Wow..thanks for the post. It doesn't get much better than that. I wish our band had the time to practice hours every day, the discipline to do it, a Navy Admiral to make sure we were doing it and the...
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Wow..thanks for the post. It doesn't get much better than that. I wish our band had the time to practice hours every day, the discipline to do it, a Navy Admiral to make sure we were doing it and the...
This might be too corny for your act, because I don't know if you are a bluegrass act or not. But one of the most entertaining songs that we do, that gets the audience listening, laughing and...
There are alot of banjo picking styles out there, and eventually a person does get what Tony Trishka calls a "free right hand" or something like that, meaning that the right hand is not locked into...
I imagine then that you have heard his backup to Cripple Creek and Foggy Mt. Breakdown...some of the best...and most difficult to duplicate.
Cripple Creek...
I hope I haven't discouraged you away from spending time learning banjo! There is music in simple, slow tunes, and clawhammer style. Steve Martin did an album of slow banjo stuff that is really nice....
Thats great CZ! It sounds like you are on your way to becoming a banjo player that we can all love!
Check out Tonys backup here, you can hardly hear him, until he takes a break...
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Two months of banjo practice does not a banjo player make. From personal experience, becoming a GOOD banjo player (Scruggs style), takes a good decade, and even then there is more to learn. I played...
I have about 4 tuners, all of which are useless when the sun is out. All the fancy colors, the green text on black, I can't see it during a daytime jam. Can anyone recommend a clip-on tuner that they...
Nice work there Doug! Heres a nice song regarding the end, its about putting his ashes in a mason jar, strapping it to a harley motorcycle and driving the ashes around the country to all the places...
I've got a 700, never have played a 500 so I can't comment on differences. I can say that the 700 sounds fantastic. It has great tone, that comes across well over a mic. I recently lent it to Ernie...
We were on his territory, in his families RV site, with his brothers sitting around listening. I do remember leaving that jam after the next song. Not my idea of a fun session! Kind of put the kibosh...
Its all well and good for us city folks who play bluegrass to sit around in our virtual world, talking about how it is OK that we play bluegrass. I am one of you. But I have experienced in jam...
He got that from Earl. Scruggs used to rub the tip of his picks on the side of his nose for lubrication so the picks would pull smoothly over the strings. I guess Bela figured if it works for the...
Going to bluegrass festivals I meet all kinds of bluegrass "stars" at their cd table with all the other fans. I don't think much about that anymore. I did have a different kind of encounter with...
Thanks folks! I will be on guitar for the next 2 gigs, then back to mando. So I needed these chords for guitar first, then mando. I got a PM from UsuallyPickin that was very helpful. For those who...
Bernie...yes it does look too hi to me also. The action is great, I have no numbers for you but it is relatively low, easy to fret, no buzzing anywhere, sounds great, loud chop, clear notes. The...
Bernie...yes it does look too hi to me also. The action is great, I have no numbers for you but it is relatively low, easy to fret, no buzzing anywhere, sounds great, loud chop, clear notes. The...
I will be playing guitar rhythm for this song tonite and next week same night. I will work out a mando break for it when their guitar player gets back in 2 weeks. Basically I need a nashville sheet...
Thanks...I took a look at the tabledit file but it does not show the chord progression. That is what I need on paper by tonight...
I will be sitting in on a gig and the banjo player knows this song. I need to provide rhythm backup on mando or guitar. I can't find the chords anywhere, alll I can find is banjo tab with no chord...
Last nite I loosened the strings and the fretboard flattened right out. That confused me on which way to turn the truss rod now that it was flat. So I tensioned the strings back up and the neck bowed...
Thanks everyone. I will straighten it out tonight. In order to remove the relief, from what I understand from adjusting my guitar, I will loosen the strings, then loosen the truss rod nut,...
If I look down the neck, from the tailpiece to the peghead, I can easily see a bowing in my neck. Should I be able to visually see the relief by eye-balling it, or if properly set up, should I only...
I've got The Loar 700 and the bridge wheels are cranked up almost to the max. I bought it used and the first owner changed out the bridge, not sure what kind it is. Can I buy the original bridge from...
Or should it be flat as a straightedge? Just wondering because this weekend while picking under the nighttime dew, I heard alot of string buzzing from my mando. I am not sure if the humidity caused...