"OK! so what is activating the annoying overtone in both cases seems to be D natural fingered at fret 7 of the 3rd string. The d minor is activating A 440, the same pitch found on fret 7 of the first string. Well within your hearing range. And…"
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Unusual banjo alert!
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G banjo and Patent
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Jody Stecher replied to Steve Harrison's discussion Unwanted Harmonic" I think your hearing aid is magnifying the sound and that is why it is bothering you. The lower strings on all string instruments do this all the time. These overtones (harmonics) are what give the higher strings character and color.…"
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion Chris Cloffi. Personal chat, his banjos, his workshop and love for Classic Style"Oh yes, we always referred to the duo as SLOB. I can think of several better current representatives than me but thank you for the compliment. I'm just back from running some errands (actually I was walking) and half way…"
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion Chris Cloffi. Personal chat, his banjos, his workshop and love for Classic Style"When Bill Evans and I were touring as the Secret Life of Banjos, a good 35% of our program was classic banjo music. This always was well received by the bluegrass banjoists in the audience. The most puzzling reaction we got was from one Southern…"
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion Chris Cloffi. Personal chat, his banjos, his workshop and love for Classic Style"You explained it as I already understood it. The implication is that classic style is superior. Well it is.... in certain ways. In other ways it is not. Anyway, it's a small thing. I decided when I first joined this forum that…"
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion Chris Cloffi. Personal chat, his banjos, his workshop and love for Classic Style"I did spot it, but I don't see the humor. Bad bluegrass banjo players are already doing a bang up job of reinforcing stereotypes and don't need help. "
Jody Stecher replied to thereallyniceman's discussion Chris Cloffi. Personal chat, his banjos, his workshop and love for Classic Style"I also suggested to Chris that he include classic banjo music in his future videos so that those who watch them, which at this point are 100% bluegrass banjo people, will know what he his talking about when he mentions classic banjo. But there is…"
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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
Comment Wall (17 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…
- 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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