The guitjo or banjitar or ganjo is a six-string banjo with the neck of a guitar. It is tuned like a guitar and can be played by guitarists who desire the sound of a banjo. It was popular in the jazz and swing music of the 1920s.

Notable guitjo players

• Norman Blake
• Kevin Hayes of Old Crow Medicine Show
• Steve James
• Harry Manx
• John McCutcheon
• Harvey Reid
• John Sebastian
• Papa Charlie Jackson
• John Lennon
• Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies
• Neil Young
• Mark Butler of Claddagh
• Keith Urban
• Larry LaLonde of the funk-metal band Primus
• Buckethead
• Django Reinhardt
• John Butler of John Butler Trio
• The Reverend Gary Davis
• Billy Lunn of The Subways

See also

• Guitjo (double-neck)
• Banjo guitar