"Trapdoor, the dropthumb technique requires the thumb to do on a low string what it does on the short string. And that is to press towards earth and release. I suppose if one bent the thumb extremely and contacted the string with the very tip of the…"
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Jody Stecher
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camm vibrante on ebay
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Variations, Banjo Pollutions of The Blood, etc.
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Seeking help with A Dancer's Dream
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Jody Stecher commented on Last man jack's blog post 6 and 7 Classic banjo?"The akonting of Senegal appears to be in a similar relationship to the ancestor of the banjo as the banjo itself: cognate and probably not identical.
I have a Daniels banjo myself and have had two. Attached is a photocopy of page 4 of the…"
Jody Stecher commented on Last man jack's blog post 6 and 7 Classic banjo?"The 6 and 7 string banjos are not unplayable for oompah accompaniment and they are ok for simple melodies using "up-picking" techniques. They cannot easily be used for drop thumb technique because there is usually no room for the thumb to…"
Jody Stecher commented on Last man jack's blog post 6 and 7 Classic banjo?"Please let us know what you do find out about the use of banjo (of any number of strings) in playing with the fiddle for vernacular English dance music. "
Jody Stecher commented on Last man jack's blog post 6 and 7 Classic banjo?"The so-called "melodic" technique consists of using the same open strings that would be used in first position (on the first frets near the nut) while obtaining notes on closed strings on lower string higher up the fingerboard and…"
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion 5 string Banjo America’s National Instrument."There is a 12 inch version of this LP with corrected liner notes and 14 tracks, the addition of Bill Bowen, lots more Ted Shawnee (playing with a plectrum) and some of the repertoire replaced. Instead of Hungarian Dance, Frank Bradbury plays Donkey…"
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion 5 string Banjo America’s National Instrument."My best guess is that the lower notes comprise an alternate melody. My second best guess is that Bradbury was composing for an octopus.
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Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion 5 string Banjo America’s National Instrument."Inventive sleeve notes indeed. Especially when it comes to numbers. This is like shooting fish in a barrel but .... Let's see what I learned:
the five string banjo has four strings.
Sweeney played for two years for the queen, apparently…"
Jody Stecher commented on thereallyniceman's photo
CERegal_Morton
"The Fairbanks Whyte Laydie sound can be improved with changes of bridge, vellum tension and material (a real vellum or Ren head each sound better on WL then standard plastic heads), the right tailpiece and the right strings. I've never owned…"
Jody Stecher replied to marc dalmasso's discussion Home-made Cello_Bj ' head"I am trying to understand how it stayed so perfectly round without a "flesh hoop". Many round "frame drums" have no flesh hoop so maybe it is unnecessary (?)"
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion camm vibrante on ebay"What were the asking prices on these? "Silly money" is a great expression. Might make a good title for a banjo solo. Or for a racehorse. Or both if one happens to be Joe Morley.
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David Wade replied to Jody Stecher's discussion camm vibrante on ebay"These are silly money prices....Ivor Maraints managed to make a grand on a Vibrante a couple of years ago, Steve Noon failed! There were at least two on stalls at the Clowne Rally - both in better condition than these, one was a Camm and the other a…"
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion camm vibrante on ebay"Lower model Windsors are still "cheaply" (the opposite of costly). Wood shrinkage seems to occur when insufficiently seasoned wood is used. Instead of drying (and shrinking) as logs and boards, the shrinkage occurs over a…"
thereallyniceman replied to Jody Stecher's discussion camm vibrante on ebay"Gosh £980.. that is "real" money for a ZB. I have not kept in touch with prices.
I don't like lifted veneer, particularly badly replaced, lifted veneer. Was it too wet... has it been too dry? What other gluey bits are falling…"
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion camm vibrante on ebay"Most veneered Camms I've seen, especially the Vibrante and Patent models suffer from shrinkage and dried out glue. . Usually the binding and veneers come off in places. It's often worse than this one. The later Vibrante Royal models,…"
thereallyniceman replied to Jody Stecher's discussion camm vibrante on ebay"Hmmm, Seems a bit too beaten up for the price that is being asked. I would say £300 -£400 was nearer the value. I am not a fan of Zither banjos as I pick too hard (not the banjos fault I know!), but I can't get a decent sound out of…"
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Banjo Benches at San Francisco Airport!
I was taking a flight out a new terminal at San Francisco the other day and was surprised and amused to see the shape of some comfortable new benches with a new shape. Off topic because they look like plectrum banjos? No indeed, these are Zither Banjo Benches! I'm afraid my mobile phone takes horrible quality pictures but at least the shape was captured. The wave of the future?
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Farland Metal banjo head on ebay
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clear photos of the missing banjo
Note the copper bass string, the red binding around the pot and the inlay "The Cammeyer Vibrante Royal" These are distinctive.…
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Posted on November 28, 2010 at 22:16
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- At 4:06 on April 7, 2009,
Trapdoor2 said… - Jody, regarding the banjo I'm playing in my videos: that's one of Bob Flesher's "Cotillion" (12") models; my main axe for about 6 yrs. Thanks for the kind remarks, I've gone from archtop Stelling "shrill" to "tubby" over the years (in more ways than one!). I have a fiberskyn head on it, Aquila Nylgut strings and one of those Cole 5-footed bridges. I have a small collection of banjos but the Flesher gets all the playing time these days.
- At 1:08 on April 12, 2009,
Paul Hostetter said… - Then I shall cheer your posts.
- At 5:54pm on March 14, 2010, Joel Hooks gave Jody Stecher a gift…
- At 8:11 on August 19, 2010,
Liz McElwain said… - Thanks, Jody. Hope to be able to meet you over the Didmarton weekend.
- At 17:08 on September 11, 2010,
Anthony Peabody said… - I enjoyed meeting you at Backwell, and I am afraid that I assumed that you were a newcomer to Banjo, so please erase from your hard drive any superfluous and quite unnecessary advice. You don't need any encouragement either. I was the bass banjo at the end of the line, filling in the blanks, and wishing I could play better. So you see, you encorage me!
Anthony Peabody
- At 17:48 on December 22, 2010,
Eric STEFANELLI said… Thanks Jody, to add me as a friend, i am deeply honored !
I would be to give you some piece of information about my banjos making, give me please your e-mail, mine is : eric.pat-luths@orange.fr .
About your music, many people in France like bluegrass & old timey music, and play it, there is many bands, many american banjo players come to France every years to teach, and have many pupils, there is summer country festivals...i was myself a pupil of Tony Trishka in 1978 and and Ben Eldrige in 1982/83, but we can speak about it by mail. Classic banjo is unknow or very few people know this kind of banjo music.
Eric
- At 14:09 on August 3, 2011,
Pam Tointon said… Thank you Jody I enjoyed that. Nice to hear an original composition, but well beyond me yet as a beginner I'm afraid.
regards Pam
- At 12:51 on October 18, 2011,
Neil Angus Goodwin said… - Thankyou for the info, that might explain why it is the only Cammeyer I have seen with the metal bands.
- At 23:51 on March 5, 2012,
allan ideson said… thanks jody for your input.ime a guitarist .i have good instruments ...this banjo .has a lot of volume .also the neck and fingerboard are a work of art .after all these years the neck is straight .....no truss rod.when i master the beast ill put some tunes on ....thanks...allan
- At 21:34 on March 8, 2012,
skip sail said… hi Jody,met you on your australian tour,we talked Fred Macdowell and Robert Petway and jammed a bit on some fingerpicked blues at Camperdown. Thanks for the welcome to the forum! Skip
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