Banjo Amnesty

[G7MOF]

Police in Greater Manchester UK have offered a no action amnesty to all banjo players who want to get rid of their unwanted WMD.

[Bertram Henze]

I hear they are still looking for the banjo player sighted near the Gatwick runway

[Ivan Kelsall]

Hi Bertram - You're undoubtedly refering to the complete moron who flew a drone over the airport yesterday (just for those folks who haven't heard of the incident). It caused 800 flights to be cancelled,& 120,000 people to loose their flights. One couple had their Honeymoon totally wiped !!. The thought of what might happen if a drone were to hit an aircraft in flight,doesn't bare thinking about.
G7MOF - That pic.looks like a photo of my bedroom back in 1965 / 6 (ish) when i was up to my ears repairing / refurbishing all manner of banjos. I had 14 banjos in various states of 'undress' in there at one time,
Ivan

[Bob Clark]

I had 14 banjos in various states of 'undress' in there at one time.

And the amazing thing, Ivan, is that you lived to tell the tale. We are all the more fortunate for it

[Dogrich]

For all the closet banjo players (myself included), don’t be fooled by this ploy, lol! There is a conspiracy against us! If we must, we will go underground (but no so deep that the world won’t be able to hear that beautiful raucous sound), lol!

Police in Greater Manchester UK have offered a no action amnesty to all banjo players who want to get rid of their unwanted WMD.

[Bob Visentin]

Well at least bump head stocks are now illegal.

[Ivan Kelsall]

Hi Bob - Back then i ate,slept & breathed banjos !. I often had more banjos that i could reasonably handle,but they were mainly strip down,clean & re-assemble. I put a few real 'hide heads' on. Those darned things were like a handfull of wet tripe !. That was before the plastic heads arrived over here. The best one that i ever did was a friend's pre-war Gibson 'Granada' - a Gold plated,engraved stunner - when i gave it back that is !. Prior to that,it looked like a total wreck. I was more pleased with it than my friend,
Ivan

[Ray(T)]

Nothing new about drones Ivan. I remember, back in the days when I spent more time flying gliders than I did playing mandolin, one of our club members landed with a model aircraft sticking out of his leading edge. Three feet to the left and it would have gone straight through the cockpit. Best thing was that the idiot flying it had the cheek to come and ask for it back!

Aren’t you the only Cafe member actually living in Greater Manchester, Ivan. G7MOF claims to be from “Lancashire” so you could possibly rid yourself of all those extraneous instruments at long last

[dhergert]

Speaking as a life long banjoholic, all of this banjo ridicule is enough to make a person turn to mandolin. Or even worse, double bass!!!

[OldSausage]

It's worth bearing in mind that all 5 string banjos have a drone.

[gtani7]

I have recently figured out how to make banjos substantially louder, clear head, 92 on Drum dial, playing with no fingers planted on the head and roughing up your fingerpicks with steel wool.

For a reasonable recurring fee, I can keep this info under wraps.

[Hudmister]

It's been fun bashing banjos for me over the years and I know my share of banjo jokes but I just recently listened to Noan Pikelny playing Bill Keith's "Beating Around the Bush", on YouTube. Wow, there you go. No more jokes.

[G7MOF]

It's been fun bashing banjos for me over the years and I know my share of banjo jokes but I just recently listened to Noan Pikelny playing Bill Keith's "Beating Around the Bush", on YouTube. Wow, there you go. No more jokes.

Wow! Give me one of those confiscated banjo's.

[stevedenver]

I started playing banjo about a year ago.
it has overtaken my time spent with mandolin at this point, as im really trying to advance.

I too, ignorantly ridiculed banjo players, stereotyping them as wearing only overalls, no shoes, and having friends-with-benefits relationships with goats and sheep. This isn't ALWAYS true.

I have seen the light.
I proudly declare I play banjo. It is an amazing and nuanced instrument.
One need only listen to Noam, Bela, Jens, Steve Martin and others to learn this. (My goat shared his CD collection with me).LOL

[Mike Snyder]

They can have my Orpheum when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.