Changing Banjo Strings the Right Way

Tom Nechville shows you the best way to install strings on a banjo or other instrument.

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[Joe Shea]

beautiful looking banjo....what's the hardwood tom?

[dave white]

awesome video--thanks!

[yt2aniko]

That I did. But without thinking I just turned the tuning knobs on both sides of the

peg head to top of the banjo to tighten the strings. I understand the theory of all nuts and bolts turning the same way but it seemed logical to turn all the knobs to the top of the peg head to tighten the strings which gave me less to think about. Leave it to a novice to screw things up.

[yt2aniko]

Being a novice I have changed my strings the same as you from the inside to the outside of the neck on both sides . However I turned the tuning pegs to the top of the peg head on both sides. You turn the pegs on the first string side down toward the bridge and up toward the peg head top on the fifth string side. It made sense to me that to tighten the strings you turned all of them upward . Is there a reason to turn the knobs opposite ways on both sides of the peg head to tighten the strings?

[teefandclaws]

Thank you :)