April 8, 2008 – The Strumstick
It’s a wacky little instrument. Only three strings, tuned to G D G, so by strumming you get a root and a fifth. And it only has 9 frets, spaced to give you every note of a major scale, plus a flat seventh: G A B C D E F F# G.
Basically you can strum away and hit frets at random and it will always sound okay.
The tone sounds more like a cross between a banjo and a uke than a guitar.
It’s lots of fun, and you can give it to little kids to play, and they’ll be thrilled at how great they sound.