DVD-quality lessons (including tabs/sheet music) available for immediate viewing on any device.
Take your playing to the next level with the help of a local or online banjo teacher.
Weekly newsletter includes free lessons, favorite member content, banjo news and more.
edweber |
edweber has 88 friends. View entire friends list.
![]() Adk Rebel |
![]() grich |
![]() MrBoyette |
![]() Jim Pankey ![]() |
![]() Bruce4501 |
![]() wfawley |
![]() bluegrassboy |
![]() bris48 |
mike gregory replied to topic 'And now the the UK gets in on the sun blocking fun. ' 17 hrs
mike gregory replied to topic 'Good Thursday Morning' 18 hrs
mike gregory replied to topic 'Good Wednesday Morning' 1 day
mike gregory replied to topic 'What did that thing at Brighton USED TO be??' 1 day
mike gregory posted a forum topic 'What did that thing at Brighton USED TO be??' 1 day
mike gregory replied to topic 'Damon Herriman sure had ME fooled!' 2 days
mike gregory posted a forum topic 'Damon Herriman sure had ME fooled!' 2 days
mike gregory replied to topic 'Good Tuesday Morning' 2 days
mike gregory uploaded a photo 'BIGGER cake top' 3 days
mike gregory uploaded a photo 'Cake top' 3 days
mike gregory replied to topic 'magnifying the threat ' 4 days
mike gregory replied to topic 'whatever the market will bare' 4 days
mike gregory replied to topic 'Good Sunday Morning' 4 days
grich replied to topic 'Looking for a "new" banjo. . .' 5 days
mike gregory replied to topic 'Good Saturday Morning' 5 days
www.inkandivory.net
Playing Since: 1967
Experience Level: Expert/Professional
Interests:
[Teaching] [Jamming] [Helping]
Occupation: Banjo Builder & Scrimshaw Artist
Gender: Male
Age: 75
My Instruments:
Currently my Granada FE is my work horse. Past banjos I've owned: a Style 5, an RB-1 Custom, RB 75, Granada fiddle-cut H&F Custom. I started out on a Fender Artist.
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
My musical tastes are very diversified and run the gamut from Bluegrass to Classic Country to Swing & Jazz.
I prefer melodic banjo and I've always loved Bob Black's fiddle tune arrangements.
Classified Rating: not rated
Rate this Member
Profile Info:
Visible to: Public
Created 8/11/2009
Last Visit 7/5/2019
Been in music all my life from early childhood - church choir and school chorus - 8 years old to 14 years old. Graduated high school 1967. Started playing guitar and writing songs. Bought my first banjo in 1971. Later on I had several songs published and on hold with Reba McIntyre and Phil Collins. Formed a number of bands over the years from folk (Stone Free Road) to country western (Mr. Greenjeans) to rockabilly (Greenjeans again without the "Mr.") to Country rock (Walkers Reunion). Played Bluegrass all along and finally got in my first Bluegrass band in 1978 - The Schell Brothers - and then Pathfinder in 1980. In 1986 moved to Nashville to move on to a Progressive Country act (Don Juan) and returned to my Bluegrass roots in 1989 with the band, Emergency Bluegrass and played throughout the 90's. Currently performing with my band, The Dark Hollow Boys playing cover tunes and originals. Recorded several albums (3 with Pathfinder & 1 with Don Juan) and had two singles released and charted in the Top One Hundred in Billboard Magazine. In 1989 I began a career with Gibson Guitars in the banjo department and built banjos for the next twenty years. Since leaving Gibson I have opened up my own Banjo shop building my own design, "Ed Weber" model. I build the Ed Weber Deluxe which is finished in a translucent blue as well as a standard model finished with a traditional tobacco brown finish for the maple banjos and mahogany finish for those built out of mahogany. In my shop I perform repairs, setups, and restorations of vintage banjos. I also build replacement necks, install new frets, and cut the heel for pitch adjustments and lateral alignments.