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| | Data:- Body shape: Round
- Top: Skin
- Back: Open or resonator
- Bridge: Floating
- Frets: Fixed
The "Irish banjo" isn't really a banjo type on its own, but rather a special tuning for the tenor banjo.
What you do is, you take a tenor banjo (many prefer a short scale 17 fret tenor, but that's not mandatory) and tune it down a full fourth to G-D-A-E, transforming its loud-n-clear tone to a deep and mellow growl. You can do this with standard tenor banjo strings, but I'd recommend some heavier ones. There are special "Irish tenor banjo" string sets available, but if you have to put a set together from single strings, you could try something like 040-030-020-012.
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