Martin Smith BJ-003 6 String Guitar Banjo Including Padded Gig Bag
The Martin Smith 6 String Banjo is the ideal addition to any musical enthusiast. The closest of the banjo family to the guitar, the Martin Smith BJ-003 can be tuned like a guitar allowing guitarists to easily transfer onto the banjo. It features a high quality hi gloss Mahogany body with a rosewood fingerboard and maple bridge. The banjo also comes with a high quality 5mm padded zipped gig bag with front accessory compartment.
Product Features
- Remo Skin Head
- Two Way Truss Rod
- High Gloss Mahogany Back and Sides
- Standard Guitar Tuning
- Includes Padded Carry Case
- The head can be tightened and loosened to suit the players preference.
Convenient Transition for Guitar Players ⦠Iâve been playing guitar for almost 40 years and this is my first banjo. Iâve previously noodled with a traditional 5-string banjo and quickly discovered that it was far more complicated than I would have thought (l made a similar mistake when I thought my skills as a powerlifter would easily transfer to Olympic lifting). The banjo is a different beast altogether, but for a guitar player the MARTIN SMITH BJ-003 6-STRING BANJO certainly proved to be a logical transition step.WHAT…
one has a nice open-back banjitar that sounds better than before I bought this for minimal $ as an intended modification. Most fundamentally, the instrument has only one coordinator rod, which is not made for the kind of tension that a guitar neck (much less one of this mass and length) and six strings place upon a banjo body. In order to fix the neck bowing upwards 1/8″ or more when tuned out of the box, shims were needed to correct. To reinforce the drum, which may or may not warp from the tension upon it, I removed the back resonator (which is only…
Good for beginners