Wayfaring Stranger
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View ArticleD to G Bluegrass Banjo Lick: 4 Variations with Free Tab | Geoff Hohwald
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View ArticleThe Lightest Banjo...an experiment
A fellow Hangout member contacted me about the concerns brought about by an aging body and the difficulty hefting tonering mastertone style banjos. The simple question he asked was how light did I...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence
I already posted this on Facebook, but I figure the more exposure the better. A. I.I went from curious to resentful to concerned, now I’m worried. After the Hugging Face incident, where AI agents broke...
View ArticleCrystalline Abiogenesis / Cognitive Crypsis (Origins of Life and Symbols)
Hey folks,I’m just hopping back into the forum, and I wanted to announce the formalization of a couple important scientific theories while I have been absent.If you don’t know me, I am a former...
View ArticleAnnouncing termination of my licencing agreement : Gold Tone FitsAll Mute
Hello fellow banjoneers,My original and primary account has faced some technical errors that I’ve been trying to resolve, so I made a backup that I can use for now to log some developments in the...
View Articlehow to make fingernails tougher
I wear my fingernails down playing the banjo. I tried using a clear fingernail polish, and it might help a little. But I heard that fingernail polish, and fiberglass nail covering can weaken the...
View ArticleMore on the M/V Dali/Baltimore Bridge collapse
Story here.Nutshell: not that it should surprise anyone, but this is now the largest P&I (Protection and Indemnity - a specialized risk pool for commercial shipping) in history. Reserves now exceed...
View ArticleBanjobuyer Contact Seller Emails Dont' Work
Just a head's up that contacting Banjobuyer sellers via the 'contact seller' button does not work.The following message appears: Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a0046' Permission denied...
View ArticleLoud banjos vs the human hearing
It doesn't get talked about a lot here on the Hangout but it's handy to keep in mind that sometimes loud is too loud. The laws in Ontario, Canada (where I live) say that employers must make workers...
View ArticleBatch polishing tiny brass parts: time saving techniques?
Hey folks, as I begin the process of polishing yet another bucket of 150 tiny little brass parts with a toothbrush and Flitz, I got curious. Do any of you batch builders out there have some kind of...
View Articlelive medley
here's a medley of four tunes I recently performed in concert here in Italy: who guess all the song I played?
View ArticleVintage Barnes and Mullins all metal pot
I picked up this Barnes and Mullins quite cheap and somewhat broken. The thing that surprised me was that the pot was all metal. No "spunover" thing here. Was that at all common back in the day? Was it...
View ArticleThe Joy of a Vintage Banjo Neck Repair...or not.
I bought a "fully functional" vintage Barnes and Mullins (possibly made by Clifford Essex). It arrived with a nasty old neck repair which was loose - I could waggle it up and down. Two small screws and...
View ArticleWeird Banjo Contest LOLOL
I was looking through my really old files when I came across this one, and after a bit of.. er... "pipe weed" (hey, it's in The Lord of the Rings :), though it might be fun to assault all your ears...
View ArticleVega Whyte Laydie No. 2 Yard Sale Buy
I just picked up a Vega Whyte Laydie No. 2 from a yard sale with serial number 92057. The serial number on the pot matches the dowel stick and most everything appears to be original from what I can...
View Articleold tale
my wifes uncle worked at sears many years before he worked at small grocery this couple came in they were clearly starving he showed fred an old martin traded it for roll of bologna
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