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From bornold on 4/11/2014 8:35:26 AM

I posted this on the ning site, figured it would be appropriate to post here. I am away from home so I cannot test anything.

"I am a clawhammer banjo player that is very interested in learning stroke style. I love studying civil war history and am quite fascinated with the era and the music within it. Guess I should get to the point. I have a Prust Fretless A-scale strung with nylon strings. Great banjo for clawhammer. What I am wondering is due to the fact that it is an A-scale+Light Nylon strings, are the strings going to become to floppy when I go into the standard minstrel tuning? Wish I ordered it with nylguts, but I wanted to be able to tune up to A so I could play with a fiddler. (didn't know about moving the bridge) Any advise would be VERY appreciated"

Thanks for anyhelp!

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	alttun says: 4/19/2014 5:50:26 PM Get some minstrel nylguts. If your scale length is 26 inches or less, tune to e A E G# B and learn minstrel tunes. Then you call still play in A with fiddlers playing like a minstrel player would in G. Easy. But you'll probably have to widen your string slots in your bridge and nut with some sandpaper.
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