Deering Goodtime LTD vs GoldTone AC-12
Hello all, new here. Beginner picker interested in clawhammer. I am between two banjos. A new Deering Goodtime for around $480 vs a GoldTone AC-12 for $370 (but $440 once you factor in the cost of the...
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TOTW 04/04/25: Sand Riffle
This week’s Tune Of The Week is a tune from Kentucky called “Sand Riffle”. I first heard this tune in February this year at the annual Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance (FAOTMAD) festival in...
View ArticlePlaying stamina and memory
I learn banjo very slowly and I admit that. It took me more than a. Full year to learn my first song and I’m still playing it very slowly. I sort of memorize every note and finger position one by one...
View ArticleWhere to buy a pre war?
Hello,Can anyone tell me the most reliable prewar Gibson seller these days?Thank you
View ArticleAmerican Banjo Fraternity Spring Rally May 1-3, 2025
The ABF Spring Rally in Palmyra NY (near Rochester) is less than a month away. If you have not booked your room with the hotel, you need to call now (as in right now). This is also a great excuse to...
View ArticleRed Rooster
Here's a Scruggs style tablature for Red Rooster. The tune is also known as She'll Be Comin' Around The Mountain. I always like to include a composer attribution for the tunes associated with my tabs....
View ArticleLong Distance Firewood.
Got a call from my old firewood supplier saying they are back in business (after taking a 2 year break).They are 80 miles away in Turner and I can save $300 from buying local.$1224 for 4 cord 16" split.
View ArticleOld tune
A nice tune from 1933 (and 1958): it's a hit barely played by banjoists.youtube.com/watch?v=d-CMcd0VvB...A-SJGOe9VThank you for watching !
View ArticleVega Ebay find — get it before I do.
The serial number identifies it as a 1964. Vega Folk Ranger + Clarophone banjo ukulele for $550 on eBay
View ArticleRadius Crossfire on Reverb
Just in case you've been looking, the very rare radiused neck Deering Crossfire has emerged (3rd I've seen in 6 years of watching).Used 2005 Deering Crossfire Electric Banjo with Case...
View ArticleAnother one
48 hours later another tornado headed my way. Taking pretty much the same path.
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Offering Online Microsoft Team Lessons
Hey guys, I've finally bit the bullet and am offering online lessons. I'm just starting this for the first time. I also offer lessons in person in central IL, but it's a no brainer for me to consider...
View Article1929 Gibson appraisal
An old friend of mine recently passed away and his family asked me for help in selling his two banjos. One is a 1979 Ome XXX, which I figure is worth around $1500.00. The other is a 1929 Gibson TB-3...
View Article1929 Gibson TB-3 conversion appraisal
An old friend of mine recently passed away and his family asked me for help in selling his two banjos. One is a 1979 Ome XXX, which I figure is worth around $1500.00. The other is a 1929 Gibson TB-3...
View ArticleAdvice On Tailpiece
I'm interested in buying a tailpiece for an open back, Bacon ring, walnut banjo.Caveat ... I want a tailpiece where I can use ball end strings.I have arthritis in my hands (getting worse all the time)...
View ArticleHOW TO RECOVER YOUR STOLEN CRYPTO INVESTMENT: VISIT RAPID DIGITAL RECOVERY
Teaching AI ethics is my day job, where I spend my days instructing students in the conflict between human judgment and machine learning, but I never thought I'd be outwitted by my own digital wallet....
View ArticleLee Ultimate Hacker: Phone Surveillance, Private Investigations, Crypto Rec
I was introduced to crypto by my son a few years ago, I invested in USDT and BTC using Binance, I have several accounts including personal bank accounts so I was unable to keep up with all of them and...
View ArticleAuto Electrical Problem
Auto Electric Problem: Gremlins at it again, or what? 2005 Acura RL, 80,000 miles, still a beautiful, comfortable, and great driving car. It is eating batteries. Car drives great and at the most...
View ArticleCold..Rainy...Snotty night...
Just had wonderfull home made soup.. N..now next to a runnin warm woodstove... Now... Where's...me banjo... ;0) Sounds just like the thing to do..
View ArticleVilia / Arranged by Chet Atkins / Transcribed by Jack Baker
Here's a beauty by Chet....JackVilia
View ArticleVideo one year of practice Polly Molly put the kettle on
I’ve been memorizing it for a year. 45-60 min a day of practice. First some. I still don’t quite have it I don’t think.m.youtube.com/shorts/b8UPIvbAkQE
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Inflationless Coke
Just bought some 2-liter Coke on sale at 3/$5.00 or about $1.67 per jug. In 2000 I was buying 2l Coke for $.99 on sale. That inflates to $1.76 today. I was surprised. Think I’ll get some more before...
View ArticleLink Problems
Every time I get an email from BHO, it puts these extra characters /> on the end of any links makin them display "This Page Isn't Working". Below is an example:View Your Ad Here:...
View ArticleBiscuits & Banjos Durham NC April 25-27
This has likely been covered... Here is a link;wunc.org/wunc-music/2024-10-22...al-durham
View ArticleHercegovina (Song from old Prague) for Banjo
Music: Anonym Arr: Ondrej Sarek https://youtube.com/shorts/hYsMKhzz8zM
View ArticleComin' Round The Mountain / Wayne Clyburn
Here is Wayne Clyburn's fine version of Red Rooster also known as Comin' Round The Mountain. I've added Guitar and Bass and I hope that it gives the tune a little more depth...JackComin' Round The...
View ArticleOld truss rod star shaped?
I haven't got a tool that will fit this and was wondering if anyone knows where to acquire one? I have a couple small bits that have the same pattern but the shank makes them too big to fit in...
View ArticleBuilding a Minstrel Banjo
So, I’ve tried looking around for Minstrel banjo plans but every time I might have found one the web page has been taken down, which makes sense considering most of these posts were made around 2012. I...
View ArticleBanjo Newsletter??
I was wondering if there are any Banjo newsletters out there, or even any folk newsletters not even specifically banjo per se. I know there is a banjo newsletter that stopped producing new papers.
View ArticleProblem putting link in for video
Hello:I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong and I’m usually not technically unsophisticated but I’m keep running into an issue loading a video url.I post the...
View ArticleHeading to Bardstown Kentucky next week. Advice?
Heading to Bardstown Kentucky next week. Mostly focused on bourbon, but is there an extra special banjo place I should go out of my way to visit? Or anything else, where to eat, where to tour, hiking...
View ArticleTinkering in the shed
Hopefully this will end up as a 'what's for dinner' post. I've been wanting to cook a whole lamb Argentinian style on an asado cross for longer than I care to remember. I made a start on the adjustable...
View ArticleArchtop set up suggestions
Howdy Folks,I just had Frank Neat build me a raised head banjo with a prewar Gibson tone ring.I am trying to get it to sound like the following:Steve Martin's...
View ArticleStaten Island Hornpipe OT / Arr. by Donald Zepp
Here's a wonderful Clawhammer tune arranged by Donald Zepp several years ago...JackStaten Island Hornpipe
View ArticleTab Request - Blue Virginia Blues
Anyone have an interest in making a tab for Blue Virginia Blues? Thanks in advance!
View ArticleRK 75 Elite Shiping Damage / Thumb Screws
Hi, Ive recently received my rk 75 elite and I think there may be shipping damage. The shipping box came beat up and inside some of the picks I ordered were crushed and or missing. The box for the...
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Free 11-1/8" Medium Remo White Suede Banjo Heads!
In a recent shipment, Remo mismanufactured my order of 11" medium crown White Suede banjo heads as 11-1/8", medium crown. As expected, Remo did replace the oversize heads with the correct units. As...
View ArticleODE flange
I was browsing the classified ads and saw that Jim Britton has a nice Ode banjo for sale. It dates to the early 1980s and features a one-piece cast flange. Does anyone know when Ode started using a...
View ArticleA Sneak Preview...
Last March 2024 I bought this 1/2 acre + old 1948 house and began cleaning the property and renovating the house. I bought the home from the original family that built the house in 1948, and the fellow...
View ArticleStelling Red Fox Bill Emerson Deluxe
Hi everybody!Just curious: the very first version of the Stelling Red Fox Bill Emerson Deluxe had curly maple, sunburst shaded resonator?I seem to remember such a combination on a Bill Emerson Deluxe I...
View ArticleRat Brain album release
Hello folks,Me and my buddies recorded a fiddle tune album to cassette and digitized it and put it in bandcamp. I'm playing banjo on, Pete Thompson on fiddle. And Jason Loux on guitar. Hope you enjoy....
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