Tackhead Travel Banjo with Internal Tension System




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Tackhead Travel Banjo with Internal Tension System

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A tackhead banjo with a 10" pot and 21" scale. Using an internal tensioning system similar to those found in an Irish Bodhran. For more information on this banjo or other hand crafted folk instruments, go to http://deepcreekstrings.blogspot.com/

Author:
jdelfield

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deep, creek, strings, tackhead, tack, head, banjo, travel, bodhran, clawhammer, minstral, gourd, bryson, city,

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