What Is A Gitjo? Many guitar players desire the resophonic sound that a really good banjo produces. Players as diverse as Don 
Edwards, the king of the cowboy and old time blues singers, and Isaac Brock, alternative rocker, of the group Modest Mouse, both have used a lot of banjo in their music. What do these two musicians have in common, other than making great music? They both play a Gitjo, an instrument tuned and played like a guitar, with the sound of a banjo. A very comfortable, 25.5 inch scale, slotted peghead, guitar neck is mounted to an 11 inch banjo pot. This is no 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 dodecagon (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.http://www.donedwardsmusic.com/http://www.donedwardsmusic.com/http://www.modestmouse.comshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2

Lame Horse Gitjo