yeah deff not historically accurate but they do play nicely, are well priced and are perfect for trails and hikes and beach camping and such due to their size. I chose to use nylgut strings instead of the nylon ones they come with so I can play converse tuning but with some adjustments to nut and swapping around/making a few new bridges and a clunky new tail piece for the gourd I ended up with two decent lil playable banjos that I don't mind letting people play/learn on. I taught a friend juba and we've since been workin on corn shuckin jig (gateway tunes haha)
The classic kit is a lil higher pitched and twangy and the gourd is nice and ... well, gourdy
They are available at his website: http://carverbanjos.com/ and on ebay but i just email him and save a few bucks. he's a younger guy and I think it's a cool idea. He also build regular banjos too. I believe the kits are so cheap because the wood is layers of hardwood plywood glued together or something like that. You get what ya pay for tho.
Chris Prieto
yeah deff not historically accurate but they do play nicely, are well priced and are perfect for trails and hikes and beach camping and such due to their size. I chose to use nylgut strings instead of the nylon ones they come with so I can play converse tuning but with some adjustments to nut and swapping around/making a few new bridges and a clunky new tail piece for the gourd I ended up with two decent lil playable banjos that I don't mind letting people play/learn on. I taught a friend juba and we've since been workin on corn shuckin jig (gateway tunes haha)
The classic kit is a lil higher pitched and twangy and the gourd is nice and ... well, gourdy
They are available at his website: http://carverbanjos.com/ and on ebay but i just email him and save a few bucks. he's a younger guy and I think it's a cool idea. He also build regular banjos too. I believe the kits are so cheap because the wood is layers of hardwood plywood glued together or something like that. You get what ya pay for tho.
Jun 26, 2015