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Thread #125642 Message #2783805
Posted By: Sandy Mc Lean
08-Dec-09 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: banjo guitars -advice
Subject: RE: banjo guitars -advice
I have a Dean six stringer and I like it very much, but it is not my main instrument. It is not much good for bluegrass but I play mostly folk, celtic, and old country.
After I bought it I re-strung it with extra light electric strings. This got rid of a lot of the bass thud. I use standard tuning but I play it with a thumbpick in a thumb-roll style with a lot of backpicking on the treble. It is very loud so any loss of volume from the light strings is negligible.