Long Neck Banjos
Long Neck Banjos
We have a great selection of Long Neck banjos and long neck banjo cases.
A long neck banjo is three frets longer than a standard 22 fret banjo and is tuned to open E tuning. The 5th string peg is not at the 5th fret it is located up at the 8th fret. If you put a banjo capo on a long neck banjo at the 3rd fret you are in Open G and capo on the 7th fret in A. If you want to add 5th string capo spikes to a long neck banjo, the common frets to place them at are the 11th 13th and 15th frets. If you purchase a long neck banjo us we can install them at the correct frets for you. Long Neck banjos do not require special strings and normal banjo strings are long enough.
The notes to tune a Long Neck Banjo to for standard long neck open E Tuning are
5th string-E 4th string-B 3rd string-E 2nd string-G# 1st string-B
Using a Capo on a long neck banjo to play in different keys
For Open G - Capo to 3rd fret and use the 5th string capo spike at the 11th fret
For Key of A Capo to 5th fret and use the 5th string capo spike at the 13th fret
For Key of B Capo to 7th fret and use the 5th string capo spike at the 15th fret
