Increasing Banjolele Rim by 1/16"
I built this ukulele banjo rim http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/238059 and would like to add 1/16" to the outside diameter. Any suggestions on an easy to apply veneer that would bend without steam?...
View ArticleLooking for SS Stewart Model 2nd Grade neck clamp shims
I've recently acquired an SS Stewart Model 2nd Grade Banjo that is missing the wood (ebony?) tapered shims that slip between the dowel stick neck clamp and the pot. Would like to know where I can get...
View ArticleInterview with Ben Sollee
I would like to share an exciting new interview that I have recently posted on my music blog, Uprooted Music Revue. It's a Q and A with cellist, composer and bicyclist Ben Sollee. In addition to his...
View ArticleDiscarded or throw away people matter...yes!
That thread about missing people reminded me of something that I personally have dealt with right here in this place. There was the couple...poor as church mice, and *different*. They entered the...
View ArticleAnd The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle...
I've loved this Eric Bogle tune and Erics' recorded performance of it especially... for a long time... learned of the tune here on the BHO... This is not exactly a transcription, but it is the melody...
View ArticleNew to banjo
So, yesterday I received my first banjo, a John Peterson fretless. Let me append in here that this is not my first instrument. I am a music major with double bass being my major instrument (so I know...
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Any known issues with Protools MP 8.0.5, Win 7 x64, and the Fast Track Pro?
I checked the compatibility on the AVID forum, and it says there is compatibility with PTMP 8.0.5, Win 7 x64, and the Fast Track Pro. But you always hear stories of how this and that hangs up and...
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Any farmers? Do you use GPS on your tractor?
I drove a tractor during Summers of my youth. I drove for the biggest rice and bean farmer in the Bootheel and he INSISTED on making straight rows. At the time I worked for him he owned 32,500 acres...
View ArticleWhy is gold valuable?
I've always wondered what keeps gold worth what it is -- what if people stop regarding shiny gold and pretty stones and gems and rare earth metals as valuable? Can gold, by itself, with all its...
View ArticleWaltzing Mathilda - Banjo Paterson...
This tune sometimes gets confused with Eric Bogle's tune of similar name... no relation apparently... This should qualify as an 'old time' tune, as it was written in the early 1880s by Austrailian...
View ArticleClick Go The Shears - Australian Folk Tune...
One version is fancier than the other... Click Go The Shears - Australian Folk Tune - Simpler - TABLEDIT Click Go The Shears - Australian Folk Tune - Fancier - TABLEDIT Tom www.banjotom2.com
View ArticleSkippy The Bush Kangaroo - Australian Folk Music...
It's 'Australia' Day at BanjoTom2! Have fun, kids! Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo - Simpler - TABLEDIT Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo - Fancier - TABLEDIT Tom www.banjotom2.com
View ArticleFetching Fred
Original composition "Fetching Fred" played on the 5 string banjo - GDGBD tuning - capo 2nd fret, 5th string capo 7th fret for key of A.
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Three new four week old kittens,,,,,,,,,,,,
Ya can imagine how big they were at birth. The pugs are being very gentle with then after a little discussion with me. ;) Sorry about the blur I'm not good with this BB cam. Paul
View Articlewhich head for a Silver Bell Plectrum
Hello Silver Bell enthusiasts, I'm about to get into a Silver Bell plectrum. Do they take a medium crown head or a high crown head, or both? Regards John
View ArticleShould...one be...forced...ta wear ..ah motorcycle helmit..
In order ta ride ah motorcycle..?
View Articlefretless neck on cello pot - seeking opinion
I've got a 14inch cello pot that's been sitting around for a rainy day. I'm curious about making the neck fretless but I've never actually played a fretless let alone seen one in real life... Anything...
View ArticleCall for TOTW Volunteers
We are about at the end of the current Tune of the Week volunteer list, so it is sign-up time again - Uncle Wade Wants You! You TOTW veterans know the drill, so no need to read any further - just...
View ArticleDulcijo
I came across this instrument on the interwebs today. Do any of you play this or know where I can get one? Thanks
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