Our downtown merchants encourage buskers as long as it's completely acoustic. I have found that no matter how good you are, a guitar is not a money maker. I ama much better guiar player than banjo or Autoharp, but the Autoharp seems to be the money maker for me. People want to talk about it and ask me questions. . . and almost always throw some cash in my case. I haven't busked on purpose for over a decade, but I still have a sign in my Autoharp case that says,
"BROKEN STRING FUND - Visa and Mastercard cheerfully accepted"
I played almost entirely instrumental, but had a few kids' songs ready to sing for interested young folks.
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Jim
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-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-Various banjos, mandolins, dulcimers, ukuleles, Autoharps, mouth harps. . .
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