Unclelevi - Posted - 07/20/2026:  05:14:47

I have 3 banjos--- an OME Columbine, a Nechville Heratige and an IIDA 236---all collecting dust for the past 8 years. I'm going to try to get back into playing again. Please wish me luck.

steve davis - Posted - 07/20/2026:  06:00:56

Best of luck,Mike.
A guitar teacher once told me, "Never let 3 days go by without playing with purpose."

Texasbanjo - Posted - 07/20/2026:  08:08:46

Good luck!

It can be done. I put down the banjo in the late '70s to continue with my career and raise my kids. Didn't pick it up again until the early 90s. Was surprised how much I remembered and how much I forgot. After taking a few lessons and doing a lot of practicing, I started going to jams, eventually started a band and haven't stopped since (but I have slowed down).

kwl - Posted - 07/20/2026:  09:08:47

Good luck!

Will Frady - Posted - 07/20/2026:  09:23:49

At a boy Mike . Get back in there and find a new passion. Don’t be out done . Grab and growl ! Best of luck

Foote - Posted - 07/20/2026:  10:26:56

I've heard playing the banjo is like having herpes. The best you can hope for is remission.

stanleytone - Posted - 07/20/2026:  16:03:42

Take lessons. Knowing you are paying to learn may make you stick to it

BG Banjo - Posted - 07/21/2026:  07:10:57

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Originally posted by Unclelevi

I have 3 banjos--- an OME Columbine, a Nechville Heratige and an IIDA 236---all collecting dust for the past 8 years. I'm going to try to get back into playing again. Please wish me luck.

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I took pretty much thirty years off from playing guitar, I was just too busy raising kids and chasing my career.  I took it up again in 2014. Sometimes I'm glad I took the break. I picked up the banjo along the way pretty soon after I started playing the guitar, and who knows if that would have happened otherwise.

Laurence Diehl - Posted - 07/21/2026:  07:42:05

I put the banjo down for 15 years once. When I picked it up again I was a totally different player. How you play is kinda a reflection of who you are.

Owen - Posted - 07/21/2026:  09:50:31

.. a reflection of who I am???

Ouch!!   

steve davis - Posted - 07/21/2026:  14:24:49

I took my banjo with me on a 10 day scalloping trip out on the Georges Bank a few years ago.

Not much time for it but I did get in a few tunes at suppertime.

Edited by - steve davis on 07/21/2026 14:26:54

Ira Gitlin - Posted - 07/22/2026:  06:42:50

Welcome back!