4 years ago I contacted Buddy Wachter-sort of the 4 string guru-and he sold me a Vega Vox IV for what felt like a good price-that is what I play for 4 string on stage-the tuning is (from the first string) C-G-B-D
My feeling is that this is a "golden age" of banjos-with lots of good instruments being made these days-depending on what you want to use it for-
When I was in high school I bought an ODE long neck-(that my brother still has and plays) and never could really find out a reason to have the longer neck-so play a standard neck-I like a tight head and the sound of a resonator-though I am curious about the Clawgrass No. 2 from Deering-
Happy to answer any other questions and give you any more thoughts-
Thank you for your continued interest-and thanks to Bob for hosting such a forum-
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