I'm buying a banjo

[Rib 13]

...and the plans for world domination of retirement villages can commence.

Find a six in one of these and hang a pair of Depends off the headstock:

 

[RumblinThunder]

Got myself a 5 string HarleyBenton banjo after listening to some Earl Scrugs . Wife was less than ecstatic .
Oh well , off to practice my banjo rolls

 

[PWRL]

That's cool, you should enjoy it. IIRC, one of the guys from the Old Crow Medicine Show plays one and calls it a guitjo.

 

[hasbeen]

sounds like fun Jimmy. I've messed around with one quite a bit, a traditional 5 string though. I play quite a bit of open-tuning steel string guitar and I use hybrid picking. I can "mimic" banjo technique that way.

 

[mongo2]

A few days ago I saw a youtube of Jim Stafford playing a guitjo.

I played accordion in the 60's so I got to hear jokes like this...

What's the definition of perfect pitch? When you throw a banjo in the dumpster and it lands on an accordion.

 

[PWRL]

A few days ago I saw a youtube of Jim Stafford playing a guitjo.

I played accordion in the 60's so I got to hear jokes like this...

What's the definition of perfect pitch? When you throw a banjo in the dumpster and it lands on an accordion.

I actually rescued an accordion from literally going into the dumpster. My boss's dad was going to throw it out and was shocked and amazed when I told him I'd take it for my friend who was learning.

 

[Michedelic]

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In an effort to be as cool as my friend, famed Estonian producer and Winny Puhh guitarist/banjoist/singer Silver Lepaste (far left), I am buying a banjo! His is a tenor banjo, but I'll be getting a 6-string.

A couple years ago, I set up a Rogue 6-string banjo for a friend without knowing the first thing about setting up a banjo, and it ended up being a perfectly good cheapo banjo with low action and a decent sound. Always wanted to get one for myself but never did because I didn't have a reason.

Lately I've been writing songs, and some will sound amazing with banjo. Silver's occasional use of banjo in Winny Puhh's music really showed me how great banjo can be in heavier rock settings. And like Silver, while I've always been a sucker for a great banjo player, I'm a bass and guitar player and don't really want to play bluegrass, nor do I think I could learn how to do banjo rolls. But I can flatpick a 6-string and get what I want out of it.

So my plan is getting one of these Dean 6-string banjos...

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...and the plans for world domination of retirement villages can commence.

For an instrument that gets a lot of hate, it certainly gets around...
These ex-GI's rocked Germany with it..


You could even get psychedelic with it...

No need to get stuck in traditional stuff, but then the Byrds' Roger McGuinn, who was well adept at the instrument(he adapted roll picking to his 12-string)was never shy with incorporating it...


And then there's this lady, pulling together all the roots...

 

[elpancho]

Bela Fleck and The Flecktones. I say, go for it JIMMMY!

 

[baileyboy]

Epic!

 

[DirtDog]

I'm buying a canoe, @JimmyM. Wanna meet up sometime?

 

[GretschWretch]

Find a six in one of these and hang a pair of Depends off the headstock:

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Already I am revisualizing the guitar duel scene in the film Crossroads.

 

[GretschWretch]

That's cool, you should enjoy it. IIRC, one of the guys from the Old Crow Medicine Show plays one and calls it a guitjo.

 

[SaucyJackBass]

What a strange thing to buy for a mid-life crisis!
Most people just get a Harley, or a Ferrari.
Looking forward to hearing some of what you're gonna write and play!

Since COVID lock down I have been jamming a 4 string Tenor Guitar, tuned like a mandolin (GDAE). I play every day, it has renewed my "music is fun" attitude. I'm still in an original band (www.lidauna.com) and practice every Friday (bass player). We are almost done recording our 6th album, but I have to admit, playing Tenor at home has been my joy lately.

 

[iiipopes]

Let's see: famous rock/pop songs with banjo parts:
The Who: Squeezebox
Eagles: Take it Easy
OK, now it's everybody else's turn.

 

[Door County Bass]

View attachment 4275996

In an effort to be as cool as my friend, famed Estonian producer and Winny Puhh guitarist/banjoist/singer Silver Lepaste (far left), I am buying a banjo! His is a tenor banjo, but I'll be getting a 6-string.

A couple years ago, I set up a Rogue 6-string banjo for a friend without knowing the first thing about setting up a banjo, and it ended up being a perfectly good cheapo banjo with low action and a decent sound. Always wanted to get one for myself but never did because I didn't have a reason.

Lately I've been writing songs, and some will sound amazing with banjo. Silver's occasional use of banjo in Winny Puhh's music really showed me how great banjo can be in heavier rock settings. And like Silver, while I've always been a sucker for a great banjo player, I'm a bass and guitar player and don't really want to play bluegrass, nor do I think I could learn how to do banjo rolls. But I can flatpick a 6-string and get what I want out of it.

So my plan is getting one of these Dean 6-string banjos...

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...and the plans for world domination of retirement villages can commence.

 

[Texaspandj]

"I'm buying a banjo" - JimmyM
" You bragging or complaining?"- TB members.
Enjoy.

 

[BucketOfFish]

The good stuff starts at 0:00

 

[micguy]

What a strange thing to buy for a mid-life crisis!

My bet is Jimmy is just tired of all the young attractive women coming up to him and hitting on him. A banjo is an excellent solution to that problem.

 

[JakobT]

Banjos are cool. You go!

 

[Philip McAdam]

The definition of a gentleman is someone who knows how to play a banjo, but doesn't.

Tom Waites said that exact thing about the accordion.

 

[Son of Wobble]