Banjo guitar

Banjo guitar

The guitar banjo, is known by many names: banjo guitar, guitjo, banjitar or ganjo. It 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
*Jan Burda
*John McCutcheon
*Harvey Reid
*John Sebastian
*Papa Charlie Jackson
*Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies
*Neil Young
*Mark Butler of Claddagh
*Keith Urban
*Larry LaLonde of the funk-metal band Primus
*Buckethead
*Ashley Price
*Django Reinhardt
*The Reverend Gary Davis
*Joe Scott of Acoustic Eidolon who plays a variant he designed with 14 strings on two simultaneously playable necks.
*Danny Barker
*Papa Charlie Jackson
*Clancy Hayes

External links

* [https://www.mysticwestproducts.com/proddetail.php?prod=DVD005 An introduction to the 6 and 12-String Banjo by Mystic West Products]
* [http://www.deeringbanjos.com/6string.htm 6 and 12-string banjos] are made by the Deering Banjo Company


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