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and banjo ' s necks too

i can guarantee it is true ; they broke my Japanese Aria neck in 1982 ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo&feature=fvst

Added by marc dalmasso on May 4, 2010 at 7:40 — 1 Comment

With a little help from my (UK) friends

I would like to identify this banjo i buyed from ebay in 2004 . It has the typical tension hoop + tailpiece on the tension hoop with 2 screws like the Clifford essex ; but i am not sure at all it is a CE .The pot is 10 inches . There is no brand or serial number ; just the name of the original owner . The metal parts are not nickel but chrome but i think it could have be done later

. there are the dots on each fret on the side of the neck like if the banjo was originally a fretless ' one… Continue

Added by marc dalmasso on April 22, 2010 at 12:30 — 3 Comments

i love that banjo

My friend Mark is a rock & roll 'guy from the London ' 1970 scene ( remember " sympathy " ) . He don ' t tune perfectly his guitar but he " love that banjo " ; next step , a classic banjo in a rock & roll band ; i promise

https://www.youtube.com/user/cramasdamols#p/u/1/tcVoxTa0YCw

Added by marc dalmasso on February 24, 2010 at 10:34 — 1 Comment

Weymann style_20_no ring_no clad

i like very much this banjo ( i play it on " poppies & wheat " ) ; no tone ring ,no clad but a woodhoop and it is powerful ; it ' is a 10 1/2 pot ; from my research , Weymann used to built only 7 ( ukes & piccolos ) , 9 , 10 1/2 , 11 and 12 inches ' pots . May be 20 is for 20 bucks because these were entry levels ' ones ; but the mapple wood is always from 1st quality and so are the heavy metal parts . Mine is number 20382 ( from1917 or 1918 , i guess ; the patented stuff on the dowel… Continue

Added by marc dalmasso on February 11, 2010 at 11:30 — No Comments

Warning _ they don 't like us since 1887

i had never been a police ' inspector , yet i can say " they " are not the dulcimer or auto_harp players ; so " they " , who is it ?

Added by marc dalmasso on October 21, 2009 at 13:30 — 1 Comment

peaceful Henry

PHENRY03 Patoune.mp3 Peaceful Henry.mp3here ' s a Mp3 of "peaceful henry "

éric stefanelli : 1st banjo

pat stefanelli : 2nd banjo

marc dalmasso : cello Bj

phil perez : banjo guitar

This is a recording i have done_ 13 fev 2006 ; it is all 4 together ;i have put 4 mikes , one for each… Continue

Added by marc dalmasso on October 6, 2009 at 19:08 — 4 Comments

Florida cracker by J Morley

Florida_Cracker.pdf

Added by marc dalmasso on June 21, 2009 at 13:45 — No Comments

gipsy dance

gipsy_dance.pdf

de Parke HUNTER ( BMG _ feb 1958 )

Added by marc dalmasso on June 17, 2009 at 12:36 — 2 Comments

many events in the world

of course , we are not on this blog to talk about political stuff . ; but i notice that there are many problems these times in the world and i guess it is just the beggining .

here ' s is a link about marcel Dadi ; marcel was the number one of the picking guitar in France ; unfortunatly ( and here is the commun point with the events ) , he was in the TWA_ 800 / 1996 flight in NY long island .

This is a lesson in videos , guys and marcel speaks in English… Continue

Added by marc dalmasso on June 4, 2009 at 13:14 — 1 Comment

new blog ( French )

i created a new blog in French ; i choosed Ning to keep the same familiar stuff .

It is there : http://classicbanjofrance.ning.com/

(i dont know why it is impossible to add an hyperlink_ so copy & paste )

Of course ; you , friends are all welcome on it , post vidéos etc

The french language isn 't a problem , you can post in English because almost French guys interested in that kind of music speak English ( they all came from the bluegrass stuff or similar and they… Continue

Added by marc dalmasso on May 6, 2009 at 7:26 — No Comments

6 strings ' banjo

i just want to share there what i have discover by myself and which is logic , i guess .

Unfortunaly , there are not many banjo players surviving from the gold era of the classic bj , but with Carl 's blog , we can re_ discover things .

There were many 6 & 7 strings banjos , most of them were English , but US , too ( henry Dobson for instance ) . I suppose there were made for acompagniements , to have a bigger sound . If you play solo in a banjo band , you can use the regular one… Continue

Added by marc dalmasso on April 11, 2009 at 20:30 — 3 Comments