change a banjo to guitar

[PhilGox]

Hello,

When I put a Gold Tone Lucci banjo mute (25€) on my tenor banjo, it nearly sounds like a guitar.

This might be interesting for those who, like me, already own a banjo but can not afford to buy another instrument.

This was my modest contribution of the day

[Bertram Henze]

I found a demo for that:



Re all those discussions about adding mass to the headstock in order to raise sustain, this shows where that mass should be put to really raise sustain...
...and lower volume. The old acoustic seesaw about slow vs. fast release of oscillation energy.

[Jim Garber]

The correct name for that is Iucci mute and from the patent stamp I take that it was invented/designed by Michael Iucci.

Demo here:

[Grommet]

I'll take a case, pass em around pickers!

Scott