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The guitjo or banjitar or ganjo is a six-string banjo with the neck of a guitar. It is tuned like a guitar and can be played by guitarists who desire the sound of a banjo. It was popular in the jazz and swing music of the 1920s.

[edit] Notable guitjo players

• Norman Blake
• Kevin Hayes of Old Crow Medicine Show^{[citation needed]}
• Steve James
• Harry Manx
• John McCutcheon
• Harvey Reid
• John Sebastian
• Papa Charlie Jackson
• Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies^{[citation needed]}
• Neil Young^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Butler of Claddagh^{[citation needed]}
• Keith Urban^{[citation needed]}
• Larry LaLonde of the funk-metal band Primus^{[citation needed]}
• Buckethead
• Les Claypool^{[citation needed]}
• Django Reinhardt^{[citation needed]}
• John Butler of John Butler Trio^{[citation needed]}
• The Reverend Gary Davis
• Billy Lunn of The Subways^{[citation needed]}
• Danny Barker^{[citation needed]}
• Johnny St. Cyr ^[1]
• Sam McG(h)ee Early Tennessee Folk / Country Musician^{[citation needed]}
• Clancy Hayes Jazz Musician ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Guitjo (double-neck)
• Banjo guitar

[edit] References

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