Clifton Hicks - Simple Banjo Setup for Correct Intonation, Action, Tone 

Just got my first banjo after listening to your music for a few years now and I’ve been eating up all these educational videos. Thank you for making all this free on RU-vid 🍻

Still the most no bull explanation on bridge placement/intonation. Thanks Clif!

Clifton, thank you for this instruction! Very good!

Another helpful video. Thank you.

Thank you! 😊

Merci beaucoup pour ce petit bonus, très instructif 👍😊

The reason that that tailpiece makes the banjo sound better is because by adding pressure on the bridge it transfers more vibration from the srtings into the head. Increasing both volume and harmonic content of the sound. Thanks for the video.

Awesome, I kind of figured out this on my own, but also learned some things from this vid

My original intent was to make myself a mountain banjo to learn on because woodworking is fun and so are instruments, but before I got a chance to get any real work done on that, my sister lent me her fancy shmancy 5 string banjo so I strung it up and ive been trying to get down the absolute basics of playing it since then, this video (among another dozen or so that youve created) has been very helpful and id just like to let ya know that youre just about the only person on youtube from whom I can learn something and NOT want to throw a nickel or something at due to their sheerly annoying nature, so for that reason, I vehemently appreciate you and all the work you do on this channel; its all beyond helpful for a young aspiring banjoist and it only makes me wish I could learn from you directly

Coming to the Banjo after 20 years of guitar playing, I'm setting mine up correctly and tuning it however it always sounds like it's out of tune somehow, I've put new strings on, double checked the intonation etc...not sure what else I can do.

Mr.Hicks,, What brand, model, is this open back banjo 🪕 where can I get one ?? What kind of wood is the rim ?? What kind of head is on it too ?? Thank you sir. Your fan Harv I was hoping Mr. Hicks would give me a bit of information on this banjo. I am considering getting one, if I had information on it.

Im late to the game here. Can i assume your measuring frkm the strings side of the nut and not the headstock side?

Hey Clifton, I learned a lot about Banjo set up from you..being new to banjo playing I don't want to make rookie mistakes that could be costly...I noticed that there are two types of tuning peg set ups...ones behind the head stock and the other on the sides of the head stock... most of the seasoned players I've noticed prefer the tuning pegs behind the head stock...what are your thoughts on this???

But why did you tilt the bridge exactly? Doesn’t that technically affect the distance from the 12 th fret to the lower strings?

Mr. Hicks, what if my bridge measures 5/8” and if followed your set up but my action is super high? Should I sand down my bridge?

You are saying 12th fret whilst showing the 7th fret?

You cannot use a Carpenters tape to set up your intonation..there's a 1/6 " floating tip on the end of the tape...use a 24 " Ridgid ruler.. 13 1/2 ...or 13 3/4 that's not an accurate measurement.but I do appreciate the time you took to do this.

Is it 7th or 12th fret?