Based off of years of building instruments and performing live, these string sets reflect Aaron’s ideas about tone, playability and durability.

Our non-steel five string banjo set uses plain fluorocarbon and two wound steel/nylon strings. Fluorocarbon is thinner than nylon or Nylgut, stretches less and offers a truer tone and pitch. If you banjo already has steel strings, this set will require adjustment to your bridge and nut.

String gauges are as follows:

#1d: .0260
#2b: .0291
#3g: .028w
#4d: .033w
#5g: .0244

*** If you live in the UK or your country is a member of the EU, unfortunately we’re unable to ship to you from this site because of VAT tax restrictions. If you’d like to purchase strings, please send an email to info@thebeansprout.com, and then we’ll make a custom listing for you on our etsy site instead. Etsy collects and submits VAT on our behalf, so it makes it much easier for us. Thanks and sorry for the extra step ***