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| Jay |
Posted - 12/24/2002 : 10:55:22 PM
I got a banjo ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa ha! Yessss!
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| 40 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Jay |
Posted - 01/18/2003 : 10:09:27 PM
Hehe! I think that may be the most coherent thing I've ever posted, though. |
| PJK |
Posted - 01/18/2003 : 12:33:42 AM
Yeah Jay....I saw the "tire" post....hehehe and yes that one was definitely weirder than the one on this page....so really....
LAY OFF THE WEED!!!  |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 11:06:46 PM
.....and people wonder why so many have a fear of clowns. |
| Dickey500 |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 11:03:36 PM
Nah, man, Killer Clowns rocks. Classic 80s crap horror flick. They even released it on DVD. They cocoon their victims up in cotton candy and then use crazy straws to drink their blood. Their spaceship is a giant circus tent...gotta check it out if you're ever really bored and "quality" movies just aren't cutting it. |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 10:14:58 PM
Hahahaha!!! That sounds like something from MST3K. Or maybe it's the title. Because I'm downloading "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" From the title alone, I'm sure it'll be hilarious. |
| Dickey500 |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 10:05:41 PM
Very true...but, come to think of it, you can kill someone with just about anything. You ever see "Killer Clowns from Outer Space"? Those bastards used to off their victims with cotton candy guns...
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| pcbTIM |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 10:03:02 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Dickey500
hey, that's right...it wasn't burt. Burt had the bow and arrows - not the guitar. You can see how I'd confuse that - ya know, they both have strings.
......you can kill people with both of them...... |
| Jay |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 10:02:39 PM
Very true my friend...true this is. |
| Dickey500 |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 9:58:26 PM
hey, that's right...it wasn't burt. Burt had the bow and arrows - not the guitar. You can see how I'd confuse that - ya know, they both have strings. |
| Jay |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 9:54:10 PM
Trust me, this isn't the stranges thing I've posted tonight......one word...Tires... |
| PJK |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 9:50:14 PM
Gotta say this JAY LAY OFF THE WEED!!!!! |
| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 9:44:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Evergreen
Any pictures yet! Jerry Garcia played banjo before he played guitar.
Did I say that already? I've always attributed his excellent(my opinion) guitar playing with mastering the banjo first.
I just read a book on him and jerry seemed really really into banjo when he was playing that. wanted to be in some big bluegrass group or something like that it think... |
| Jay |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 8:48:14 PM
It wasn't Burt Reynolds it was the bad guy it RoboCop (a.k.a Ronny Cox) that played with baby-Ross Perot. Not Burt Reynolds. If it WAS Burt Reynolds, he'd be in the "best" bluegrass band ever, and it would BE the best bluegrass band ever casue Burt's in it. He is the most marvellous person on earth, in his opinion. But, I can come! I sort of look like Ronny Cox! It'll be fun...oh...I'll bring a guitar and we can sit on a ratty old porch and play Dueling Banjos over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over
again and again. |
| Dickey500 |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 8:01:02 PM
I just wanna be able to sit on my porch with overalls, no shirt or shoes, a piece of hay in my mouth, hat tilted over my brow, jug with three X's on it...rockin away in my rocking chair waiting for Burt Reynolds to show up to do a duet with me on my banjo.
Now all I need are overalls, a porch, hay, a rocking chair, moonshine, a banjo and burt reynolds. Can anyone help a brotha out? |
| Evergreen |
Posted - 01/17/2003 : 4:15:01 PM
Any pictures yet! Jerry Garcia played banjo before he played guitar.
Did I say that already? I've always attributed his excellent(my opinion) guitar playing with mastering the banjo first. |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 01/07/2003 : 11:07:56 PM
Ah, that is good news.  |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 01/05/2003 : 04:40:14 AM
I was sad to see them go myself. When Kevin hooks me up with my bumpersticker I will take a picture of it and have Jon Soldo post it so it can always be referenced. We shall SEE our friend the Flaming Moe again soon. |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 01/05/2003 : 02:14:06 AM
Yeah, its not the same. Though the little devil pics do help a little.  |
| PJK |
Posted - 01/04/2003 : 10:49:45 PM
But it was just so much more fun when the picture was there!Flaming Moe's are just not the same without the picture! |
| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 8:11:18 PM
HAHA, I knew it was there when i saw HTG at 20 posts. "you're a sly one, Mr. Grinch." |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 4:54:53 PM
Flaming Moe anyone ? ? ? |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 4:53:38 PM
True hick family, lol. |
| Jay |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 3:49:39 PM
Thanks very much buddy! I've been doing a little hick song lately...It's much fun...except now my family is a true hick family. |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 01/03/2003 : 02:25:18 AM
Chris Whitley also plays an awesome banjo and my roommate ED has taken up the banjo. I don't know if he is still taking lessons, but he was getting pretty good. CW uses fingerpicks to my recollection. It has been a while since he used one, but he was telling me he was going to try picking it up again because he hadn't in a while. I remember seeing him live rock out on the banjo and I was always quite impressed. Good luck with it Jay, banjo is a pretty kewl instrument, I think. |
| Jay |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 5:12:48 PM
It really isn't that bad. I still play guitar 2-3 hours daily and I'm doing fine on the banjo. It's not that much different. The fifth string is a G note, and the rest of the string are tuned like the top four strings of a guitar in open G tuning, that is, DGBD. So the tuning is GDGBD. The high fifth string lets you drop some cool thumb notes in while still keeping the melody going on the rest of the strings. Plus, since you have that extra D note, you can barre the top four three strings and have a nice little chord to mess around with. It's lots of fun, but if you play guitar now, practice fingerpicking. It's all I do, and once you get that down pretty well banjo comes fairly easy. And, if you do decide to get a banjo, play guitar as well. They compliment eachother nicely and laering new things on both helps the other. So learning some banjo rolls will open up some new territory on guitar, and vice versa.
Open tunings on guitar also help with banjo. Play in open G and open D so you can get a feel for a banjo.
This is optional. Try fingerpicks. There aren't too many bajo pickers that don't use them, and they do help, but to me it's like typing with mittens on. I don't like to have metal and plastic between the strings and my fingers, not to mention having my thumb a quarter inch from the strings just so I can use a thumbpick. The fingerpicks DO help project the instrument, but they are a matter of personal taste. Lot's of banjo pickers will tell you that the sound of the instrument depends on using fingerpicks, but if you have nice strong fingers, it's not a problem. One reason why I can fingerpick pretty good is becasue I have really long, thin fingers. It helps you to get your fingers between the strings and get more of an attack on them. If you look at Tim, he as these tiny little hands. Since he does, he can really project the sound of the intstrumnt louder and with more attack. If you have really fat, stumpy fingers, then maybe try using fingerpicks. But, alas, it is all a matter of personal choice.
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| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 08:36:39 AM
All i know is that the tuning is weird. one of my friends who switched from guitar to banjo said it really isn't all that bad, just a slightly new system of playing. Then again that same friend's slogan for his bluegrass band is "More fun than a horned chicken!" |
| Dickey500 |
Posted - 12/31/2002 : 12:09:33 AM
I've contemplated a foray into the world of the banjo, but a healthy fear of my uncoordinated fingers has kept that purchase at bay. Can anyone tell me about the switch from guitar to banjo? |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 12/28/2002 : 10:48:18 AM
He's amazing, especially watching him play on the Flecktones DVD.  |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 12/28/2002 : 03:44:46 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Jay
Now, If I had a banjo video...damn...Bela, can you come over for a few days?
I think that if he actually came over to your house, you would throw your banjo away because you'd just get blown away at his skill. Damn that man can fingerpick. |
| Jay |
Posted - 12/27/2002 : 6:50:06 PM
Oh, I'll ahve a few pics in a day or two...I still gotta get them on my computor. |
| Jay |
Posted - 12/27/2002 : 6:42:17 PM
Be sure to tell us when teh tabla comes! KJP's guitar videos are so cool. Anyone interested in fingerpicking blues stuff should check it out. He's a great teacher. Now, If I had a banjo video...damn...Bela, can you come over for a few days? |
| PJK |
Posted - 12/27/2002 : 5:06:21 PM
Awesome! Sounds like things are going well with the banjo....god I love the sound of those!
My tabla still hasn't arrived,, but when it does my instructor is all ready for me to start taking lessons. I just hope I learn well and don't humiliate myself! |
| Jay |
Posted - 12/27/2002 : 12:57:26 PM
Well, just today accually! No, joking I am. I love it, I've hardly put it down. I also got some Kelly Joe Phelps videos, one is a fingerpicking video where he teaches some of his songs, and the other is more of an instructional video on lapslide...I'm already getting better. And I got Fishing SImulator 2, and a bunch of breathmints. Damn, my family knows me. |
| {=HTG=} |
Posted - 12/27/2002 : 07:20:38 AM
Awesome Jay. Dont forget to let us know when you start playing "Sojourn of Arjuna." |
| pcbTIM |
Posted - 12/26/2002 : 01:25:03 AM
You lucky, lucky bastard. |
| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 12/25/2002 : 09:25:17 AM
hell yeah dude! I have a tenor banjo(4 string), and it's fun as shit! my christmas haul brought me this great 5 cd ken burns jazz collection. |
| PJK |
Posted - 12/25/2002 : 08:06:13 AM
Very cool Jay.....congratulations!!!!!
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| GuitarGuy305 |
Posted - 12/25/2002 : 12:08:12 AM
I have also heard good things about that company. Hope it's all you want in a starter banjo.
Feel free to email me a couple pics if you like.
Merry Christmas
Adam |
| Jay |
Posted - 12/25/2002 : 12:03:09 AM
An off-shoot of Washburn, Oscar Schimit. I've heard lots of good things about them, and a few little trite bad things, but for the most part, all good reviews. I guess it was rated the #1 starter banjo....I like it. If any of ya want to see pictures of it, It's friggin beautiful. Just e-mail me. I'll send you one of me holding it in a jacked-up sport coat, too! |
| GuitarGuy305 |
Posted - 12/24/2002 : 10:57:54 PM
Congrats man.
What kind?
Merry Christmas
Adam |
