Nothing Like a Train
This is Vigilantes of Love tune that falls a little flat when it's played with just acoustic guitar (here's the original artist doing it up right). Doing it via clawhammer gives it a fun bounce. I'm...
View Article"Hover" pop up view...
Suggestion from another forum I haunt (a recumbent bicycle forum called "'bentrider online" http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/forumdisplay.php?f=2 ): In the forum itself, if one hovers their...
View ArticleBest source of traditional scruggs/melodic tabs?
I'd like to find a volume or two of tablature (and accompanying recordings, if possible) of traditional standards in Scruggs and/or melodic style. I'd like to learn up a bunch of these, but don't...
View ArticleKentucky 5 tone ring
Does anyone have experience with the Cox Kentucky 5 tone ring? I was pretty set on the Kulesh 10, but I'm thinking I want a Cox rim, and it would be nice to avoid shipping the ring to fit the rim. Any...
View ArticleTwo-Track Recording Advice, please
Here is my current set up: Rode NT4 stereo mic Fostex Fr2 LE high-quality digital recorder Software: Wavelab Essential 6 I like the set up, and have used it for 8 CDs for banjo or ukulele books, but...
View Articleencore tuners
h Hi everybody. Where can I buy tuners for my 1980's Encore banjo? I will appreciate a reply.
View ArticleGibson replacement bridge
I've been tweaking and tuning my RB-250 since I got it earlier this year. It's a 2003 model. When I got it, it had a standard Grover bridge, worth about $6 or so. Since the Gibson website says the...
View Articleencore tuners
I was asking where to buy Encore banjo tuners. I should have mentioned that these are geared guitar tuners.
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June Apple (5 buddies jamming in Knoxville)
A cool traditional instrumental. Recorded at a Knoxville, TN jam session 12-27-06 in Bob Holmes' living room on a digital recorder with pickers in a circle. Nice relaxed picking... Frank Eastes...
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Windy and Warm (5 buddies jamming)
A cool instrumental. I have no idea who wrote it... I had shown this tune to these folks BEFORE I later learned that it's a 3-part tune, not a 2-part tune. Oh well. It's 2/3 there anyway, still a fun...
View ArticleAnother New Face
Hey everyone, My name is Pat Gray Collins. From: Leesburg, GA. I just started playing the banjo, the guys and gals at banjo.com (recommend them highly to anybody) hooked me up with a Savannah SP 100...
View ArticleEmerson power bridge for trade
I just listed an Emerson power bridge for trade in the classifieds. Open to any trades for good bridges.
View ArticleGhost of a broken Heart
This is another recording we made at the kitchen table with the zoom h2. This haunting song was written by the very talented picker,singer,song writer Danny Settle from down around Williamstown WVA ....
View ArticleBuilding Banjo Community: The Instant Messager Connection Thread
I've been on other forums where there is a thread where people list their instant messenger names so that others will know that they would like to be contacted. I would like to start this thread with...
View ArticleRethinking Kenny Baker
My fiddler is always throwing ideas at me for new tunes for us to collaberate on. Recently he's been on a Kenny Baker kick. I had resisted Kenny Baker for a long time as I figured that he would be so...
View ArticleNylgut strings
I am trying a set of Nylgut strings on my Gold Tone WL-250 and have a couple of problems/questions. The loops barely fit in between the bars of the no knot taipiece. Is this normal? Is it OK to let...
View ArticleBARREL BLUING
Anyone ever tried bluing banjo parts? I'm pretty sure it would work on steel hooks, but what would happen to brass, zinc, bronze. Would it adhere to plated parts, or would you have do strip them...
View ArticleFeral Chickens
I just saw a piece of some documentary on feral chickens in Key West (I think it was). Evidently, they just breed, poop everywhere, lay eggs, crow, and nest in trees at night and annoy the residents...
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Gibson All American Banjo Info Needed
Can someone here please tell me the approximate year of Mfr and it's street value? It's used and in very nice condition. I couldn't find a serial number on it anywhere. Thanks in advance!
View ArticleDTuner Trade
I would like to trade a set of Cheat A keys,still in thebox for a set of Keith tuners..prefered a set that Bill recently maintained.
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