Quick tip - change the 1st and 4th or 5th strings first and tune them. Then change the rest. This will help ensure your bridge is properly placed. Also check tuning at 12th fret to see if it’s super flat or sharp.
Yeah, I know what you mean, but certain fretboard timbers need conditioning (e.g. rosewood) and the only proper way to do that is to remove all the strings to be able to get proper access to clean and condition.
I literally don't have a lid over the tailpiece. I just ordered this banjo and am a beginner. I am familiar with acoustic guitar tuning. Anyway, I need to know how to get underneath and no videos out there to help. It's a full size, 5 string valgoa?? Help
Man loosen them boys properly and don’t cut em, that’s a new set of strings for the player that’s down and out, always save your strings if they’re not broken! Heck, might break one and need a quick replacement, think of it as a spare tire
Thanks for sharing this! It’s something that all of us should know how to do. The tips about stretching the strings, turning counterclockwise, and how much should be left on the pegs are all things that the average person simply wouldn’t know. Much appreciated. Thanks!👍🏻
I'm sure you've probably figured it out by now, but for anybody who makes the same mistake you can find the appropriate measurements for your individual banjo online. It's usually some measurement relative from the nut to the 12th fret
You need to make sure your banjo is properly intonated before you draw your bridge position marks. Otherwise you're just putting your bridge back in the wrong spot.
All banjo players should know how to properly locate the bridge regardless of whether it's been off or not. Very simple using harmonics at the 12th fret....
@@teergeret Yeah I'm not sure why such an expert would have removed all the strings at one time like he did... The only reason i can see to do that would be to clean and condition the fretboard.
blah blah blah for the first minute... Seriously guys - if you are going to put together an instructional video, how about getting straight into it instead of wasting everyone's time.
My new 6 string banjo just came in the mail today right after work 20 minutes ago and opened up a whole new world of frustration. I already broke a string by tuning it too tight while the strings were all flopping around and loose. It's a beautiful looking resonator banjo. But it so far it cant handle being tuned to a respectable level level. It might be good for some form of discordant noise rock as long as I don't really get into what I'm playing.
Tried flipping the tail piece up and it's super hard to move. I moved it, but it wont go back now. Completely bent and I'm gonna bend it back, I really don't think I did that right
1:39 i don't have a banjo, might be getting one for Christmas, but from mandolin experience, i don't recommend taking all the strings off. I'd take one g and one e, put those on, other g, other e, one d, one a, so on so forth. Just so you have another string to tune it to. And I don't like adjusting the bridge position. I like raising it for high action but can't do that with a banjo
