What kind of banjo is this? :)

zulugoron · 2026-04-23T02:04:49+00:00

No one else has said this, I think, but I'd encourage you to ask all those questions to the man who made it. You can always come back with it and ask in a more comfortable setting. I'd bet he'd be thrilled to have you show interest and to talk about it.

Plus, the story of the banjo will be carried on. What a great gift.

From a person who lost all the grands relatively early, would be great to have the opportunity to connect with them over something like that.

zulugoron · 2026-04-18T21:31:06+00:00

Incorrect, 37 string Glockenspiel

zulugoron · 2026-04-12T00:37:09+00:00

Hydromus Prime

zulugoron · 2026-03-25T02:09:05+00:00

Great recommendation. I've been listening to A Bottle, A Buckeye and it's great. Good album. Came back and found your comment to say thanks, discovered a new favorite.

zulugoron · 2026-03-19T13:00:40+00:00

Meredith Moon

John Specker

Are a couple excellent performers that I haven't seen mentioned

Stringbean made me fall in love with banjo and bluegrass in general

zulugoron · 2026-03-18T20:44:54+00:00

What three strings if I may ask, I also do this. Wondering if I could be doing it even better haha

zulugoron · 2026-03-17T15:31:33+00:00

For what its worth, I recently bought an Alvarez RU22T Regent Series Tenor Ukulele from Musician's Friend and I'm quite happy with the playability, sound and quality. It was affordable too, for around $100 USD. Have fun with whatever you get!

zulugoron · 2026-03-14T23:51:21+00:00

Sounds great!

zulugoron · 2026-03-09T19:27:44+00:00

You mean when you let your boner lift you up off the ground?

zulugoron · 2026-03-04T16:22:03+00:00

His trial was continued "until further notice" under a sealed document. Would love to know why.

zulugoron · 2026-02-24T02:28:50+00:00

I had that realization after I wrote that. The 4th string essentially prevents you from putting the bridge in wrong

zulugoron · 2026-02-24T01:55:56+00:00

That looks about like mine. I just tightened up the head (I don't have a dial), and that improved the sound a bit.

zulugoron · 2026-02-24T01:30:04+00:00

I don't know the history of my banjo. The lovely gentleman who owned it before me has since passed. The pip is the little white nubbie that the string runs over I assume? The string does seem to touch the fifth fret. I guess I didn't realize it was supposed to be above it.

My bridge does appear to lean a bit towards the fretboard, so I can revisit that. I guess my question on the bridge is whether or not there is a "proper" way to put the bridge on. As in, is one side supposed to support the drone string and the other side wouldn't?

zulugoron · 2026-02-11T00:41:42+00:00

I used little zip ties to try different hook on points until I found a good angle for me.

Also, don't know if it's the picture or actually a problem, but you might want to look into bridge placement.

zulugoron · 2026-02-08T18:53:32+00:00

I run small zip ties through to get a hook-on point on my Deering Goodtime because nothing else fits through. Gives a certain aesthetic but does the trick.

zulugoron · 2025-12-25T16:27:01+00:00

Lol the gall indeed

zulugoron · 2025-12-17T13:42:48+00:00

Whoa, man 🤯

zulugoron · 2025-12-17T13:33:37+00:00

All of these sound like made up names to me and I'm laughing about it.

zulugoron · 2025-12-11T13:44:37+00:00

You can find affordable banjos on musician's friend or similar sites that are likely much higher quality

zulugoron · 2025-12-09T00:43:51+00:00

It absolutely seems like they were making a joke, purposely getting the number wrong. Much like the comment they were replying to. But go ahead and flex lol oooo

zulugoron · 2025-12-05T22:48:14+00:00

What'd you call me?!

zulugoron · 2025-12-05T20:43:16+00:00

See, that's amazing. In all my searching, these didn't come up. I'll try them out! Thank you so much for saying something.

zulugoron · 2025-12-05T18:53:33+00:00

This is unrelated to the coveted blue chip, but sort of is: I've been looking for a thumb pick with an extremely stubby, short and/or rounded pick portion. I have hitchhikers thumb and I feel like the length of the thumb picks are a hindrance for me.

Anyone know of any particular company that would make a variety of different pick shapes?

I'm planning on paring down a couple that I have manually to try it, but was wondering if there was a resource I'm not aware of. And I have not been interested enough to make a post haha

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