coordinator rods - stelling
Hey all, iv noticed a buzz on my stelling, on inspection i have noticed that the coordinator rod closest to the skin is loose. which im sure is creating this noise, but will tightening this back up...
View Article100 % improvement in 5 minutes
WOW, why didn't I do this sooner. I changed the shape and attack angle of my fingerpics. I have been using BALL fingerpics and today I bent the SLIGHTLY" using a needle nose pliers. What a...
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Hard Travelin'
Long time lurker, usually I can get my questions answered with a little searching. Thank you for all the help. I'm looking for the chords to Hard Travelin' as Lester and Earl did it. Thanks again.
View ArticleDick Clark, RIP
Ah well, it had to happen eventually. I watched American Bandstand when I was a kid...it seems Mr Clark was a perennial teen-ager. RIP
View Articletabs for Mahalla by Carolina Chocolate Drops
Anyone perchance have the tabs for Mahalla played by the Carolina Chocolate Drops from their new album Leaving Eden?
View ArticleOMG!
You could find this thing in the dark! To paraphrase Frank Proffitt, "I'd like to Have all that mother-of-pearl and then - not Do that."...
View Articlewore-out head
Hello...I forgot to ask in my last post 'what you folks doing/using/making with your 'old'used calf skin heads? The one I had on an 1950 silvertone is split.I didn't want to disgard it as the banjo...
View ArticleNeck
Does anyone know what the going rate ( PRICE) to have a new neck made and installed?
View ArticleMy Fielding
I just put a few pics of my new Fielding Catamount on my home page. I downloaded more but they dont seem to show up!?
View ArticleBanjo Building Internships
Hi all, As a long-time member of the BHO, I have really appreciated the community of fine musicians and friendly people on this forum. I have learned so much by reading other peoples' threads, asking...
View ArticleDidn't Need That Eye Brow Anyway!
I always had excellent vision... Then I hit 42 and it all started changing... One day several months ago, I was trimming my beard-moustache-goatee... As I'm trimming I need my glasses to do it...
View ArticleIs it possible to damage your banjo by tuning?
I've seen references here and there to people damaging their banjo (other than breaking a string) with a particularly low or high tuning, but haven't been able to find any first hand stories so far....
View ArticleLet's Trade Bridges
Click link below for details. http://www.banjohangout.org/classified/28141
View ArticleREBUILDING AN OLD, UNBRANDED BANJO
I bought an old distressed banjo which looked like it was used to paddle up the Ohio river from end to end, but which had a nice old timey sound dispite its hard life. I decided to take this on as a...
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Rockabye Dixie Tab (from a newbie)
Hi everyone, a newbie here from South Australia. Who started playing this year, and is currently having lessons with one of our other forum members. We seem to have a few tunes down coming along...
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Building a banjo 4 - bracket band
I messed up and called the tension hoop in a previous picture the “bracket band” Sorry. So what’s a bracket band? Brackets, or “bracket shoes” are the lugs that protrude out from the rim to anchor...
View ArticleBad New for Those Wanting to Buy a Gibson Banjo
Check out this Ebay auction for a Gibson ESS... not even a Rich era ESS and a removed capo, blemishes, etc. I wonder what one in new or mint condition would go for???...
View ArticleA Google Vacation
Lots of rain this morning so not much was going on. How many of you have the inane curiosity to Google a city or town on Google maps and navigate down a few streets ? I find it quite interesting. For...
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