Registered: Aug 2008
Location: Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, VA
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Just wondering if anybody on here plays banjo? I've started it recently. It's really fun but it definitely isn't very easy. Hopefully one day I'll get good an buy a Gibson or a Huber.

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I use to pick and grin, but I was better at grinning...

Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out lives nearby, he can tear it up. I have heard him on a few of my visits to Zepp's Country Music Store. Donald Zepp can also play well, though it's mostly the open back clawhammer/frailing style.

You should join the Banjo Hangout, they have a forum where you can learn LOTS...

Good luck with your banjo playing, I love the Huber and the Cox brands as they are largely american made...I always picked a cheap double eagle Harmony, I regret selling it.

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Yeah I get on there from time to time. I know all the rolls and a few songs. I should probably take a few lessons since I can't read music and that seems to hold me back a little. But I learn really well by ear

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i play guitar , mandolin , up right bass

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IVE PICKED THE GUITAR FOR 50 YEARS ,MY DAD,AND 2 BROTHERS COULD ALL PICK,MY DAD REST HIS SOUL COULD REALLY MAKE A HARMONICA SING .. WE ALL PLAYED BY EAR NO LESSONS, WHILE BACK MY COONHUNTIN BUDDY GOT HIM A BANJO ,,HES ALREADY A REAL GOOD GUITAR PICKER AND NOW GETIN GOOD ON THE BANJO,I BOUGHT HIS BANJO AND CHRIS GOT A NEW GIBSON. HE TUNED MY BANJO TO AN OPEN C HE TOLD ME IT WAS EASY TO LEARN THAT WAY .SINCE THEN IVE LEARNED SOME SONGS ON IT AND LEARNIN HOW TO ACTUALLY PICK IT TUNED LIKE THAT,THE FIRST SONG I LEARNED IN 10 MIMUTES{THE OLD RUGGED CROSS}I WAS SO SURPRIZED HOW GOOD IT SOUNDED,,HANG IN THERE TAKE SOME LESSONS ,,,THEY CAN TEACH OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS,,HAVE A BLESSED ONE MY FRIEND ,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON IM GONA BUY ME A FIDDLE ONE OF THESE DAYS ID LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY ONE OF THOSE TOO!

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I play in open G. I pick Scruggs style but I can play claw hammer style some also. I don't know about a fiddle though. They don't have any frets. Haha. Man of constant sorrow is a pretty easy song to learn on banjo though. I like to learn new licks and put stuff together that sounds good and have fun with it

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BY YOUR SIGNATURE,YOUR STILL A YOUNG MAN AND SERVING YOUR COUNTRY.THANK YOU MY FRIEND FOR YOUR SERVISE,YOUR SACRFICES ,AND ALL YOU DO TO GIVE US FREEDOM IN OUR GOOD OLE U.S.A.! KEEP PICKIN,SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DOIN GOOD ..MY OLE FINGERS JUST CANT SEEM TO MOVE UP AN DOWN THOSE FRETS LIKE THEY USETA.ON A BANJO I CAN MISS A FEW NOTES AND KNOW ONE CAN HARDLY TELL.HAVE A BLESSED ONE CODY,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM AND MAY GOD KEEP YA SAFE ,,,RON

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Thanks Ron. I really enjoy the military. I just hate not being able to hunt while I'm on sea duty. Haha. But it's worth it. It's the most rewarding job I've ever had and I'm looking at doing at least 20 years

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keep on ah picking cody lol.

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keep on ah picking cody lol.

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My 14 year old son got a banjo for Christmas. He does really well on it. He watches Banjo Ben on You Tube. He can pretty much play whatever he sees him play. He started on the guitar when he was 8. He plays everything by ear. Keep pickin Cody, God bless and thanks for your service to our country.

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Yeah I have to hear it or see it played. I can't read it. I wish I could

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cody iam just north of chattanooga. i play the guitar a little, but i aint nothing special. my boy can pick a guitar and i got him a banjo and he was picking that thing in a few days lol. he had the roll down and all, it would have taken me a year to do what he did in a few days lol. cody you need to look up raymond fairchild, he can play a little.lol

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took lesson`s for a while never could get my rolls down lester flat has a good book out i have most thing is practice good luck reno and smiley has a song called ol rattler good pickin in it

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