Banjo guitar
Banjo guitar or banjitar is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4 from lowest to highest strings). It differs from the standard five-string banjo, which features a short drone string that ends three-quarters of the way up the neck on the low side of the fretboard but is tuned highest of the strings in  re-entrant tuning. The first versions of six-string banjos were introduced in the late 19th century though did not gain popularity. The concept was reintroduced in the latter part of the 20th century with modern guitar-like tuning, allowing guitarists to play with a banjo sound without having to learn all new fingerings. Banjo guitar players

Johnny St. Cyr was the first well known player of six string banjo. He used it in Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, with Jelly Roll Morton, and in his own recordings after World War II. A number of musicians have played banjo guitars or guitjos, and one a double-necked guitjo. Sylvester Weaver
 Ryan Ross of Panic! at the Disco
 Danny Barker
 Clint Black
 Norman Blake
 Buckethead
 Mark Butler of Claddagh
 Ali Campbell of UB40
 Eric Church
 David Crowder
 Steve Howe
 A.D. Paige (Paige & Fiends)
 Kevin Hall of Concrescence
 Clancy Hayes
 Kevin Hayes of Old Crow Medicine Show
 Papa Charlie Jackson
 Steve James
 Larry LaLonde of Primus
 Harry Manx
 Dave Matthews
 Robert May
 Sam McGee
 John McCutcheon
 Kacey Musgraves
 Harvey Reid
 Django Reinhardt
 Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies
 Janet Robin
 Joe Satriani
 Joe Scott of Acoustic Eidolon, ("double-necked guitjo")
 John Sebastian
 Bruce Springsteen
 Jim Stafford
 Taylor Swift
 Taj Mahal
 Keith Urban
 Doc Watson
 Neil Young
 James Taylor
 Steve Martin
 Terri Hendrix

See also
 Banjo mandolin
 Banjo ukulele
 Cümbüş
 Dojo (instrument)

References

Banjo family instruments