"I have tried a set of commercial nylon banjo strings and found them too light and fragile for me and the first string broke in a short time. Figured I  wanted solid feel of steel strings and tried out fishing in gauges that gave me good tone…"

"Also a fiddler for many years but doing self taught banjo since last year since covid shut down all the jam sessions. I really like banjo music and its a natural with fiddle. At the start I was learning familiar fiddle tunes and also Irish tunes…"

"Thanks for letting me join the classic banjo group. Guess everybody has had more learning time for my hobby this particular year, and that at least positive thing."

"So sorry to hear of David's passing. A great loss to the CB and ZB community."