12-36

Medium 12 - 16 - 24w - 36w

Loop end. 4 string Irish tenor banjo set.

Barking Dawg Canadian Banjo Strings

No-one told the banjo it’s not cool anymore. Built for players who drive tunes hard and expect every note to come back fast, clean, and loud.

Barking Dawg Irish tenor banjo strings are engineered for powerful attack, fast response, and clear note separation across rapid melodic playing. Tight in the low end. Crisp under the pick. Clean all the way up the neck.

This medium set delivers increased tension, stronger projection, and a fuller low-end response while maintaining the speed and articulation serious Irish players demand. The heavier gauges give the instrument a powerful, authoritative voice with excellent tuning stability and strong rhythmic drive.

Whether you're leading a session, backing a fiddle tune, or pushing triplets at full speed, these strings stay focused and articulate without turning muddy or uncontrolled.

The wound strings are available in three distinct voices:

Nickel-Plated Steel — tight, dry, and focused with fast attack and exceptional note definition. Delivers strong projection, sharp articulation, and the kind of cutting clarity that holds together in fast session playing.

80/20 Bronze — bright, lively, and aggressive with extra snap and ringing top-end response. Strong pick attack and a raw, energetic character that jumps out of the instrument.

Phosphor Bronze — warmer and deeper with a thicker low-end response and richer harmonic content. Smooth, full, and expressive while still retaining the clarity needed for fast traditional ornamentation.

All three are built for quick response, strong fundamentals, and the immediate picking-hand feedback serious players expect when the tempo climbs.

The plain strings are high-tension, high-stability polished tin plated steel built for:

• solid intonation
• fast tuning recovery
• crisp ornamentation
• strong triplet articulation
• clean upper-register clarity

These aren’t soft, floppy “vintage mellow” strings.

They’re built for:

• crowded pub sessions
• festival stages
• aggressive flatpicking
• traditional Irish music
• modern folk playing
• players who want the banjo to bark back

Expect:

• explosive attack
• powerful low-end response
• strong midrange projection
• clear note separation
• stable tuning under hard playing
• articulate traditional voicing

No coatings. No gimmicks. No artificial warmth. Just precision-made strings designed to sound alive the second they come up to pitch.

Barking Dawg Canadian Banjo Strings

Hand-crafted in Canada for players who demand more than off-the-shelf tone.

12 - 16 - 24w - 36w