Danny Barnes - Dust on the Bible tone
Anybody know what banjo Danny Barnes used on the Bad Livers album "Dust on the Bible"? He gets the best "nasal" tone on that album. I know it is a combination of banjo and set-up, but it starts with...
View ArticleOld Billy Hell (CH)
Old Billy Hell is an old fiddle tune, from fiddler Estill Bingham. Bruce Greene and others made some recordings of Mr. Bingham, in the 1980's, which can be heard on the D.L.A....
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Back to the Game
Hello all, It has been a while since I have been posted. Due to obligations to my work I have unfortunately not had much time over the past 4 years to really devote to my clawhammering. The good...
View ArticleLight Bulb
I was sitting around playing and thinking about why it is that I feel so limited in my ability to play interesting things up the neck. I think I may have had a slight little breakthrough. While I'm...
View ArticleGibson Crowe RB-75/Blackjack
As I have matured as a banjo player, I have become partial to banjos that produce a dry, hollow tone with quick decay and strong bass on the 4th string. I am considering a standard Crowe RB-75 or...
View ArticleBest Banjo in the Store
yesterday i fentured into downhome guitars a great acoustic music store in Frankfort IL.i am an intermediate or so banjo player that plays mostly Scruugs style on a 15 yr old Alverrez. i decided to...
View ArticleBackpacking/Camping banjo advice/experience
So, I've recently been doing a lot of hiking and a little bit of camping. Have taken my RK-35 car camping and REALLY enjoyed sitting by a campfire playing. However, I plan to do some light...
View ArticleJujube fruit
Anyone have experience with drying, making jujube fruit into Chinese dates? We have a tree yearly loaded with the fruit but never tried to do anything with them until this year and wondering if it...
View ArticleAnother Good Deed
My dingo girls found a baby bird this morning, just got wing feathers, naked otherwise. It climb up under semi wheel. I kept an eye on it, husband leaving today, needed to do something, I know where...
View ArticleTune for the Summer (Original)
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View Articlere-sale value
hi all, found this add on the local kijiji, i just want some opinions on the pricing. It seems quite high for the specs, am i wrong?...
View ArticleGrandpa's Advice by Adie Grey
I heard this song on Car Talk this morning and said to myself "This explains the drivers here in Las Vegas" . Since I suffer from Chordheimers, can anybody tell me what the chords are to this song....
View ArticleFretless sound
I have been practicing clawhammer a lot on a Stanley Hicks style banjo, but I am frustrated with the inequality of sound on open string notes vs. fingered notes, in that the open string notes have far...
View ArticleHow About a Page Limit on Threads When They Get Stupid?
I would totally trust the moderators to judge when a thread has gotten completely away from any real discussion and to lock it up. The childish argument between pick it and stringbreaker currently...
View ArticleRSB and the Tabonanza
I've been doing some soul searching of late - about the Tabonanza mostly. My website tells everyone there will be an RSB DVD with the full tabonanza on it, but contributions are quite frankly not...
View Articleg lick
I am just starting to learn how to use a g lick; I'm learning from the Janet Davis You Can Teach yourself Banjo. In her book she starts off the lick using the index finger on the 3rd string.But when I...
View ArticleWhere to buy a banjo in Montreal
Moving into my own place in downtown montreal on wednesday. Does anyone know where I could find places that sell banjos? It'll be the first time I ever get to play some before I buy anything!
View ArticleWhat song is this and funny observations
I was doing a little JD studying watching youtube, First what song is this? Also watch when it is suppose to be the mando's break, the camera is on him and ready and then JD steals the break and he...
View Article5th string question
I posed this question to some very accomplished banjoists this weekend, and they couldn't answer, so I pose it to the BHO. Why is the 5th string started on the fifth fret? Why not the 4th or the 6th,...
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