What kind of music do you like?

I love the groove and the deep bass of this track (from 2000).

A Finnish hit from a few years back:
 
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The Velvet Curtain said:
I do like me some Spoon Lady.

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I could do without the spoons, but I like that banjo player.

My open-back (frailing/clawhammer) banjo is one my dad and I made. I had to order the hardware (tuners, tone ring, etc), but all the wood (apart from the fingerboard), we made, all the way from selecting a tree and dropping that, milling it, turning the rim, and finally slapping on the heel cap:

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We started in 1983, finished in 1985. It's the one thing that, if the house caught fire, I'd step over my wife and my dog to rescue. :laugh:
 
TastyReuben said:
I could do without the spoons, but I like that banjo player.

My open-back (frailing/clawhammer) banjo is one my dad and I made. I had to order the hardware (tuners, tone ring, etc), but all the wood (apart from the fingerboard), we made, all the way from selecting a tree and dropping that, milling it, turning the rim, and finally slapping on the heel cap:

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We started in 1983, finished in 1985. It's the one thing that, if the house caught fire, I'd step over my wife and my dog to rescue. :laugh:
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What a lovely instrument, my banjo was made by Deering :highfive:
 
The Velvet Curtain said:
What a lovely instrument, my banjo was made by Deering :highfive:
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Thanks. If there's any such thing as a soul, a bit of mine and my dad's is in that.

Deering makes a fine banjo, and I give them much credit and respect for introducing a line of quality affordable banjos at a time when they really didn't have to.
 
TastyReuben said:
Thanks. If there's any such thing as a soul, a bit of mine and my dad's is in that.

Deering makes a fine banjo, and I give them much credit and respect for introducing a line of quality affordable banjos at a time when they really didn't have to.
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Let me say that the value of my banjo matches the value of my talent. As a cyclist I always note, what is the point of owning a £10k bike when I have £2k legs.
 
The Velvet Curtain said:
Let me say that the value of my banjo matches the value of my talent. As a cyclist I always note, what is the point of owning a £10k bike when I have £2k legs.
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Is it a Deering Goodtime? If so, that's the one I was referencing when I said they deserved kudos for putting out a good-quality instrument at a decent price. Before those came out, your choices for banjos were complete crap or a couple thousand for entry-level quality. Deering found that sweet spot with the Goodtime.

The whole reason my dad and I built that earlier banjo was because I didn't want to spend a load of money on one from a builder. I wanted an open-back banjo, and there weren't many makers then (still aren't a lot), and they were all spendy.

And since we're talking banjos:

View: https://youtu.be/J2X9sTWL1UY
 
TastyReuben said:
Is it a Deering Goodtime? If so, that's the one I was referencing when I said they deserved kudos for putting out a good-quality instrument at a decent price. Before those came out, your choices for banjos were complete crap or a couple thousand for entry-level quality. Deering found that sweet spot with the Goodtime.

The whole reason my dad and I built that earlier banjo was because I didn't want to spend a load of money on one from a builder. I wanted an open-back banjo, and there weren't many makers then (still aren't a lot), and they were all spendy.

And since we're talking banjos:

View: https://youtu.be/J2X9sTWL1UY
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It is a Goodtime, and a left hander too, bought for me by my brothers on my 50th birthday and such a lovely object. I really need to make more time to practice.
 
TastyReuben said:
I could do without the spoons, but I like that banjo player.

My open-back (frailing/clawhammer) banjo is one my dad and I made. I had to order the hardware (tuners, tone ring, etc), but all the wood (apart from the fingerboard), we made, all the way from selecting a tree and dropping that, milling it, turning the rim, and finally slapping on the heel cap:

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Front


Back

Back


We started in 1983, finished in 1985. It's the one thing that, if the house caught fire, I'd step over my wife and my dog to rescue. :laugh:
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Here's what that banjo sounds like:

View: https://youtu.be/LndBT_40FeI


Please note that while my dog left the room, she did come right back. :laugh:
 
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