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In this issue...
 Member Video Picks
Win a Banjo Bolster + Grab Pouch
2025 Players Union Shirts
Popular Forum Topics
Gold Tone Banjola Plus Winner
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Eric Schlange
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Another week, another newsletter stuffed full of banjo goodness! We've got a new giveaway, a Banjola winner, favorite videos, and more.
Do you know the story of Pete "Dr. Banjo" Wernick and the 1989 United Airlines flight 232 crash in Sioux City? If not, you really need to check out this forum thread. Amazing!
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Member Video Picks
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Enter our free drawing daily for your chance to win a Banjo Bolster and the new Grab Pouch! (Three winners will be drawn, each receiving prizes customized to their banjos and preferences. One grand prize winner will also receive a Banjo Bolster hat!)
The Banjo Bolster is a revolutionary, patent-pending device that enhances any banjo’s tone by transparently removing undesirable overtones while preserving the full power and frequency response of the instrument. Each one is custom-made to fit the player's banjo. See video reviews on BanjoBolster.com >
The Grab Pouch holds your key accessories so you can easily grab everything you need to play, in one shot!
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This year's design is inspired by the seminal "Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo" book and its admonition to "learn each exercise well before proceeding to the next one." (The exercises that follow these instructions include repeat x1000 or repeat x100 signs!)
The Banjo Hangout Players Union makes it easy to support the site with an annual donation, and receive perks for doing so. Your membership helps the Hangout grow and thrive!
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Here are a few popular topics currently active on the Banjo Hangout forum:
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Congrats to John Siemer of Rochester, NY, winner of our drawing for a Gold Tone Banjola Plus and Platinum lesson pack from BanjoTeacher.com!
This amazing alternative banjo has a sonic personality all its own. The Plus model Banjola includes a banjo pickup, new bridge design, and zero glide nut for even more clarity. Watch Ross from BanjoTeacher play the Banjola Plus >
John also wins a Platinum Lifetime Lesson Subscription to BanjoTeacher.com ($129 value) and the following Ross Nickerson books and DVDs: The Banjo Encyclopedia, Playing Banjo By Ear, "How to Practice Banjo, "Playing In the Keys of C, D, E, F, and G Up the Neck, and "Rock Solid Banjo Timing.
Enjoy your new banjola and books, John, and thanks to Ross at BanjoTeacher.com for sponsoring the drawing!
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