By the way, the 6-string or 12-string banjo is also known as a banjitar, a guitjo or a ganjo.

Then there is the 4-string banjo uke (a.k.a. banjolele). the 5-string dojo, the 5-string banjola, the 8-string mandobanjo, the 4-string banjolin, the 4-string bass banjo, the 4- or 5-string banjocello... even a 5-string banjourine (also spelled banjorine or banjeaurine).

Just found a forum where an acquaintance of mine was talking about making a banjo-kalimba. Seems folks make everything banjoid except a banjertina and a banjy-gurdjy (thank goodness!). Or have I spoken too soon...?

Anyhoo, the point of this rambling is to say to Sandy that perhaps you may want to pause to consider which banjoid instrument or BSO (Banjo Shaped Object) you really want to get first. The banjitar is just the tip of the iceberg (or icebanj).