| Wes Corbett’s Hawthorn Top-Tension Banjo and Gear |
Wes Corbett’s Hawthorn Top-Tension Banjo and Gear
Wes talks about his banjo, a Hawthorn top-tension. He explains what top-tension banjos are, how they’re different, and why he likes them. He also talks about a few of the features of his banjo, including the radius fingerboard, Price tailpiece, Snuffy Smith bridge, and fifth-string “spikes.” He talks about tuning the head, which he tunes to F#, the same note Béla Fleck tunes his banjo to and a bit lower than some people tune the banjo to. He also talks about the picks and string gauges he uses: Dunlop thumbpicks, National NP2 stainless-steel fingerpicks, and string gauges .010, .011, .013, .020, .010.
