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What Is a Top Tension Banjo? Inside Gibson’s 1937 Redesign

A top tension banjo is one where you tighten the head from the top of the pot instead of from underneath, so you never have to take the resonator off to adjust it. On a conventional resonator banjo the tensioning nuts sit inside the pot, facing down, and reaching them means removing the resonator first. […]