Banjo strings (5-string banjo)

  A paradigm-shift in string design, Straight Up Strings is an exciting development in banjo string gauging and core/wrap technology with compensated down pressures for the first, third, and fifth strings that sit over feet, and for the second and fourth strings that sit over the bridge's arches on conventional three-foot banjo bridges. Straight Up Strings feature compensated down pressures that provide excellent clarity and sustain in addition to improved string-to-string balance. The plain strings and the core wire for the wound string is a semi-elastic carbon-steel wire that ensures excellent sustain, accurate intonation, and long life. Our wound fourth string is wrapped with a smooth chromium stainless wire for reduced finger noise, and each set provides the ultimate solution for a balanced-sounding 5-string banjo. Straight Up Strings come in single sets or cost-saving 6-Paks.  Straight Up Strings offer 5 key features and benefits: 1) Compensated down pressures adjust for the diff