relocating a fifth string nut

This "affordable" Chinese made banjo has good specs but no attention to detail. Both of the nuts had to be replaced as they were too close to the edge! Today I replace the tiny fifth string nut. Join me!

[@duxxxhm]

I've never seen banjo in person and I know what spikes are for. Thank you Ted Woodford.

[@muttandjeff5213]

Really appreciate this video! Thanks for background information and also close up of your method to wind 5th string!

[@beyondguitars9631]

Thanks very much!

[@ChrisJoh91]

The spikes are definitely the best solution - my own solution is a discarded aircraft rivet under the string and it's certainly a flawed concept 😅

[@beyondguitars9631]

It's the only way to go and I think that argument has been settled. Interesting with the rivet!

[@12DGJB21]

I have a very old plectrum (4 string) banjo with a 1927 Vega hoop and a custom carved neck. Is there any way to add a 5th string without causing damage to the neck? The neck is very narrow so the drone string will not be able to reside over the fretboard.

[@marclattoni1959]

Most interesting. The spacing of the 3rd, 4th and 5th frets seems to be irregular when compared to the decreasing spacing on my Wildwood 5th string. May be just the angle of your lens though. I enjoyed the combination of voiceover and screen text. You may to experiment with a flatter, softer light source to reduce the glare and even out the light.

[@beyondguitars9631]

The distance between frets is a mathematical formula and there's not any way it can be different one instrument to the next, that is, with the same scale length. The nut to the 12 fret is the same as the 12th to the bridge, or it wouldn't sound right. All the other frets are divided into segments of the string's resonance as well. As for the lighting, I had my little work light on which is pretty intense. I just have to have the light to see what I'm doing. I'll try to adjust the camera a little more next time. Thanks for the comment!

[@banjoman6616]

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