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"There is a nice explanation of the difference in issue 104 of the 5 Stringer. https…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 8, 2019 to LaBella 17

57 May 21, 2022
Reply by John Deller

"Fishing line is fine if you don't care about intonation.  It is extruded to catch fi…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 7, 2019 to LaBella 17

57 May 21, 2022
Reply by John Deller

"Yeah, I use "cobwebs" for strings.  They are still pretty loose tuned up even for st…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 5, 2019 to "Classical Banjo" by Al Jeffery.

18 Nov 5, 2019
Reply by Joel Hooks

"When I install a fresh set of strings, instead of pulling on them, I stretch or "set…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 4, 2019 to "Classical Banjo" by Al Jeffery.

18 Nov 5, 2019
Reply by Joel Hooks

"Yes.. well I am interested in them but I doubt I will play any of the twiddly tremol…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 4, 2019 to "Classical Banjo" by Al Jeffery.

18 Nov 5, 2019
Reply by Joel Hooks

"Nope, I don't pull or artificially stretch my strings.  When I did that in the past…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 4, 2019 to "Classical Banjo" by Al Jeffery.

18 Nov 5, 2019
Reply by Joel Hooks

"Strange--when I raise the 4th to D it slowly goes down a 1/4 step by the time I am i…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 4, 2019 to "Classical Banjo" by Al Jeffery.

18 Nov 5, 2019
Reply by Joel Hooks

"Is that  top tension a C.E. Regal they show a couple times? I love the dynamics in t…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 3, 2019 to Ah, don't you wish you were back in the good old days?

3 Nov 3, 2019
Reply by thereallyniceman

"In this case scordatura is correct.  The pieces with no changes to the string interv…"

Joel Hooks replied Nov 3, 2019 to "Classical Banjo" by Al Jeffery.

18 Nov 5, 2019
Reply by Joel Hooks

"I use... .017, .019, .023, .024 (silver plated copper over nylon floss), .017 Most p…"

Joel Hooks replied Oct 31, 2019 to Alternative to Chris Sands strings

10 Nov 1, 2019
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