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Mine’s fretless as well. It’s my first fretless instrument. I’m finding that the transition has been fairly smooth, but for certain songs with more chording (typical of the more modern songs I learn), I still prefer frets. Fretless sure is a really fun way to play, though, especially on the older tunes. The gourd kit was a lot of fun to put together, so I’m saving up now for the classic minstrel kit. Overall, I’d have to say that I couldn’t be much happier with the gourd banjo.
Gentlemen,
I greatly appreciate all of your insight and assistance! I wound up going with a set of nylon classical guitar strings (d’addario pro arte), using the four lightest strings in the set: .0280, .0322, .0403, and .029w. I used the 50 lb. fishing line from zebco (it’s called omniflex, .029 gauge) for the fifth string. I’ve found that this works perfectly! On the original set I got with the kit, I kept it in F tuning, but I tried going down to E, and I’ve found that both the banjo and I prefer it lower! Thanks again
