Posted by Jeff Graf on Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Can folks assist me in understanding how to know, in the absence of a banjo head tension gage, whether the head is correctly tensioned? Can a head be too tight and what are the signs of that? Actually, I’d even ask one thing farther: how does the system work? I have two open back banjos which both sound and play great, a Rickard 12” Maple Ridge with steel strings and a GoldTone 12” Carlin with nylgut strings, each a couple of years old. I’ve tightened, slightly the hooks on both, like a quarter turn each (presuming that over time they needed a little tightening). But it was all guess work. Looking at where the hooks grab the rim (which holds the head), it seems to me that there is a limit to how much one could possibly tighten the head. I just don’t get the physics/mechanics of it. Any advice or referrals you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
1 comment on “Banjo Head Tension guidance”
Texasbanjo Says:
Friday, January 27, 2023 @4:48:10 AM
You'll get more reads if you ask your questions on the Building, Setup, Repair forum.
Forums are located on the left hand side of the page. Under Forums, click browse forums, scroll to appropriate forum and click on it. Then in upper left hand side, click on post new topic, give your topic a subject, ask your questions and click post reply. Then check back for replies or click on subscribe to comments (before you click on post reply).
You must sign into your myHangout account before you can post comments.
