The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112199   Message #2376223
Posted By: Zen
28-Jun-08 - 01:32 PM
Thread Name: tenor banjo
Subject: RE: tenor banjo
Just changed my strings again today and adjusted the gauges a little.

I have a 17 fret short scale tenor with a fiberskyn head (11"). Gauges are now 12, 20W, 28W, 40W nickel strings in GDAE tuning and I get a quite sweet but earthy sound with that setup. I usually buy electric guitar D'Addario strings loose in the local shop and trim the balls out so as to get the gauges I like (although I may may get Newtones the next time I put a sizeable order in with Malcolm Newton as I use them on several other instruments).

Zen