My hand joints are getting better finally and I wanna learn an instrument. The thing is, I'm dumb and have struggled really badly with reading music in the past.
Damn, I got down voted for telling the truth. Banjo uses light strings, and if set up well has low action. Also since only 4 strings are fingered, chords are not the pretzels guitar chords are. Y'all know every instrument can be used to play any kind of music, right? What's with the banjo hate?
Banjo's got a general bad rap from it's portrayal in many movies and shows. It is also a very different sound than guitar which a good number of people find discordant (it's also easier to make it be loud and discordant, which happens with new players).
Well done banjo is just fine, but there's a knee jerk negative response to its name.