Need some bluegrass wedding music
Hello fellow banjers, I have an interesting request from you. My fiance and I are getting married in April, and we've decided that we want bluegrass music for our wedding... We need stuff for the...
View ArticleAngelina Baker - Sammy, Mark and Greg
Sammy Shelor, Mark Johnson and Greg Cahill put on a workshop at the Sertoma Youth Ranch Thanksgiving 2011 Festival last November. Here is the three of them playing Angelina Baker (Angeline the...
View ArticleGold Tone CC50 banjo w/bag
Your thoughts on Gold Tone CC50 banjo? any good (for beginner)
View ArticleCoordinator rod: Flakes a problem?
Hi: I apologize in advance if this is a lame question. The action on my Gibson seems to have drooped a bit (before I bought it, it sat unused in mint condition for at least 6 years, so I think it...
View ArticleStelling: Before/After Tony Pass Old Wood Rim
I'm just getting back into playing and have developed quite the attraction for the Stelling Staghorn banjo. I have a question I've yet to find an answer to anywhere else though. What difference has...
View ArticleBlue John Mines
In the Ronnie Bowman tune "Blue John Mine" is that played in a D tuning? Don't see any tab on it here.
View ArticleDown in the Willow Garden - Rose Connelly Timing?
3/4 or 4/4 time or either? 3/4 sounds right to me. Do you have any links to the song? Thanks.
View ArticleAnother Geo. P Matthews
I'm new here. Thanks to BHO, I have identified my Matthews 5 string. I found the Matthews maker stamp (Geo P. Matthews in an arc above - Maker below) on the BACK of the stick under the head. Tried to...
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Good Monday Morning
Good morning from cold and sunny Sweden. The temperature was down to 17 °F this morning and will be just above freezing in the afternoon. No spring yet.
View ArticleNut Building Tools for gut string banjo
Alright guys, I know this topic is ripe for parody, but... I am looking for some advice on where to buy some of the files I need to finish building the nut for the gut string banjo I am restoring....
View ArticleThin skirt block rim on an archtop?
I am wondering if anyone out there has built a thin skirt block rim for an srchtop? I have an older Goldstar Archtop [G12] and am looking to switch out the 11 ply stock rim, i would rather have a nice...
View ArticleGOLD STAR BANJO - MAHOGANY - HEARTS AND FLOWERS GF-100HF
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150771779987?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1202
View ArticleNeed Advice on M-Audio Fast Track Ultra
I've owned a M-Audio Fast Track Ultra interface for several years now for my Pro Tools 8.0.5 M-Powered software. This morning I started getting some clicking sounds, and I checked the outputs, and...
View Article!2" SS Stewart looking for a new home
I thought I was going to keep this one forever, but times are tough. http://www.banjohangout.org/classified/27328 Found in an attic, basically intact. Tom in Maine
View ArticleEternal optimist
This banjo has been for sale for several months on ebay. Either the seller is extremely optimistic, uninformed, or delusional, or just plain unmotivated. These banjos have been selling in the $450-700...
View ArticleBoston Boy/Jenny Lynn medley
These two songs are mentioned in Bill Monroe's song "Uncle Penn." Bill heard his Uncle Penn play them and as a teen accompanied him on guitar at dances. Bill says the greatest of all was Jenny Lynn....
View ArticleWarped flange(?) question and pic
First, thanks to all who replied to my last post on this. As well as being challenged musically, I am computer challenged! But I have managed to upload a pic of mywarped "flange" on my used Dean bw7....
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