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    Default Re: Tenor banjo tuned GDAE, 17 fret or 19 fret?

    In the same vane, Gerry O Conner (very well know Irish tenor banjo player & author) tunes CGDA.

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    Default Re: Tenor banjo tuned GDAE, 17 fret or 19 fret?

    Well I finally got a tenor banjo in my hands, it was a really inexpensive one, 17 fret, and tuned GDAE. I didn’t like it.

    So I think I will be looking into the 19 fret versions, playability is a concern for me so vintage may not be an option. And I need to keep this on the less expensive side so small luthier is probably out of the question.

    The deering good time is my front runner, is the goodtime 2 worth the extra cost?
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    Default Re: Tenor banjo tuned GDAE, 17 fret or 19 fret?

    Gold Tone tenors are quite decent for the money. I've played several and was impressed with their playability. Of the two I prefer the Gold Tone over the Good Time, but that's just me.
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    Default Re: Tenor banjo tuned GDAE, 17 fret or 19 fret?

    Here's a really strange question? I just got my very short scale Gibson TB-Jr back from the person I lent it to. I have some steel wound strings on it and the lowest do not sound all that great. The scale length is only 19". I was wondering how I would go about it to string it octave tuning with nylon or Nylgut strings. Anybody have a clue?

    I have some classical guitar strings and I might try those and see how they work. It looks like you can't necessarily compare the gauges of steel strings to nylon.
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    Default Re: Tenor banjo tuned GDAE, 17 fret or 19 fret?

    Hi Jim. I find that, generally speaking, banjos work best with pretty low tension strings compared to tenor guitars.
    For GDAE in nylon you can try .30 .42 .36w .50w. You could use a wound .22 for the A that will sound great but feels a bit mismatched surrounded by thicker strings.
    CGDA = .22 .30 .30w .40w the .22 A will be near breaking but feels good.
    DGBE is the easy one for a 19" scale as any baritone uke set will be great.

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