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6 string banjo

pepe the prawn · 2016-03-11 23:52:12

Anyone here with experience of a six string banjo? I play guitar so am considering playing around with a six string banjo.. Is there a nice banjo sound from them or are they just a funny sounding six string guitar? Have looked on YouTube but haven't found much in the way to convince me either way

11-03-2016 11:52PM

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pepe the prawn

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Anyone here with experience of a six string banjo? I play guitar so am considering playing around with a six string banjo.. Is there a nice banjo sound from them or are they just a funny sounding six string guitar?

Have looked on YouTube but haven't found much in the way to convince me either way

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#2 12-03-2016 12:16AM

feylya

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I bought a 6 string banjo while drunk one night. It sounds like a banjo, but it plays like a guitar. Can't say it's a good banjo, but it does what I wanted.

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#3 12-03-2016 10:03AM

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They're ok, good for adding a bit of a new sound to your mix. I think you get more of a banjo vibe from them if you use an open tuning (G or D) rather than standard guitar tuning.

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