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 Help me pay for this site!Hi everyone. I have just added a Donate tab to the site. I just paid for the site for another year ($240). I would appreciate it if peop… Started by John MascialeLatest Reply |
Time to help pay for this siteI have paid $240 for this site for another year . The payment widget I used to use is no longer available, so the procedure is a little di… Started by John MascialeLatest Reply |
Antietam Early Banjo Gathering-VII (June 20-22, 2014)2014 Antietam Early Banjo Gathering (AEBG-VII) At the National Museum of Civil War Medicine’s Pry House Field Hospital Museum On Antietam N… Started by Greg AdamsLatest Reply |
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 Gut 4th stringI thought it was a good idea but it is a pita. Impossible to tune since it's so fat even the slightest twist of the peg send it's sharp or… Started by Chris Prieto |
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7 hours ago Reply by Tom Berghan |
 St. Louis Area Instruction?Anyone here near St. Louis or who knows someone in the area who might give some basic minstrel instruction and guidance? Started by Brad Griffith |
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 Minstrel banjoist needed for recording - New YorkHello Friends: I'm looking for a minstrel style banjoist to record a short 1879 piece for the Recorded Anthology of American Music on June… Started by Rick Benjamin |
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Player(s) in New York Area?Greetings: I'm curating a new volume of the Recorded Anthology of American Music and I'm looking for a minstrel banjoist to play in one nu… Started by Rick Benjamin |
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May 12 Reply by Strumelia |
 drawing on a goat hide banjo headI have seen minstrel banjos with drawings on em, what do I use to draw something on my goat skin banjo head, and how can I erase it. Started by Brice Alms |
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 Stephen Foster's demiseA little article recently online: A songwriter’s desperate end in a Bowery hotel Started by Strumelia |
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Apr 28 Reply by Paul Draper |
 Minstrel Boy Banjo WorksHi gang, Is anyone familiar with Minstrel Boy Banjo Works, Phoenix, Arizona? The builder is named R. England. I have a banjo made by him t… Started by Jim Robertson |
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 Learning stroke style at American Banjo CampWas wondering how many people on the west coast would be interested in learning minstrel 'stroke style' banjo at American Banjo Camp? I hav… Started by Jim Jacquet |
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Apr 12 Reply by Jim Jacquet |
 Hybrid TechniqueI find that Stroke and Fingerstyle often work interchangeably, and can even be used in the same tune. Does anybody else have a similar expe… Started by Timothy Twiss |
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Apr 5 Reply by Patrick Dirickx |
 Question about playing while standingDid early banjo players use a strap to secure the banjo for playing while standing? I've looked online at old photos, paintings etc. I h… Started by Ronald Hanes |
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