Guitar & Banjo

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Comment by Pat Jack on March 31, 2009 at 11:44pm

History!

Comment by TimK on February 7, 2009 at 4:04pm

I do have Nylgut strings on the banjo now but in the photo, they are steel. Too much tension for the friction peg tuners. It likes the Nylgut much better and of course it sounds more period correct. The parlor guitars were the common variety in the 1800's Much smaller body then todays dreadnoughts.

Comment by bryn mawr on February 7, 2009 at 3:40pm

Do you have the nylagut strings on that banjo? The guitar is very interesting... I haven't seen one like that before. Really neat.

Comment by Adam R Sweet on January 18, 2009 at 11:13am

I took a few banjo lessons from John Rough. I want to learn single-string (Bela Fleck) style so I can play Celtic music

Comment by TimK on January 18, 2009 at 10:30am

Both the parlor guitar and the minstral banjo were made for me by a local luthier. It is an open back with a typical "early" 19th century neck with fiddle peg, friction tuners. It is strung with Nygut strings for a period sound. I play it "Claw Hammer" style.