This week’s Talk Banjo episode is answering another question from a listener. This week’s question was:
“Are there any advantages to having a tunnelled 5th string over a regular 5th string on the side of the neck?”
The 5th string feeding into the neck
The 5th string going into the neck from the peg head
So this 4 minute episode looks at:
The main difference between the 2 types of 5th string set ups
Confusion that surrounds the string length on tunnelled 5th strings
When tunnelled 5ths were popular
The advantages and disadvantages between the 2
To listen, use the media player at the end of this post.