Man. Hanging around here sure has its pluses and minuses. Now where did I leave my bagpipes?
Man. Hanging around here sure has its pluses and minuses. Now where did I leave my bagpipes?
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Just send an email to rob.meldrum@gmail.com with "mandolin setup" in the subject line and he will email you a copy of his ebook for free (free to all mandolincafe members).
My website and blog: honketyhank.com
uh . . .I know one I can't make public but the punchline is "pepper spray." If you know the setup and post it here, it's on you.
Last edited by johnsoba; Jan-16-2018 at 10:12pm. Reason: i'm ashamed
Summit Artist V mandolin #384 (2011)
R.L. Givens A5 mandolin #151 (1978)
Jerman electric mandolin 4 string
Pisgah custom banjo #888 (2017)
Martin 000-18 guitar #218946 (1967)
parlor guitar, ice cream cone heel, unlabeled
Sebastien Kloz fiddle (1734, authenticated)
A banjo player, on his way to a gig, stopped at a local Walmart, forgetting that his banjo was in the back seat.
When he returned to his car, to his horror he found his car had been broken into: his rear window was smashed in! In the back seat was a second banjo.
Do banjo players have to play A7 chords? If not, I might get me one.
During the summer of 1992 I rented my house to a gentleman who was simultaneously learning Skruggs style banjo and the Scottish bagpipes. He was one accordion away from the instrument joke trifecta. (I live on 12 acres which helps)
BTW at the end of the summer he could absolutely shred both instruments and I mean musically not with a machete or a chainsaw. He began with a tentative 3 finger roll and come September he was crushing Earls Breakdown, Foggy Mtn. Breakdown etc. That summer taught me the value of serious woodshedding. And earplugs
'95 Gibson F-5V
2017 Collings MF5
2017 Martin OOO-28
2002 Martin D-18GE
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
What do banjo players use for contraceptives? Their personalities!
True story. My friend David McClung is a finger style guitarist. We we’re talking about banjo stuff. He said he could never get the hang of the three finger rolls. He followed up with “I have two many fingers.” I replied “You have too many teeth too.”
A single, lonely young banjo playing friend asked me for suggestions for pick-up lines for banjo players to use.
I suggested skipping the pick-up lines and instead starting a conversation that will show that he has some wisdom, intelligence and a bright future ahead of him...
"Want to buy a slightly used banjo?"
-- Don
"Music: A minor auditory irritation occasionally characterized as pleasant."
"It is a lot more fun to make music than it is to argue about it."
2002 Gibson F-9
2016 MK LFSTB
1975 Suzuki taterbug (plus many other noisemakers)
[About how I tune my mandolins]
[Our recent arrival]
What's the difference between a banjo and two large pizzas?
Two large pizzas can feed a family of four.
Why do people take an instant dislike to banjo players?
It saves time.
"Those who know don't have the words to tell, and the ones with the words don't know so well." - Bruce Cockburn
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
Yuk yuk yuk
If y’all want a banjo joke a day, go follow @a_banjo_walks_into_a_bar on instagram
I believe it was Mark Twain who said that the definition of a gentlemen is a man who knows how to play the banjo, but chooses not to...
I am deeply hurt by the overwhelming and deep hatred yall ‘spress towards us who play , or are trying to play this maligned, misunderstood, and nuanced instrument.
I shall start a “banjos too” movement.....try to stop this type of behavior
Let me use the restroom,......
Lol
Part of the issue is that everyone assumes it's a 5 string banjo.
I'm a 4 string player from New Orleans - grew up playing jazz, and later Italian and a little Irish music on banjo.
There's a world of difference between the banjo world I grew up in, playing river boats, old-time jazz clubs, jazz funerals, jazz brunches, etc., and the world of the banjo players in the typical jokes.
My typical banjo world - jazz!
One of my rarer moments on a 5 string banjo.
Well, if we're going to get serious...
I was totally into plectrum (standard) banjo for a long time, after tenor...but I started on 5-str.
Still, I don't mind joking around a bit.
This is stolen from another joke:
There's a fine line between playing the banjo and not being able to play at all.
Old Hometown, Cabin Fever String Band
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