New Merlin on tonight, who else watches?
New season of Merlin at ten tonight on sic-fi. If you like the king arther kind of stuff, it's pretty good. Good story, great scenery and costumes. Fun to watch.
View ArticleMaking Lemonade out of Lemons
About mid-December, the 4th string on my canjo broke. Unphased, I decided to see what could be done with the 4 remaining ones. I've been really pleasantly surprised! If this were in standard tuning,...
View ArticleFiddle Club of the World (Chicago chapter)
Yeah, and banjos are invited. Some here might already know, Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago has just expanded their facilities into a brand new building (16.5 million $) across the street...
View ArticleNew Bill Rickard website on-line!
I haven't noticed Bill posting info about his new website, but it's on-line and getting fine-tuned. Check it out and give Bill a hollar! http://rickardbanjos.com/site/
View Article5th String Gibson Nut Height
I recently read where the 5th string nut on these can be a little high, and consequently acts as the fret rather than allowing the string to actually get pressed on to the fret. Therefore, when you...
View ArticleInterview w/ Ben Whitmer, co-author of new Louvin Bros book
Hi All, I would like to share an exciting new interview that I just posted on my music blog, Uprooted Music Revue. The interview is with author Benjamin Whitmer, who co-wrote the just-published Satan...
View ArticleNeed beginner help, please.
I have an older Chicago 5 string banjo that was given to me by a coworker about 8 or 9 years ago. I haven't had time up til now to learn to play it but have always wanted to learn. My grandmother used...
View ArticleBridge Give Away #3
Okay.......this bridge give away will be an old hard maple (cutting board) with ebony top made to order. Like before I'll take the first 30 poster's who want in on the give away. If I get 30 before...
View ArticleTalk about dueling banjos...
I guess I'll have to take a few more lessons...: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3ehl_XBAE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=Ija1LhGaMIU
View ArticleUnclouded Day (fiddle and clawhammer banjo)
A version of Unclouded Day from a recording project that I've been working on. My friend Meghan Dudle is on the fiddle (tuned to DDAD), and I'm playing a gut strung tack-head banjo by Jeff Menzies in...
View ArticleAin't Google Translate FANTASTIC!!
I don't know if many people are aware of this free online tool from google called GoogleTranslate. It allows you to type anything on one side of the screen, and it will instantly translate it to or...
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Chemtrails
I was just wondering, does your banjo playing get better, or worse after you've been chemtrailed?
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My 6th Banjoversary
Six years ago today, my first banjo arrived. Well, it wasn't actually my first. I owned a bluegrass banjo a long time ago, but I never figured out how to play it. I also had a 6-string banjo tuned...
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Bridge tweaking
Report to ModeratorPosted - 1/9/2012 5:39 PM Hey BHO dudes! Hope all are having a good start to 2012! Got myself a Masterclone about a month ago, and have had an annoying short...
View Articlewill the FBI come after me?
was wondering if its against the law to post a guitar here in classifieds, i have already posted it on guitar hangout but doesn't seem like a lot of traffic over there and thought maybe someone from...
View ArticlePeter Tork ODE Banjo
...so does anyone know of a Peter Tork model ODE banjo for sale? because I'd love one !
View ArticleJ.D. Crowe Classic Solos Tabs
Just got this tablature book from Russell Sawler at bluegrassoutlet.com. And I must say it's impressive. This is a collection of about 60 songs and it sells for around $35 when you add postage....
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Attention to detail - Dan Knowles
I want to give a shout-out to my friend Dan Knowles. We all know he is a masterful artist and his design and inlay work is unsurpassed. But I wanted to highlight an example of his incredible...
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