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I was thinking it might be interesting to allow members to "like" or mark classified ads. Have a little box next to each one to click if you think its a good deal. Sorting by rating would also be...
View ArticleDumb drunken idiot cowboy
Just heard about this one.... Cowboys drinking. Real drunk. One picks up horseshoe off super hot wood stove top with his glove. Puts it hard against bare back of another cowboy. Brands him big....
View Articlehow do I install pre etched inlay
While looking for some nice inlay patterns, I stumbled across a site that sells pre etched inlay pieces already cut. The prices seem reasonable and they are beautiful. The question is, how does one...
View ArticleReiter on Craigslist
I wish someone would buy the Bart Reiter Standard currently (as of May 4th) riding on Minneapolis-St. Paul Craigslist. I mean... oh, the temptation. The seller wants a little under $900 for a banjo...
View ArticleClassical Gas / Bobby Thompson
Here's a great arrangement of this Mason Williams guitar piece adapted for banjo by the late and great Bobby Thompson...Tony Willis transcribed it and I fooled with it and posted it on my website over...
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Steve Huber ~ Pike County Breakdown w/ Paint Creek
Hello all, This is by far some of Steve's best picking. He is also on this song featuring one of the Huber Truetone prototypes. Steve Huber ~ Pike County Breakdown Enjoy! ~Craig
View ArticleHow Fast is Too Fast?
After reading Angies Banjo Silver Strings online magazine I viewed the cited youtube video of Long Journey Home by the Johnson Mountain Boys:...
View ArticleJoe Bonamassa...
Saw him live for the first time last night in Des Moines. Awesome. His acoustic solo on "Woke Up Dreaming" had my jaw literally drop to the floor. Had he chosen the 5-string banjo instead of...
View Articlefrogs
Was out back. Found that I disturbed tiny frogs. They are about an inch..maybe inch and a half big. Some greyish brown, and saw some bright green. All about the same size. One was upset, and made a...
View ArticlePeachbottom Creek
Here's my 3 finger take on Wade Ward's tune Peachbottom Creek. I found it on Smithsonain Folkways' "Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward." D tuning (f#DF#AD) capo 2 to match Ward's pitch.
View ArticleFree Rolls, MP3s to practice with.
Howdy Folks. To celebrate Pickers Academy's ninth birthday we are giving away this Free Beginner package. To BHO folks. Banjo History: What you get. Articles on The Modern Five String...
View ArticleWhat's for dinner/supper?
My ribs came out fantastic. I used a rack of pork ribs that I did in hickory smoke. Made noodles with butter, and had pinto beans that I created, and they were excellent. I make great beans! No...
View ArticleNother coon gone,,,,
Time for bed. Night, I'm a happy camper, we may have chickens yet. ;) Paul
View ArticlePlanetary tuners for mountain banjo
Hi folks, I want to replace a friction tuners for geared planetary tuners. I have a black walnut mountain banjo with 8 mm pegholes and a headpeg with a thickness of 18 mm. Are there any planetary...
View ArticleLester Flatt record
Alright,who's gonna tell me who played banjo on The one and only ,Lester Flatt album? Jim
View ArticlePolice called into school and arrest 6 yr old?
Police being called into schools to arrest kids for anything from talking in class to having tantrums. What is going on? Sure glad I grew up in the board day.
View ArticleReuben
Reuben has been a fun tune to learn ,EXCEPT the timing on those dadburn chokes, They are killing me, especially the first line.I am learning out of the new Scruggs book.I listen to Earl Play it on the...
View ArticleVery Nice Stelling Mandolin For Sale
Please click on the $$ above to view the ad. Thanks for looking! Zack
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