Four words.

[Robin, Wales]

Originally Posted by rllink

Wow, thanks for all the support. I expected a couple pages of banjo jokes. A 5 string resonator Robin. I'm big into country/bluegrass and I'm not inclined to venture into something else.

What started this was that my son's flight from LA got delayed three hours. Being in the big city I thought that I would go to my favorite funky music store to see what was going on. Not much, but the manager, who I've bought a couple guitars from and is a really nice guy was noodling a banjo he had just gotten in. He was doing a three finger roll, which up until then I didn't know it had a name. I told him I used to do that all the time on my ukulele. So he set me down with the banjo and said go for it. Evidently I can do the two finger roll as well.

Anyway, I'm hooked. I would have bought it right then and there, except I'm leaving this week for a month and I thought I would wait and see if I am still in the mood when I get back. I told my wife that I was thinking of becoming a banjo player and she said, "whatever." I kind of expected to get a bunch of banjo derision out of her, but I think she's waiting until I get one before she starts in on it.

There's one accessory that you will definitely need for a resonator banjo - and get it as quickly as possible - and that's a bluegrass band. It's a bloody useless instrument without one!!!

[catt]

Originally Posted by rllink

. . . but I think she's waiting until I get one before she starts in on it.

Lol

I went through a big banjo phase. In 1976, when Led Zep was done, i needed a new hero to follow, and that was Earl Scruggs. It was my first exposure to "folk" music. Over the years i played it here and there, but my banjo interest really blossomed when i got mike seeger's "southern banjo styles." Eventually, i became a solo banjo performer, playing every style from minstrelsy to trad jazz; the first time i heard mood indigo/PHJB i had to get into tenor and plectrum...

I havent played banjo in many years -

[SpruceTop]

Originally Posted by rllink

Four words that may eventually go down in history as being what finally brought me down, "I want a Banjo."

I uttered those same words six years ago and after purchasing seven banjos I'm a drooling, blubbering mess walking around in circles screaming, "Why! Why! Why Did I Do It And I Want Another Banjo!"

Current Banjos:
Vega No. 2 - Tubaphone
OME North Star Walnut - Ring
Rickard 12" Maple Ridge - Dobson
Pisgah Custom 12" Walnut - Tubaphone
Bart Reiter Regent - Whyte Laydie
Ozark Custom 12-inch Figured Cherry - Hoop

[martingitdave]

Originally Posted by SpruceTop

I uttered those same words six years ago and after purchasing seven banjos I'm a drooling, blubbering mess walking around in circles screaming, "Why! Why! Why Did I Do It And I Want Another Banjo!"

Current Banjos:
Vega No. 2 - Tubaphone
OME North Star Walnut - Ring
Rickard 12" Maple Ridge - Dobson
Pisgah Custom 12" Walnut - Tubaphone
Bart Reiter Regent - Whyte Laydie
Ozark Custom 12-inch Figured Cherry - Hoop

Ken, this is what I was worried about. I’m sorry for your loss of sanity but I wish you well on your new musical journey.
That said, if you buy an accordion, we will not forget.

[rllink]

Originally Posted by Robin, Wales

There's one accessory that you will definitely need for a resonator banjo - and get it as quickly as possible - and that's a bluegrass band. It's a bloody useless instrument without one!!!

I think I have that one covered as well. It is meant to be..

[SpruceTop]

Originally Posted by martingitdave

Ken, this is what I was worried about. I’m sorry for your loss of sanity but I wish you well on your new musical journey.
That said, if you buy an accordion, we will not forget.

Then again, Dave, I've watched the "Big Joe Polka Show" over yonder to the RFD-TV for nigh on to ten years, and accordions are striking a gleam in my eye. Then, just as assuredly, again, for someone who is sold on Sasquatch, me, the sky's the limit on what I might pursue and do! Happy New Year, Dave!

[martingitdave]

Originally Posted by SpruceTop

Then again, Dave, I've watched the "Big Joe Polka Show" over yonder to the RFD-TV for nigh on to ten years, and accordions are striking a gleam in my eye. Then, just as assuredly, again, for someone who is sold on Sasquatch, me, the sky's the limit on what I might pursue and do! Happy New Year, Dave!

You too! All music in 2024 is music to my ears. [emoji23]