Posted - 11/03/2009 :  21:23:09              

i put mine around the shoulder, but for me it depends on the length of the strap



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Posted - 11/04/2009 :  05:22:09  

I switched from shoulder strap to 'around the shoulders' and find it much easier to control the banjo now.

AD3

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  07:16:58        

This is not a "silly topic" (???), and it's been an ongoing question for banjo players from the beginning. To me it's totally a question of playability - which strap position makes it easier for you to play?

If I play standing up with the strap over my right shoulder only, I find that the banjo tends to swing out to the right. I'm having to hold it back with my left hand on the neck, causing me to lose left hand accuracy. So, I put the strap over my head. That way the banjo always stays centered in front of me.

I wish I could get more comfortable with the strap on my right shoulder. It looks cool, and it's easier to take the banjo off when you're done playing. If you're switching instruments onstage, that's a definite advantage. But overall, the best choice is the one that helps you to play your best.

JW

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  09:13:50      

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Originally posted by MTBanjo

The only reason to NOT put it over your neck is, like other people stated, if there is something like wearing a giant hat or something else that for some reason makes it make sense. Otherwise it's just silly. It's not nearly as stable, comfortable, or really even what the strap was designed for.

Just like other people said...you can do it however you want. But in my mind, for a heavy instrument like a banjo, if you're wearing it over one shoulder, it's an image thing, trying to look like so and so. They're meant to be over your neck.

Zach

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I'd like to disagree with you here.

My banjo teacher sits while he teaches lessons, and taught Banjo and Mandolin and Guitar lessons, so he had to switch instruments a lot. So he keeps his banjo on his shoulder when teaching, but whenever he does a performance he puts it around his neck.

That's why one might not put it around the neck.

"The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever." 1 John 2:17 (NIV)

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Posted - 11/04/2009 :  09:43:21  

Banjo, guitar, bass - especially when standing up -strap around neck on left shoulder. Sometimes banjo strap on shoulder (or no strap) when sitting down. Been playing around with mandolin a little - strap on right shoulder, never around neck.

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  14:15:19  

I pick up my banjo, put my hat on the headstock, but strap on around my neck, and then replace my hat on head.
:-)



Todd