Banjo question

[OHIOSTEVE]

Find a Line6 Variax 300. You can get them for $300-$350. Run it off of 6 AA battery pack, since you're not going to use it much. Gets a GREAT banjo sound and you don't have to relearn. Plus Dobro, sitar, etc.

Saw a guy one night who had some sort of pedal that made his guitar sound like various other instruments I bet that's what he was using.

 

[Tone deaf]

Or hookers.

Hookers and blow. If you allocate too much to one vs the others...you'll have an unfortunate experience.

 

[fry]

I was going to warn you that real banjo players frown at the mention of a six-string banjo. Looks like you’re already seeing that.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

I was going to warn you that real banjo players frown at the mention of a six-string banjo. Looks like you’re already seeing that.

And here I thought there was nobody for them to look down on.

One time I forgot to lock my car and I had my guitars in the back seat. Some bastard came by and left a banjo.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

What is the difference between a banjo and a chain saw? A chain saw has a dynamic range.

Canocial List of Banjo Jokes

 

[bungle]

It’s like an open G on the guitar

 

[Tone deaf]

Great thing about banjo players is if you pose a question about placing a floating bridge...they will go on for hours.

 

[Oldskoolrob]

Banjos make great kindling for an accordion fire.....

 

[CB91710]

 

[MikeyTheCat]

How can you tell the difference between all the different banjo songs? By their names.

 

[catawompus]

I would like to add banjo to a couple of our songs. I have a 5 string but cannot play anything on it. I have tried and failed over and over. I am thinking of buying a 6 string but am clueless. Do any of you have any insight? Preferably an acoustic electric....$500 or close.

After all those banjo jokes it's time for some real advice... If you want to get a banjo, get a 5-string resonator banjo. The only one in your price range with decent quality is a Deering Goodtime. As for learning, the old Earl Scruggs book is still available and a good start. Last part: Forget about all the ignorants... they don't know any better...

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Guitar Hero

Banjo Hero

Just say no.

Except for Bela Fleck. Maybe.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

After all those banjo jokes it's time for some real advice... If you want to get a banjo, get a 5-string resonator banjo. The only one in your price range with decent quality is a Deering Goodtime. As for learning, the old Earl Scruggs book is still available and a good start. Last part: Forget about all the ignorants... they don't know any better...

I have one....

 

[catawompus]

I have one....

Don't you dare...

 

[edro]

I’m going to learn Erhu.

 

[jvin248]

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String and tune your banjo like a four string guitar. Play and record. It's not like you are trying to get bass lines out of the E and A guitar strings anyway. You might need different string gauges for the scale length to get there, experiment. A few Justin Johnson videos to inspire.

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[LtDave32]

A banjo is a tambourine with a neck.

 

[Chango Malo]

A banjo is a tambourine with a neck.

so a tambourine is just an invertebrate banjo?

 

[edro]

Worse

 

[Jymbopalyse]

All you need to do now is add a bagpiper and yur off to the races.