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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 36861, member: 31"]From <a href="http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/WhyteLaydie.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/WhyteLaydie.html" rel="nofollow">http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/WhyteLaydie.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>"The necks of the Whyte Laydie and the Fairbanks banjos that followed were considerably stouter than the Electric necks. This was probably done to accomodate the steel strings which were becoming popular at that time. The earlier ivory pegs and tailpiece used on the higher grade banjos also gave way to the steel pegs and tailpiece better suited to the steel strings."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So...steel strings?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 36861, member: 31"]From [url]http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/WhyteLaydie.html[/url] [I]"The necks of the Whyte Laydie and the Fairbanks banjos that followed were considerably stouter than the Electric necks. This was probably done to accomodate the steel strings which were becoming popular at that time. The earlier ivory pegs and tailpiece used on the higher grade banjos also gave way to the steel pegs and tailpiece better suited to the steel strings."[/I] So...steel strings?[/QUOTE]
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