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Comment by econnofoot on April 18, 2011 at 10:57am

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Comment by Little Soul Eric on April 18, 2011 at 10:46am

them guys are so cool

Comment by econnofoot on April 18, 2011 at 10:42am

Comment by econnofoot on April 18, 2011 at 7:53am

 

And mad props to you Ben, I have a great deal of respect for music teachers....I grew up playing classical Bass and Cello as a kid we had to take a music elective in Jr High...I opted for String Orchestra...blame the Stray Cats for getting me into Bass.

 

Funny as I blame Steve Martin for getting me interested in banjo even earlier.

Comment by econnofoot on April 18, 2011 at 7:50am

Wasn't my cheese box banjo btw...lol.  But I'm working on doing a few as next projects...got some round boxes coming soon I hope.

Comment by econnofoot on April 18, 2011 at 7:48am

Awesome Matthew! Welcome to the group and thanks for your service...look forward to hearing more from you when you get back.

 

Be Safe!

Comment by Matthew Borczon on April 17, 2011 at 11:14am

Hi all I play cookie tin and cigar box banjo. Mostly 3 stringed. Letely I have been playing a wonderful cigar box banjo made for me by our own Diane from chicago, she sent it to me when I was deployed to afghanistan through her cbgs for service members group. I do not have acess to any way to post pictures currently, but I am slated to go home very soon. I plan to record a cd of songs I have been playing since I got here. I also have a cut on masters of the cigar box guitar volume 3 My band the Jeruselum mules did a cover of go tell aunt rhody on a fretless 3 string cookie tim banjo I made a few years ago. Glad to be a member

matt

Comment by Brian Archer on April 17, 2011 at 5:12am

Hey everyone, I put some pictures on here yesterday but I didn't introduce myself. I have never owned a 5 string banjo in the traditional sense, but I have built a hand full of banjo ukulele's, and a six string guitjo. I love me some bluegrass. Keep the great  builds coming, and econnofoot I am really into the sound of your cheese box banjo.

Comment by Ben on April 17, 2011 at 1:44am

Hello fellow banjerpeople. Econnofoot, I liked your introduction so I thought I'd do one of my own. I've been playing guitar since I was about 10 or so but there was always a banjo in my house from my dad's failed attempt to play during the folk/bluegrass revival of the '70s. My high school had a Dixieland Jazz Combo that I walked into because I HAD a banjo (my main instrument was trumpet). I played pletcrum style (albeit on a 5 string...) and always felt like there was no way I was going to be able to do any fingerpicking. I played off and on for the next 10 years or so and then, after getting involved with CBGs, and building a six-string lap-steel, I bought a "How-to-play-the-dobro" book and noticed how similar the picking styles were. That encouraged me to pick it back up and start from scratch with my picking. I followed the advice I give my students (I'm a band and orchestra teacher) and started it extremely slow and would make a point to work on it a little bit every day. Now I feel like I've got some good speed going! I have also been drawn to old-time music so I have begun to dabble in frailing. It sounds especially good on my fretless hand-drum-turned-banjo that I made earlier this year (I actually still need to finish it, I've just been having too much fun playing it to strip it down). Also in the works is a new fingerboard for a 1920s tenor banjo I picked up off of Craigslist. I look forward to seeing people's creations in here and I'll add mine when I get it "done." (If you like bluegrass, check out the group: "The Grass Is Bluer On This Side...")

Comment by econnofoot on April 16, 2011 at 5:27pm

Wow Brian nice looking builds!

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