Guitjo (six-string)

Guitjo (six-string)

The guitjo or banjitar or ganjo is a six-string banjo with the neck of a guitar. It is tuned like a guitar and can be played by guitarists who desire the sound of a banjo. It was popular in the jazz and swing music of the 1920s.

Notable guitjo players

*Norman Blake
*Kevin Hayes of Old Crow Medicine Show
*Steve James
*Harry Manx
*John McCutcheon
*Harvey Reid
*John Sebastian
*Papa Charlie Jackson
*John Lennon
*Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies
*Neil Young
*Mark Butler of Claddagh
*Keith Urban
*Larry LaLonde of the funk-metal band Primus
*Buckethead
*Django Reinhardt
*John Butler of John Butler Trio
*The Reverend Gary Davis
*Billy Lunn of The Subways

ee also

*Guitjo (double-neck)
*Banjo guitar


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