Banjo guitar
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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.
[edit] 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
[edit] External links
An introduction to the 6 and 12-String Banjo by Mystic West Products 6 and 12-string banjos are made by the Deering Banjo Company
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