Tech Tip– How to Setup a Banjo Bridge!

[daleplus]

Thanks for sharing your expertise. I've got a antique banjo that I've had since I was a kid, but haven't played in 30 years. I'm gonna set it up again!

[CreatureoftheCreek]

I found this very helpful. As a newbie, you can understand why I needed this 😅

[JfCoat]

Thank you so much!! I just got home after buying a banjo from someone on Facebook and was really upset when then G string was out of tune with the rest of the strings and this video fixed that problem! Thank you again.

[BoeinBrews]

Found this video very helpful. Just bought my first banjo and it come with the bridge flat and had come confused lol

[davidlundmark]

Nice. I accidently tipped over my bridge when I was going to play it and was like "oh shit, what do I do now". But this was a very easy method to set up the bridge 😀

[TJCalmando]

How many banjo players does it take to tune a banjo? Five; one to tune it and four to complain that Earl wouldn't have done it that way.

[dustywindowsME]

Thank you, found it very useful (yes, Russians also play the banjo)!

[sober-southoftheborderever]

Great lesson, here in Brazil is hard to find a banjo luthier. Cheers!

[thebloodyshambles]

I just bought one that came flat packed. Do I need to do anything with the string clamp at the bottom, or just leave it the way it came?

[casperkasparov]

Ben, could you please explain how to tie the knot for Classical Guitar Nylon Strings?
Thank You.

[Sbrown]

Great info here! Thanks much for sharing this.

[hammill]

When you measure from the nut to the 12th fret, do you include the width of the nut itself in that measurement?

[WILDBILLSOUTDOORS]

What about a 6 string banjitar? I have one and should my bridge be angled a little bit to lengthen the bigger strings or should it be at 90 degrees to the strings?

[aihsjabsuans]

I love the lowest possible action of strings, and like to sound louder. What i'm trying to ask is:
Which one is louder, strings closer or farther to the surface of the head so i can choose between setting the neck angle or lowering the bridge height (by sand down the foot of the bridge).

[mdrsmeltracy]

This is a great instructional video! Thanks!

[pierreldcantra]

which way should the bridge be leaning

[Mn_Bndt]

Thanks for the help sad to say the second thing i did after getting the bridge in about the right place was break a string

[myYear]

Where are you out of and do you do set ups for other people?

[anthonysimpson]

what do i do if the tailpiece is pressed too far down and the strings, bridge come loose as well as the tailpiece?, please i need help with this

[donaldfair]

Jake is head tension important to obtain better sound on your banjo ?