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"My experience has been that they are not worth your time.  They are extremely small…"

John Masciale replied Feb 28, 2012 to Build a better banjo string

 23 Feb 29, 2012
Reply by Brian Glass

"We're looking forward to tomorrow."

John Masciale replied Feb 24, 2012 to Michigan Banjo Gathering - next week

 7 Feb 25, 2012
Reply by Al Smitley

"Of the nylon strings that I have used, I like the Aquila minstrel nylguts.  However,…"

John Masciale replied Feb 24, 2012 to Build a better banjo string

 23 Feb 29, 2012
Reply by Brian Glass

"I got both the intro book and the main book.  If you are already playing clawhammer,…"

John Masciale replied Feb 14, 2012 to Which book does anyone suggest?

 15 Jun 3, 2015
Reply by Strumelia

"Pre-Minstrel era ...   :-)  "

John Masciale replied Feb 8, 2012 to What is "Down"

 23 Feb 8, 2012
Reply by Dan'l

"I started calling it Minstrel Era banjo.  That defines the when, and avoids the how."

John Masciale replied Feb 7, 2012 to What is "Down"

 23 Feb 8, 2012
Reply by Dan'l

"There are a number of references to it in Google books, but it all seems to be from…"

John Masciale replied Jan 26, 2012 to Very early Minstrel Banjo

 3 Jan 26, 2012
Reply by Dan'l

"We would vote for Feb 25."

John Masciale replied Jan 22, 2012 to North Country Minstrel Banjo Gathering

 15 Feb 9, 2012
Reply by Jeff

"Dearest Mae is another on my list.  I have not had a lot of time for recordings rece…"

John Masciale replied Jan 19, 2012 to Mahar and Early Minstrel Tune List

 13 Apr 15, 2012
Reply by Tim Twiss

"Tim,  Elaine and I looked, and from what we can see, everything attributes this to E…"

John Masciale replied Jan 13, 2012 to Carry Me Back

 1 Jan 13, 2012
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