My word! It is a long time since my services were called for. I have often wondered if Dear Ebbie is still managing to avoid those prohibited jazz chords.

I think the answer Mr Rapaire is that your banjo is more than like to reject the guitar strings. It's immune system, though feeble, will probably reject anything other than old Black Diamond strings that have been re-sterilised by immersion in sodium hydroxide (NaOH 0.09N) for two hours plus one hour autoclaving at 121°C. This will also remove any prions deposited by the previous player. Modern strings, of course, are equipped with an immune system of their own and will automatically reject the banjo.

Mr Amos's point, while leading in the right general direction needs further elaboration. For perfect pitch to occur into a suitable ferrous target receptacle of opening 8m² (86.11ft²) the normalized trajectory (20.12m or, in old money, 22 yards or 1 chain) for a standard reference bluegrass banjo of mass 4.13kg (9.1lbs) the string will require a tensile strength of approximately 3.74MPa (approx. 542.44lbf/in²) (such a string may be conveniently be borrowed from the bluegrass bass players instrument). I hasten to add that these recommendations are from my own modest experiments on the matter using traditional materials. Modern titanium strings will of course require recalculation of these values to obtain perfect pitch but this can of course be skipped.

Glad once again to have been of value.

Your humble servant,

Dr. Guitar