Banjotom
Hope I got the right person. There was a post on Theory forum I think that had banjo neck diagrams, both blank and all notes filled in. Was that yours and if so what happened to it? Sure was helpful....
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Day of Remembrance
Each January, NASA's Day of Remembrance honors the fallen crews of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and all those who have given their lives in the cause of space exploration. Today...
View ArticleTrouble With TablEdit
I've been having trouble with tabs that are made with TablEdit not printing correctly. It will print some tabs right, but most others it won't. On each page it will print a line or two correctly, but...
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Stolen banjo recovered
One of our local veteran pickers had his Dobro and his Gibson bow-tie stolen from his car several years ago. This week his old bow-tie was recovered when it was brought into my friend's music store by...
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Banjo Mute and Pick guard
I recently acquired a TB-7 and would like to know if anyone out there has one of the following that they might want to sell: The shipping records for the banjo indicate that the banjo came with this...
View ArticleSweet Sunny South
I have an old recording of Kyle Creed playing this tune. I've managed a version picking it up by ear but now I'm wondering ...what tuning is this usually played in? Does anyone know what tuning KC used?
View ArticleBanjo on craigslist-anyone know what it is?
Hi all. I've been skimming Craigslist instead of working (or practicing!) and came across this posting http://baltimore.craigslist.org/msg/2805605816.html Anyone know what it is or what it may be...
View ArticleI'm overjoyed
I got my new banjo, and I couldn't be more happy with it. It's a cheap one, $143 including shipping , and it's made in China, an Epiphone MB-100 "beginner level" banjo. But it looks great, simple but...
View ArticleJust discovered John Hartford (the man, not the banjo)!
Gosh, I just got Hartford, Rice, Clements CD and wow! That is some wonderfully refreshing picking! Then I went on to Youtube and watch all the Hartford stuff I can find and now I'm hooked. But...
View ArticleWashburn C head size
I've measured this thing several time and can't decide if the head is 10 7/8" or what. Has anybody replaced one recently?
View ArticleHow to Improve the Tone of an Aluminum Pot
I've got an old aluminum pot banjo from the 60's or 70's, originally intended to be used with a resonator. It's not labeled, but looks just like all the old Hondo, Jida, Aida, etc. I'm just starting...
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A new arrangement of a great Ragtime tune
GEORGIA GRIND My friend Steve and I have made an arrangement of the great Ragtime tune called "Georgia Grind" for classic style banjo, even the wife got in on the act by playing the piano. I hope...
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Radiusing a Golden Era fretboard - Pro / con?
I'm about to put SS frets on my Deering Golden Era & was thinking as long as the frets are off it would be the time to radius the fingerboard. All my other instruments have a radiused board...
View ArticleJust where do ya ...draw tha line..?
In tha news this mornin..on tha school bus Some kid..13 year old girl I think.Took ah...beatin..by other school kids.To tha point of becoming ...unconchance..This is all cault on vidio..When,...ya see...
View Article5th string
Hi everyone. It's been a while since I've written and visited and that's because I had not picked up the banjo for a while. The other day I was tuning my banjo and noticed that the plastic knob of the...
View ArticleOne of the "Sweathogs" Epstein died
I used to really like Welcome back Kotter. Robert Hegyes (Jaun Epstein) passed away. http://www.centurylink.net/news/read.php?rip_id=%3CD9SH04OO2%40news.ap.org%3E&ps=1016
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Old Home Place (living room jam, cool melodic version)
I'm slowly digging up these old jam recordings from last year and will post several one at a time, over the next few days that I've never shared here before. This was recorded sometime between early...
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