Banjo?

[TheIrishRover]

Nice! If that is the case, can I join the band?

[PureIrishPunk]

you should see bela fleck's banjo - fucking awesome

[Hellbeard]

Mr Teeth;
http://www.deeringbanjos.com/crossfire.htm

This might be something for you? Looks very skatepunk and im pretty sure Tom McManamon of The Popes use one so they can't be all bad.

[PureIrishPunk]

deerings are nice, especially the goodtimes

[Mick Molloy]

Mr Teeth;
http://www.deeringbanjos.com/crossfire.htm

This might be something for you? Looks very skatepunk and im pretty sure Tom McManamon of The Popes use one so they can't be all bad.

And I think they'll cost you about 1500

[Hellbeard]

Oh, well. err. The price wasn't listed on the site.

[McMullen Of Bally Connel]

i tried to start a rage against the machine sorta band when i was 14 and all we end up ding was eating the house dry and smoking dope lol(when my mum went away mind)

[philipchevron]

ST, I have never used an electric banjo. Jem uses one on stage, but I doubt he ever recorded with it, preferring the sound of the acoustic one.

The only real reason for using an electric banjo - unless you actually like the sound specifically - is feedback. When you put pick ups on acoustic instruments and then add in electric bass, clattering drums, onstage monitor wedges etc, it can be a total nightmare for the sound man, as everything fights to be heard while simultaneously "bleeding" into everyone ELSE's pickups.

After years of experiment with Paul Scully, who has been our front of house sound man since 1984, we concluded that wherever possible, self-contained electric instruments were the least bad option. That is why Jem uses an elecrtric banjo, Terry uses electric cittern and mandolin, and I, until recently, used a Godin, which is an electrified acoustic, though it looks like a Telecaster. This last tour I rebelled and used an actual Martin Dreadnought Acoustic with a pickup. But Scully insisted I use an anti-feedback rubber guard over the sound hole all the same.

It's ok to sit around watching Beavis & Butthead for a while. You're only in the danger zone when you're watching Spinal Tap and you realise that none of these things have happened to yet. At that point, you should figure out some songs.

[PureIrishPunk]

best pic i can find of bela's gear

[DzM]

You're only in the danger zone when you're watching Spinal Tap and you realise that none of these things have happened to yet.

Best Movie Ever.

So come on Phil - dish. Whose girlfriend tried to get all of you to dress up as signs of the Zodiac?

[Mick Molloy]

You're only in the danger zone when you're watching Spinal Tap and you realise that none of these things have happened to yet.

Best Movie Ever.

So come on Phil - dish. Whose girlfriend tried to get all of you to dress up as signs of the Zodiac?

[PureIrishPunk]

You're only in the danger zone when you're watching Spinal Tap and you realise that none of these things have happened to yet.

Best Movie Ever.

So come on Phil - dish. Whose girlfriend tried to get all of you to dress up as signs of the Zodiac?

But these amps Go to 11........

[Hellbeard]

By the way,
I have a tenor banjo I tune to GDAE (or EADG if you are oldschool) but the strings are all loose and the g-string gets out of tune if i press it too hard.
So, yeah.. I want to hear what kind of strings you guys use for this tuning and if you know a good online store to get them (preferable in the EU). There are not much of strings to choose by when it comes to Tenor banjo strings in this country

[McMullen]

http://www.irish-banjo.com this is gr8 site to tlel u about technique and what strings to use and how to fit them etc............. very helpfull

[Hellbeard]

Oh, great. Thanks McMullen.