guitjo batch
One peculiar thing about banjo making is that I will get orders at the same times for the same models. Currently I’m working on three banjos with bacon tone rings and three guitjos. Guitjo!? Yep, a banjo strung up like a guitar. I had to make myself put this one down, it is really fun to play. The guitjo is pretty loud and since the strings are new it sounds like a giant Irish tenor banjo. I should save all of my used guitar strings to string up new guitjos with. But I guess the beauty of getting the sound you want out of a new instrument, is that you have to sit down and play it until it becomes your own.
For the tailpiece I modified a Bill Rickard six string no knot, by drilling string holes through the string shafts.
