So I've gotten a bug to play this MB-4 which I purchased some years ago but have never really cottoned to. I've never played an actual banjo. So I'm at sea.
The FON stamped inside the rim: 11989-10. Reverb's FON listing: 1917-1923, 11000-12000. That would put mine into 1923?
In any case, my biggest issue is with the strings. I don't care for the heavy strings on it currently (don't know what they are as they were on the instrument when I bought it). I just snapped an E as I was tuning it up. So, what is proper and/or desirable? Steel? Nylon? Suggested gauges?
I searched the Cafe archives without much success. I went to Banjohangout, but there wasn't much there and nothing about strings that I could see (maybe my searching was at fault). I went to Banjo Cafe but didn't see any forums there for asking help.
Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise.
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