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Originally Posted by zevokes
i've heard it described as/called a "banjitar" which i think is a pretty cool word. but the timbre and sound character are most certainly banjo. i don't know anything about banjos other than the sound they make has tons of attack and very little sustain... and i really like that. someone said earlier in this thread they'd heard that playing a 6-string banjo is the cheater's approach, to which i reply that to pick up a musical instrument and firstly consider the stigma attached to it is submitting to a very linear and limited perspective, effectively forgetting about one's own personal potential. music can come out of a brick, and if i didn't know what it was when i found it, i would still smile when i applied the elements of music to my relationship with that brick
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quite digging your approach and philosophy to playing music.
just to add 2 cents to the banjo thing, the reason they have such a unique attack and tone is due to the traditional body being a closer relative to the snare drum than a classical guitar. regardless of the amount of strings if it's got a body made of a resonator chamber and a skin on top i think it's safer to call it a banjo than a guitar.