Earlier when we discussed the survival or non survival of Gourd banjos, Marc Perdu made a very intelligent and perceptive comment about how such banjos may...
The banjo techs, the banjo mechanics, the shoe bolt experts here have often felt I have neglected them. Now here is something you all can help me with. I need...
Hi.. in Connecticut huh?. You are mighty close to Rhode Island. The Fretted Instrument Guilde of America Convention will be in Providence in August. I'll...
No problem, I installed the button in about 1 minute doing exactly as I said it appeared. A bigger problem is that this banjo is going through about one first ...
You need to tell us where the string is breaking. A common problem is when there is a sharp spot on the nut that cuts the string. Is that where it is breaking?...
As Eric said, the nut is a very likely culprit if the strings are breaking there, especially if the string takes off at a sharp angle (you have all the strings...
Tony, Which end of the string is breaking? Whichever end it is, smooth the offending surface, like Eric says. You want to use something like 200 grit emery...
No the string is not breaking at the nut. It is breaking at the tail piece. Actually, the strings aren't really breaking. Instead the winding on the loop that...
Sounds like a burr on the tailpiece. Why not use nylon strings (top four from a ball-end folk nylon set plus an extra 1st string for the 5th). That's what I...
... I am considering going to nylon or gut strings, but like steel for slide. This is the banjo that Mike Seeger used your slide on Doc at the Gathering. I...
I have been working on my banjo playing and also working on my banjo playing listening and video viewing over the past few weeks. I have been going through...
Definitely find the burr and sand it. I had this same problem on my Cumbus and ended up making a new tailpiece out of wood to solve it - but you don't want to...
First let me say, I learned guitar from a student of Segovia and the whole Segovia crowd are real sticklers for orthodoxy in guitar technique, so I know...
I love the picture on ebay. Thanks for sharing. I should print it and show to this guy I know since he think that I was the only black chick with banjo. It...
Nice meeting you. I'm another black banjo player from New York City. I'm playing 3 finger bluegrass style. I'm mastering Scruggs style right now. I'm also...
Thanks for the advice. I am thinking a lot about nylon strings although this banjo sounds so exquisite with metal strings. I have pretty tough hands and...
I've tended to always have heard since I was a teenager that traditional musicians don't play anything the same note for note ever whether in old time music or...
Tony, Why anyone would want to play on true gut strings is beyond me. They are made from the cleaned intestines of sheep, stretched and twisted. In the ...
This is from Rags, an old buddy of mine from Chicago, now living in Connecticut. Surprise, surprise... ... From: "Richard Olson" <CalSag1@...> Date: Thu, 2...
Mike points out not just referring to gut strings but to an entire banjo Bob Thornburg made to him, that they are biodegradable. But then so am I. I said I...
I posted two pictures of Curtis Wright, an African american bluegrass banjoists, playing with Frank Wakefield's band at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley last...
Speaking of Berkeley banjoists, is that Doug Chambers guy still around? Someone can e-mail me directly at blackmetalbanjos<at>yahoo<dot>com if there is top...
Yeah, I've been playing around with that 3-tape Seeger collection, too. It's eye-opening, and it's got me up- picking for the first time ... amazing how easy...
Tony, ... That's wierd. The D'addario (correct spelling) strings do, I think, have those pipe cleaner fuzzies on them, and t hat may help. Seems to me if they...
In a message dated 6/2/2005 1:38:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time, BlackBanjo@yahoogroups.com writes: The Fretted Instrument Guilde of America Convention will be...
... board ... Doug has been very busy with the joys and responsibilities of being a new dad and with a lot of work and other personal matters. Even in that...
"Maybelle used to play banjo, I believe, and she and Mike travelled around together, so there might be a story to tell there" I don't think there is any...
