I'm looking forward to the full on distorted sound it can deliver.

Rachel plays one of those Deering 'Scientology' open-back 5-strings with a 'Pick up the World' pickup. The the signal is pretty pure which is ideal for pushing into the realms of pure noise without losing the notion of it being a banjo. I wish I could say the same for my fiddle pick-up which begins sound like Robert Fripp's Les Paul as soon as I put it through distortion & wah-wah pedal. Nice but not good for drones. Maybe 'Pick up the World' is the way to go - unless they're Scientologists too...