The Cigar Box Banjo

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Comment by darren brown on May 25, 2012 at 8:57am

wow thats got great bangee tone .

 

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on May 23, 2012 at 1:59am

thanks John, I do find the banjo tricky but love the sound of them

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on May 22, 2012 at 12:00pm

Jim. Really nice playing, as always. The banjo sounds great too and looks very smart.

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on May 17, 2012 at 4:35pm

Thanks guys. Hi Andy, yes its clawhammer or frailing is the other name for this style. Its a bit tricky but I'm  sort of getting the hang of it.....a few more youtube lessons needed I think. I really couldn't get the hang of banjo picking style so decided to try this one. I actualy like the sound better than the nomal picking, its got a bit more traditional old style sound to it I think.Cheers for the comment Andy, appreciate it.

Comment by Phillip Robert on May 16, 2012 at 2:45pm

yyyyeeeeeeppp !!!!!! very very nice...°<[:-) [---]==={...

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on May 16, 2012 at 9:26am

Thanks John, I could never get on with banjo picking, so thought I'd try clawhammer instead. It's a bit tricky but sort of getting there. I couldn't decide if I should turn my garage into a workshop or Bar, so I turned it into both! 

Guitar building on one side and playing and drinking on the other....the Mrs don't get to see me to much now!!

 

Comment by Uncle John on May 16, 2012 at 9:14am

Oh, I love that frailing style.   Sounds great.  Like your bar area too.

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on May 16, 2012 at 7:29am

Thanks Wes, most kind

Comment by wes carl on May 16, 2012 at 7:22am

oh dats nice *****

Comment by Jim Junksville Sharkey on May 16, 2012 at 7:19am

Thanks Clock, we made the tone ring by stretching the drum over a section of a gas boiler flue that we hacksawed off, sounds odd but it did give it a nice tone, and made it the right size to fit in box!

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