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Question: Restringing a 5-string banjo!?
Ok so I got the strings off and got 5 new strings out in front of me!. But I don't know what thickness comes first! The strings I have are: !.012, !.016, !.023, and two !.010's!.

Can someone tell me the order of them from top to bottom!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
1!. Bottom -!.010
2!.next up !.012
3!. !.016
4 !.023
5 (short one) !.010

Unless something very strange is happening the bass strings of an instrument are always the thicker ones!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

From top to bottom:

5th string: !.010
4th string: !.023
3rd string: !.016
2nd string: !.012
1st string: !.010Www@QuestionHome@Com