Dulcimer Banjo, 4 String, Rosewood/Lacewood

Heartland Wildwood Dulcimer Banjo, 4 String, Rosewood/Lacewood

A banjo dulcimer is actually an Appalachian mountain dulcimer which is modified with the addition of a vibrational membrane to the main body of the instrument. A change like that affects the tone as well as the volume of the instrument, and it operates at the active principle of the traditional banjo. Though banjo is a separate distinctive guitar like string based instrument. With a round base as membrane and the four strings attached plays a vital part all around.

• Body made of 13 solid Rosewood and Lacewood staves
• Solid European Spruce soundboard with laser cut Sound Hole
• Neck, Headstock Fingerboard and bridge made of Rosewood
• Fingerboard and bridge of Walnut wood
• Best Quality 4:1 Banjo Style Tuners
• Scale length: 648mm.
• Recommend tuning DADD.
• frets are arranged in a diatonic scale like an Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer
• infamous "6 1/2" fret added just below the octave position allowing to play in lonian mode.
• It has four string courses which are loop end strings: a wound string at the top, an unwound center string, and two unwound strings tuned in unison, at the bottom
• Many tunings will work, but we recommend the traditional DADD to make it easy to pick up and play.
• Weight: 567 gr
• Length: 85cm - Height: 6,35cm - Width: 18cm
• Includes High Quality Padded Traveling bag and Extra String Set