Playing Since: 2007
Experience Level: Novice
Interests:
[Jamming] [Helping]
Occupation: school administrator
Gender: Male
Age: 62
My Instruments:
Recording King Songster
Epiphone MB-100
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Reed Martin
Jim Mills
Bela Fleck
Julie Duggan-check her out at www.banjofrailer.com
Pat Cloud (www.patcloud.com)
Mark "Clawgrass" Johnson
As a bass player, I am also a fan of Jaco Pastorius
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Created 6/18/2007
Last Visit 6/10/2009
Been playin' guitar for over thirty years, picked up the electric bass a decade ago and loved it (still do). My son got interested in banjo, I bought one for him, but he kind of lost interest and I fell in love with the instrument. I pick with my fingers as I'm trying to learn picks, but I'm mostly a clawhammer player. My dream banjo would be a Deering Tenbrooks but I'd be happy with a Sierra, as well. I also like the Rob Bishline Cardinal (played one at Elderly and absolutely fell in love with it) and would like to try a Huber Jim Mills or Huber Kalamazoo. I love my Deering Goodtimes II and enjoy my cheap Epiphone MB-100. Oh, and I also wouldn't mind a Gold Star GF-85; played one at Elderly, as well, and it was fantastic -- I could not believe it was under a grand. Thanks to my special buddy, David, my son, for getting me into this instrument. Both my kids can now play a basic clawhammer bum-ditty strum, which fills me with pride.
