How to Change Your Banjo Head

Deering Banjos presents a Deering Tech episode with helpful step-by-step instructions on how to change the head of your banjo.

November 4, 2015

Deering Banjo Company Quality Control Manager Chad Kopotic shows how to change your banjo head. Chad gives you a helpful, step-by-step method for dis-assembly, head replacement, reassembly, and set up of a Deering Upperline banjo.

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