This is a hybrid instrument that a few customers have asked for recently and I am well pleased with. It is a short scale tenor banjo with non steel strings. The scale length is 20”, the same as a baritone ukulele. The strings are a custom set of two wound classical guitar strings and two plain fluorocarbon, tuned CGDA. I chose some simple Walnut from Vashon Island as the main wood and some Wenge for the rest. Wenge is an imported wood that is very hard and dense, perfect for a fretboard. I only use tropical woods like the when I can salvage them, in this case from the Carpenter Ant stash in Portland. To finish it off, this banjo has a brass tone ring, Renaissance head, K&K pickup and wooden arm rest. Thanks, John!