oldetymey
Well-known member
I have had a tenor banjo (supposedly a 50s vega, I havent confirmed that yet) fall into my lap doing a little craiglist horse trading the other day.
Ive been debating what to do with it, and one of the things I tried was to tune it gcea like a uke, problem is the strings are either too loose at one octave, or way too tight at the next. This seems to be a pretty common and accepted tuning for a tenor banjo so what am I doing wrong? Any hints here? Im giving it a few days to interest me, and if it doesnt happen Im going to try parlaying it into a uke......possibly post it here on the marketplace...
Ive been debating what to do with it, and one of the things I tried was to tune it gcea like a uke, problem is the strings are either too loose at one octave, or way too tight at the next. This seems to be a pretty common and accepted tuning for a tenor banjo so what am I doing wrong? Any hints here? Im giving it a few days to interest me, and if it doesnt happen Im going to try parlaying it into a uke......possibly post it here on the marketplace...