Please Any banjo experts on here? Thn x

stuagu

Sorry if wrong section.  so, got given a banjo by someone and my daughter wants to learn. So, cleaned it up, and i Ordered some fresh strings but... they arent long enough . Two of them wont reach ( well not enough to get it round the tuner properly ) the tuning keys. 
Im wondering if theyre are longer neck banjos that are tuned different and have a different scale and string length hence needing differing strings?  

Thanx in advance for any help . 
Gu 

Sassafras

There are different sized banjos, just like guitars come in different sizes.
Did you maybe buy tenor banjo strings?
Is it a 4 or 5 stringer?

stuagu

Thna for reply bud, Its 5 string and its quite big, ... i mean its the same length as astandard telecaster. 
Just ordered 5 string banjo strings... perhaps its one of these " long neck " banjos? But then i couldnt find long neck banjo strings? 

HAL9000

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ICBM

A banjo player I used to work with had a long-neck banjo which he had this problem with - he would use single guitar strings and cut the ball end out with a pair of heavy wire-cutters. You have to get it at just the right angle so you don't cut through the string as well...

Sassafras

These should work,
https://www.thomann.de/gb/pyramid_long_neck_5_string_banjo_set.htm

english_bob

stuagu said:

Sorry if wrong section.  so, got given a banjo by someone and my daughter wants to learn. So, cleaned it up, and i Ordered some fresh strings but... they arent long enough . Two of them wont reach ( well not enough to get it round the tuner properly ) the tuning keys. 

That's God's way of telling you not to play the banjo.

RandallFlagg

I've twanged a few banjos in my time if you get my drift. :-)

usedtobe

RandallFlagg said:

I've twanged a few banjos in my time if you get my drift. :-)

Ewwwww..!

stuagu

Sassafras said:

These should work,
https://www.thomann.de/gb/pyramid_long_neck_5_string_banjo_set.htm

Thanx bud. They might do .