Over Weight

[Ray Jones]

If you over feed your banjo and do not give it enough exercise, this is what happens.

[Jody Stecher]

Maybe this is a normal sized banjo and the photo shows what happens when a person exercises too much and does not eat.

[Ray Jones]

It was a banjo similar to this that inspired Fred van Eps to cut a hole in the middle of the vellum.    So that he could poke his arm through and play the monster.   Perish the thought.

[Trapdoor2]

I thought you had captured a leprechaun playing the banjo.

And then I realized how silly that was. Leprechauns have pots of gold. Banjo players owe pots of gold.

[thereallyniceman]

This post sort of reminds me of being in the showers at school.

There is always one who just has to show off ;-)

[Ray Jones]

Money means nothing to him.    He is the perfect example of a ' self taught ' banjo player, who proudly and painfully exclaims " I've never had a lesson in my life ".    Actually, if the truth be known,  his father gave him that banjo when he was six and said, " You'll grow into it. "

[Ray Jones]

thereallyniceman said:

This post sort of reminds me of being in the showers at school.

There is always one who just has to show off ;-)

[Ray Jones]

Ian, I have led a very shelter life.    I haven't even been sheep shearing in NZ.   Surely, he wouldn't take his big banjo into the shower to play.

[Jackie Cook]

Just found this post and I am astounded at the size of that banjo. Not sure if the banjo is bigger than the man, or the man is a very small banjo player. Interesting find!

[Jody Stecher]

Jackie Cook said:

Just found this post and I am astounded at the size of that banjo. Not sure if the banjo is bigger than the man, or the man is a very small banjo player. Interesting find!

[Mike Moss]

Once again, West Africans beat the banjo orchestra to the punch with the bass akonting.

[thereallyniceman]

They weren't all locked up in the 1920's either :-)

[Jackie Cook]

I wonder what gauge of strings they used on those giant banjos: rope?