I'm so sorry to inform you all of this sad news, dear Friends...
Dear Friends, It's with the utmost regret and sorry that I'm sharing this news with you: I've just been told by someone in Earl's Doctor's office that our beloved Earl Scruggs passed away this morning...
View ArticleEarl Scruggs
I just saw on Facebook that Earl Scruggs had passed away this morning in a Nashville hospital. If true its a sad day for all of us. K
View ArticleRemoving an extremly tight tone ring?
I was given a shell with tonering by a friend,and I want to remove the tonering.That sucker is on there to stay! how can I remove it without damaging the ring? I don't care if the shell is damaged.
View ArticleLOTS OF GUYS
in foreign countries carry a shoulder bag or such. Most devonair ansd quite stylish. Micki
View ArticleAny new thumb picks like OLD white Nationals?
Hello! I'm new here. In fact, I created an account specifically to ask this question. Though I do own a banjo, I'm actually primarily a guitarist. The thing is, I'm starting to play with...
View ArticleAnother young athlete passes
Stanford volleyball player dies Loading... Share No Thanks Must Read?Thank YouYes 31 Email Story Print 10 hours ago Samantha Wopat, a sophomore on the Stanford volleyball team and a former member of...
View ArticleFS Dannick Nickel 20 Hole Ring
Ring is in great shape. $550 including shipping. Thanks Melvin
View ArticleSunday at 2 PM - FMB
Sunday at 2 PM sharp Central Standard Time I'm going to go out on my front porch and play Foggy Mountain Breakdown to coincide with the start of the funeral for Earl. I hope banjo players around the...
View ArticleReiter Whyte Laydie on ebaY - $0.99 - no reserve
For sale by the maker: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bart-Reiter-Whyte-Laydie-Open-Back-5-String-Banjo-/280855865939?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4164506a53
View ArticleCan someone explain Gibson Model Designations?
Hello all. I've only been playing banjo for a few months. Started with an embarrasingly cheap banjo. I know virtually nothing about banjo makes and models. All I know is, I'm pretty sure I want a...
View ArticleGoing from Clawhammer to Scruggs
so I've been playin clawhammer for 8 years and was never really interested in scruggs style until recently. I play in a band that, sometimes, needs more power than clawhammer can offer. I was...
View ArticleAmeritage banjo case-anyone use one for an open back?
if so, how do you like it? i have a 11" Reiter i want to put in a good case and i've liked Ameritage cases for guitars i've had in the past. thanks d
View ArticleBanjo Workshop, Idaho Apr. 27-29
Hi, Gary Eller and I are hosting a bluegrass banjo workshop the last weekend of April just outside Boise, Idaho on Gary's property. Included here is an attachment of a flyer for the workshop with...
View ArticleQuality of a budget banjo (pics) beginners beware
Bought this SX banjo at Xmas time and being a lefty it was the only brand that I could get that was cheap and available to me at the time although I had to have it freighted from another state. Here...
View ArticleFretboards
Are fret spacings the same on a guitar as on a banjo? Or phrased another way, if I had a guitar and a banjo with a scale length of 25.5 inches would the fret spacing be the same?
View ArticleBHO members as a resource
Ok so I innocently clicked on TOTW to see what was there and started clicking on some of the links. One of them sent me to blanham's music on his homepage. woah! he has about 70 tunes there! I...
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