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Playing Since: 2007
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing]
Occupation: IT Manager
Gender: Male
Age: 57
My Instruments:
Davis Vintagetone VT-3 (mahogany)
83 Gold Star GF-100HF
late 70s Aria
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Dave Asti, Flea, Eddie Van Halen, Chris Thile, Steve Martin, Mike Munford
...oh and that Scruggs guy
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Created 2/19/2008
Last Visit 6/16/2022
I'm a long time guitar player recently converted to banjo. I'm playing just about anything I can get my hands on to help me get more comfortable on this instrument. I play with a network of friends who perform as Edgar Allan & the Poe Boys, but I'm happy to play with just about anyone I can. I'm lucky to have a couple good friends in my neighborhood who play bluegrass instruments and I feel very fortunate that there are a number of very talented bluegrass musicians in the Baltimore area. It's pretty easy to pick things up playing with just about anyone around here.
Some of my favorite products are...
1) Fingerpicks - Showcase 41s (best pop I've played and fairly comfortable)
2) Thumbpicks - Dunlop Zookies (a lot less scratch than most), BlueChips (JD Version) absolutely no scratch problems, but kind of expensive
3) Straps - the Neotech super and mega strap models (It really makes your banjo feel only half as heavy)
5) Slow Down Software - Transcribe! - great UI and nice audio effects help make learning riffs fairly easy
6) Tone Enhancer - Banjomate Tone Enhancer - from Little Mountain Music. It really adds a noticeably deeper sound to your banjo. Subtle but fuller.
'Jeff Sturgeon' 1 hr
'Josie-o' 7 hrs
