Wow! I am amazed at the number of 4 string players here! In the last year I have gravitated toward my Bruno 18 fret (one hangs over the head)open back tenor and my banjo uke's. I tune the tenor like a baritone uke.I still have my 5 strings and will get back to clawhammer eventually, but I kept wanting to figure out how to do all that rythmic strumming I heard on the Double Decker String Band, the Dallas String band, the Horseflies and other more jug/jazz old-time. The answer was use a tenor!
JAB Gutbucketeer.