What Is A Gitjo? Many guitar players desire the resophonic sound that a quality banjo produces. Players as diverse as Don Edwards, the king of the cowboy and old time blues singers, to Issac Brock, of Modest Mouse, both have used a lot of banjo in their music. What else do these two musicians have in common? They both now play a Gitjo, an instrument tuned and played like a guitar, with the sound similar to that of the banjo. A very comfortable, slotted peghead, guitar neck is mounted to an 11 inch banjo pot. This is not ordinary banjo pot. It is not laminated like most. It is made from blocks of highly figured fine hardwoods such as maple, mesquite, koa, and bubinga glued up into a duodecagon (12 sided polygon) and then turned to the perfect diameter on a lathe. The neck fits perfectly to the body via a precisely machined piece of bell brass. All of this coupled with a custom Lame Horse bridge and tailpiece give the Gitjo the perfect look and the perfect sound. Lame Horse Gitjo
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