Jody Stecher
  • 67, Male
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States
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Jody Stecher's Discussions

Female Banjo Calendar Update
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Started this discussion. Last reply by marc dalmasso Nov 4.

Silly
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Started this discussion. Last reply by David Wade Oct 31.

ABF Female Banjo Player Calendar/Shawn McSweeny
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Shawn McSweeny Nov 1.

 

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Jody Stecher commented on TONY BRYAN's video
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CALIFORNIA DANCE by George Gregory

"The name Esssss Exxxxx  can also be made to sound like cats. Everyone knew that Cam Meower was American. The "ghoul" is said to be European. ( America is *a* continent but *the* continent usually means Europe). So perhaps someone else…"
Nov 25
Jody Stecher commented on thereallyniceman's video
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Rag Classic Banjo

"Soft (non-metal) strings will create a notable change in sound."
Nov 22
Jody Stecher commented on marc dalmasso's blog post Quelle horreur !
"Some years ago, a friend of mine had a banjo student, a beginner, who after a few lessons, stunned her teacher by announcing —with no intended irony— that what she needed was a Faster Banjo. Life imitates Art. Here it is : A Racing Banjo."
Nov 20
Jody Stecher replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Morley Tunes
"How's that again? An order other than what we see? The oddity is that what we see does not correspond to the table of contents but is alphabetical. Let us know if it is that way in the book please. That would be very interesting to know. And…"
Nov 18
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion At A Georgia Camp Meeting Kerry Mills...help?
"  Right. There was a period of overlap where players read in A whilst tuned to C. I should have ended my reply with the words "or not".   "
Nov 17
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion At A Georgia Camp Meeting Kerry Mills...help?
"You can tell by looking for the little flag symbol that indicates the short string. If it appears on the stem of G you know that the notation is for C tuning. If it appears on the stem of an E you know you are looking at notation for A tuning. You…"
Nov 16
Jody Stecher commented on marc dalmasso's video
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Notoriety rag_ Kathryn L Widmer

"Oh! That's nice. Staff notation above and frets below. Here's a screen capture of what appeared on my monitor:"
Nov 13
Jody Stecher commented on marc dalmasso's video
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Notoriety rag_ Kathryn L Widmer

"I am also uncomfortable with tab even in an uncorrupted file.  But in this case the stems have no heads. This must be a coded message from  "No Dots Dalmasso".  "
Nov 13
Jody Stecher commented on marc dalmasso's video
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Notoriety rag_ Kathryn L Widmer

"Back in New York in the early 1960-s a certain well known banjoist had the nickname "Sausage Fingers".  Then there was another feller, definitely Italian, and maybe Sicilian, who went by the name "Crazy Fingers". It was…"
Nov 13
Jody Stecher commented on marc dalmasso's video
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Notoriety rag_ Kathryn L Widmer

"And *mighty * fine too.  That's a lot of fancy fingering!  "Fancy Fingers" might be a good title for a banjo solo."
Nov 13
Jody Stecher replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Morley Tunes
"Well done, Mike. You are right, the order is alphabetical, not random.  "
Nov 9
Jody Stecher replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Morley Tunes
"I was intrigued by this mystery and investigated. I think I have discovered the solution to the problem. The pages of part 2 are presented in random order on the website pdf. I suppose it is possible that the actual printed book was mis-assembled…"
Nov 9
Jody Stecher replied to Joel Hooks's discussion Morley Tunes
"Morley's "A Banjo Oddity " and "A Banjo Revel" are not hard to play once the player has memorized the various chord positions or double stop positions that are used. These and some other compositions of Joe Morley have…"
Nov 5
marc dalmasso replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Female Banjo Calendar Update
"in France , the government NEED , need , NEED , Need money and if the invoice is under the limit to apply the tax ( TVA + customs + transporter fee ) , they can add the total  item + price of shipping to be more than the limit and apply the…"
Nov 4
Jody Stecher replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Female Banjo Calendar Update
"Does that apply when the total value is over £13  or when the value of any individual item in a parcel has that value? At any rate, the declared value of shipped printed goods, as with shipped CDs,  is usually the manufacturing cost,…"
Nov 4
Steve Harrison replied to Jody Stecher's discussion Female Banjo Calendar Update
"I don't suppose it will be an issue with the calender but I found out to my cost, when receiving some banjo bits from the USA, that any imported goods valued at over £13 are subject to value added tax in the UK. I had to pay an extra…"
Nov 4

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Posted on November 30, 2012 at 5:10 — 10 Comments

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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Posted on November 17, 2011 at 4:06 — 5 Comments

Farland Metal banjo head on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230658096239&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Posted on August 13, 2011 at 20:50 — 2 Comments

Dave, here's the heel

Posted on November 28, 2010 at 22:33

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

Comment Wall (15 comments)

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…
Gift
Frosty Mug of Beer
Frosty Mug of Beer
From the Gift Store
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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