of 20 thou. The 9 thou strings are the 1st string (the one nearest your knee), and the 5th string (the one nearest your face).
If you have the banjo on your knee in the playing position, the order of strings from bottom (on your knee) upwards with this set would be as follows:
1st string, 9 thou; 2nd string, 10 thou; 3rd string, 13 thou; 4th string, 20 thou wound string; and 5th string, 9 thou.
You might think that telling the difference between the 9 thou and 10 thou strings could be tricky, but if you wrap them into a loop, say, 6 inches across, you'll easily feel that the 10 thou one is a bit stiffer. HTH.
You left out the most important part: curling the short ends to avoid injury.
Excellent technique, I'm so gunna try this method, lovin your vids best rgds, pez u k....❤
GREAT ! My least favorite banjo chore made easy !