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localhost - Posted - 03/19/2026: 10:10:03
Is this an alternate way of stringing this style tailpiece? I always thought the strings go under the lip heading out to the bridge.
BobbyE - Posted - 03/19/2026: 10:35:53
I don't consider it an alternate way just because you can do it.
Bobby
pinenut - Posted - 03/19/2026: 11:22:59
Who has a more appropriate alternate-title?
"51 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO A BANJO"
Edited by - pinenut on 03/19/2026 11:24:59
Old Hickory - Posted - 03/19/2026: 11:41:31
Only if you use "alternate" to mean "wrong."
The Old Timer - Posted - 03/19/2026: 11:49:08
That tailpiece is incorrectly strung up.
Culloden - Posted - 03/19/2026: 13:04:04
The strings are supposed to go under the front lip. I have seen a lot of Asian banjos with Waverly tailpieces that come from the factory strung incorrectly, too.
Tim Jumper - Posted - 03/19/2026: 17:10:48
In spite of that art editor's faux pas on the cover, the content found between the covers is excellent. I reviewed the clawhammer half for BNL when the book was published a few years ago. Michael J. Miles is a fine arranger and an incredibly versatile performer in all musical genres --- old-time, blues, jazz, pop, classical, etc. His note-for-note clawhammer(!) transcriptions and recording of two of the Bach cello suites constitute the most amazing music I've ever heard on the banjo.
localhost - Posted - 03/19/2026: 17:22:04
I have a few theories about the picture:
Its the preferred way Hal Leonard himself strings the tailpiece to achieve his signature sound.
They had ChatGPT design the book cover (although the banjo doesn't have 13 strings, 9 tuning pegs and two necks... so probably not).
They took it to Guitar Center and had them perform a banjo setup. :)
gcpicken - Posted - 03/19/2026: 18:41:54
quote:
Originally posted by localhost
I have a few theories about the picture:
Its the preferred way Hal Leonard himself strings the tailpiece to achieve his signature sound.
They had ChatGPT design the book cover (although the banjo doesn't have 13 strings, 9 tuning pegs and two necks... so probably not).
They took it to Guitar Center and had them perform a banjo setup. :)
1935tb-11 - Posted - 03/28/2026: 03:29:11
quote:
Originally posted by gcpicken
quote:
Originally posted by localhost
I have a few theories about the picture:
Its the preferred way Hal Leonard himself strings the tailpiece to achieve his signature sound.
They had ChatGPT design the book cover (although the banjo doesn't have 13 strings, 9 tuning pegs and two necks... so probably not).
They took it to Guitar Center and had them perform a banjo setup. :)
i like choice # 3
BG Banjo - Posted - 03/29/2026: 07:19:16
quote:
Originally posted by Culloden
The strings are supposed to go under the front lip. I have seen a lot of Asian banjos with Waverly tailpieces that come from the factory strung incorrectly, too.
Yes, I bought a Morgan Monroe banjo from a very well known online banjo seller who supposedly sets up and inspects every banjo before it goes out the door and it came with the Waverly tailpiece strung up wrong. It was my first banjo and I didn't know. Someone posted the same thing with their Morgan Monroe on social media and Jim Pankey pointed it out.
