"Never mind but the case I got was said to be the original and is falling apart and basically is just firewood now. "

"Doesn't look like my regal or the case it came in. Could be the 1970s recreation"

"Sorry. I was just wondering if it would make a better concert instrument than anything modern. Might have a more interesting sound and I'm debating whether I want one or not."

"What is your opinion on Zither banjos. Could you string up a regular banjo like a zither?"

"Was thinking about getting Zach Hoyt to build an archtop for me. "

"How much are you asking for it?"

"What does it look like?"

"Ah I like to practice alternate picking. I use the earliest ones in Bradbury as warm ups and Clarke and I are working on Banjo Jubilee right now. My sight reading is better than playing from memory, but there are tunes I can play way better than the…"

"How are you getting on, having gone back to the basic banjo techniques? Hopefully you will begin to realise a marked improvement in your whole approach to the instrument and the genre. "

"I don't have a daily practice routine, I just get it in when I can because it is very loud and the squillo (overtones) is/are deafening. I pretty much set my own because he just guides me in faults in technique, I'm at an advanced enough…"

"That is very impressive. What daily practice routine has your teacher set for you?"

"I'm quite advanced, but not to a professional level yet"

"How are you progressing in learning the fundamental elements of opera singing?"

"I'm an opera singer in training and a composer."

"Yes, it can be.  Are you currently learning to play any other instruments, or only the banjo?"