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Brooklyn Irish Banjo - Posted - 03/11/2013: 08:26:12
Hi all -
I ordered new strings for my banjo uke (Fluke Firefly) but there is no ball or any thing else on the end of the strings.
Is there a common method that is used to tie the ends on this type of string? I tried a knot with mixed results.
Regards -S teeve
Nels - Posted - 03/11/2013: 09:24:10
try this thread banjohangout.org/archive/116584
figure 8 stopper knot
fisherman's knot
depending on tailpiece
ukulele_gardi - Posted - 03/11/2013: 09:46:11
Hello,
Just make a knot. If it don't do, make another one over the the first.
Fernando
BDCA - Posted - 03/11/2013: 10:03:11
You can see in the picture you slip the end of the string under the knot tot the right which helps hold the thinner strings.
Cya!
Bob
ukulele_gardi - Posted - 03/11/2013: 10:10:15
BDCA, the pic you posted is of a wooden ukulele. The firefly is a banjolele.
ukulele_gardi - Posted - 03/11/2013: 10:37:03
Now this is a no-knot style tailpiece.
Here it is the firefly tailpiece: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-XX5BUZ9reMs...piece.JPG
Nels - Posted - 03/11/2013: 10:44:13
2.bp.blogspot.com/-XX5BUZ9reMs...piece.JPG
use figure 8 stopper knot google.com/search?q=figure+8+s...=0CDwQsAQ
Edited by - Nels on 03/11/2013 10:49:32
Brooklyn Irish Banjo - Posted - 03/11/2013: 13:35:06
Thanks all!!! That Figure 8 stopper looks great!
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