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A short primer on reading banjo music notation – the easy way.
Introduction After posting some videos of mine, I have received some questions about how to read music notation, so I thought it might be useful if I wrote a short primer on the subject. Indeed,...
View ArticleThoughts on Goodtime Special Openback With Tone Ring
I have been playing a Rover RB-20, I now feel it is time to upgrade. I have been looking at the Deering Goodtime Special Openback With Tone Ring on banjo.com. I play Clawhammer and Old Time music so I...
View ArticleDifference in Tailpiece Weight
I'm curious if anyone knows if there is a difference in weight between the two hump, four hump, and traditional presto tailpieces? Of course, if they are all from the same manufacturer like Prucha?...
View ArticleRocky Top - Scruggs style...
Rocky Top - Basic Solo - Tabledit Rocky Top - Basic Solo - MIDI See attached PDF... Tom www.banjotom2.com
View ArticleFor Sale: Gibson 1959 RB250 Bow-Tie
And the next one is: 1959 Gibson RB250, bow-tie archtop. I've had this one sitting next to my place on the couch with a mute on it for the last several months. I bought the completely unmolested pot...
View ArticleDamaged shipment
I recently bought a banjo from a BHO member. I paid full asking price. It arrived with a cracked rim( thin minstrel style oak rim). It was poorly packed and that is probably why it cracked in...
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Metal Body Reso - Price Reduced
I just dropped the price for my custom necked Johnson metal body reso guitar from $650 to $550. It's about to go on Craigs List and then maybe eBay. http://www.banjohangout.org/classified/23869
View ArticleHow does one make this taste better?
Rice cakes. They are showing how they make them (Quaker Brand) on the tv. I sat and watched... Lots of things go into making and packaging them for the market. I bought some once. Nobody liked them,...
View ArticleSong Of The South
HI ALL I would have the tab of this song thanks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gEg-FLZRi4&feature=related
View ArticleCLEANing the banjo -- possible??
As my handle portrays, I'm a banjo newby. As usual, I've got all the standard problems of learning to play a new-to-me instrument. However, today I want to know how to CLEAN a banjo. I know how to...
View ArticleFREE Banjo Instructional on How to Learn and Break Away from TAB
Here is a video on how to think when learning a song or using TAB. I demonstrate the concept using the first part of "Cripple Creek" http://youtu.be/dvRRY9boVBY Summary: Think in terms of chords and...
View ArticleDating my TB-1 Conversion
I have a OPF TB-1 conversion I bought about 18 months ago from a fellow Hangout member outside of Nashville. He bought the banjo in 2002 from Curtis McPeake who I believe converted the original tenor...
View ArticleDownloading Tabs
So I am new to downloading Tabs from the internet. What program should I use to do it?
View ArticleOld Time Tenor Banjo vs. Irish Tenor Banjo
If you take a tenor banjo, tune it GDAE, and proceed to play a bunch of fiddle tunes like Old Joe Clark, Cripple Creek, Big Scioty, Arkansas Traveler, Stone's Rag, June Apple, Billy in the Lowground,...
View ArticleAs long as we are talking about Dogs... how about rawhide?
This is one that I think has developed urban mythical qualities. I've given my dogs rawhide since my first dog when I was a little kid. Everything from the sticks to the bones with the tied ends, to...
View Articleadding photo to post
I have a couple setup related questions that I'd like to toss into the ring, but they would be more meaningful with a photo or two. I have probably missed something, but I don't understand the...
View ArticleThoughts on the LaBella strings?
Where I live it's almost impossible to find banjos (so far I have only been able to find a brand called Caraya), not to mention accessories. They do sell only one brand of banjo strings: LaBella (011,...
View Articleremoving post
I was goin to ask how to remove a post, but it is already gone, thanks,done in anger, sorry
View ArticleCan you name this tune??
Hey banjo players, I'm trying to figure out what tune the Josh Williams Band is playing here.. anybody know? Thanks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTA032HBtOI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
View ArticleStew Mac Bluegrass Pot
Does anyone know where the hardware is made for the Stew Mac Bluegrass pot assembly?
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