Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
GUEST,Jerry Tech: The Curse of the Banjo's Second Fret (14) RE: Tech: The Curse of the Banjo's Second Fret 03 Feb 20


Just a thought, but have you tried relative tuning, rather than digitally tuning each open string? Get the 3rd string in tune to G, then tune the 4th string at its fifth fret to that open G string, then tune the open 1st string to the 7th fret of that G string, then tune the high G string to the first string fretted at the 5th fret, and then finally tune the second string at its 8th fret to the open high G string. Might not work for you, but it’s supposed to overcome troublesome intonation, especially for the B string, for which some banjos like Stellings have a compensated nut anyway. Note this relates to gDGBD tuning.


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.