Last Saturday (July 4) restrung my 3120 Wechter Pathmaker with Darco D9100 Light Jazz electric set [.012, .016, .024w, .032w, .042w, .052w] in anticipation of my July 5 gig with FingerPyx at the Arden contra July 5. I like to use this set because I spend most of my time playing banjo with the Pyx and this set tends to feel very similar in tension to my preferred banjo set [GHS PF-160 .010, .013, .016, .026, .011], as used on my Deering Sierra 5-string that I also used on the gig.I also took the opportunity to try out one of my more unusual instruments - the Gold Tone Pat Cloud model Banjola. This was something unusual for me - I bought it because it came up used at Bernunzio's at a substantial discount + up 'til then I had never seen one in a used listing before. I think I got a better idea of how the 2 pickups (a piezo under the bridge saddle and a magnetic at the end of the fingerboard) work, both separately and blended together. I'm thinking it just might replace the guitar at the next Pyx gig - Saturday July 25 at Princeton.
