Need flush mount Vega armrest advice
I'm trying to make the most out of my cheapo Deering Goodtime. Next step is the armrest (it started with none). I like the Vega style armrest on my Gold Tone WL-250, so I picked one up from Janet...
View ArticleA Rose for polly
Does anyone have a clawhammer tab for a Rose for polly. I recently heard Bob Smakula play it on YouTube and it sounded amazing. I've contacted bob, but he dosnt read tab so just learned it by ear. Here...
View ArticleHow Time Flies
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45861782 Seems like it was a couple of years ago. Wow eight years and still going. Way to go little rovers and NASA.
View ArticleHave you guys seen Laura Marling's music yet?
I was watching a late night talk show last night (or the night before, by the time you read this) and they showed this singer performing. While she seemed annoyingly young - haha - i youtubed her and...
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string height up the neck
It recently dawned on me that it isn't only my lack of dexterity that I often miss or inadvertently bend strings when moving my fingers to the 8th fret Gmajor/Eminor position. I measured the string...
View ArticleTom Meisenheimer's Navel
stumbled across the clip of Tom Meisenheimer playing this tune today & it just shook me!.. had to learn it there & then.. don't know exactly what it evokes, just know that it's oozing with...
View ArticleKruger Brothers on Mountain Stage
I got the Kruger's newsletter and it included a link to their appearance on Mountain Stage. Cool stuff.
View ArticleHelp with John Henry, Art Rosenbaum's slide style
Hi everybody - I'm working slowly through Art Rosenbaum's books - having got hold of his old out-of-print "Old-time Mountain Banjo" book, I recently bought the reprint of his "Art of the Mountain...
View Articlenasty little scammer?
Just came across this site on another thread; http://www.banjo-brands.com/manufacturer.php?ID=1750 It 'looks' really fishy, domain name belongs to someone in France and the contact mail is a UK yahoo...
View ArticleGibson Brothers & Larry Stephenson in Berryville, VA - Preview
The Gibson Brothers & the Larry Stephenson Band will be giving a concert at the Berryville, Concert Series in Berryville, Va on Saturday, January 14. Here's a preview to this great show. - Ted...
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Quadrantids meteor shower - an anachronism.
A little known meteor shower is taking place tonight in the Northern skies. The Quadrantids. The meteor shower seems to originate it what was once known as the constellation Quadrans Muralis...
View ArticleAlan Munde Workshop @ Banjo.com
Alan Munde will be holding a workshop at banjo.com in Marietta, GA on Wednesday, February 2, 2012. Check out their website for further details, times, and directions. You can sign up on the website....
View ArticleSteve Martin performing Nancy
Don't know if this has been posted yet. If so please forgive me. If not, it's a wonderful piece. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/steve-martin-great-remember-nancy-14692648
View ArticleO Brother Where Art Thou tablature request
Where can I obtain a copy of O Brother Where Art Thou tablature for free.? Looking online I only find search results for buying the entire songbook tablature for that movie. However, I am not...
View Article"Scales and Arpeggios for Five String Banjo" by Peter W. Pardee
For sale. There is enough in here to keep you busy for a lifetime. If you think you know every way to play a G major scale on the banjo, think again! Spiral Bound to withstand years of page...
View Articlejb schell banjo early
I have a ijb schell banjo. It has an open back. No fancy markings. Has the markings stamped on the back neck wood area . Stamped JB schell , maker Chicago..5-string . No names or fancy markings on...
View ArticleJust Pick your winner and don't even bother showing any true colors.
After last nights's faisco I say remove all sports from T. V. They literally tested all gullibility and let the whole world watch a crooked outcome, arrived at by the powers that be. big laugh....
View ArticleNancy, friendly matchmaker?
Yep. Me. The daughter came for the day, and we all went shopping for girl stuff at Walmart..and patterns and fabric. We were in the lotions and what section, and I heard one of the deepest, most...
View ArticleI may be nuts, but
I've started playing around with non-standard(?) ways to tune the fifth string. For example, in open G I've never liked the sound of the fifth string when playing a D chord on some pieces. Lately, for...
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