Posted by Roll Player, written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway
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Size: 2,229kb, uploaded 11/18/2009 3:54:59 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
This has been done a lot better by JD & his band, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway. The banjo is my old Fender Artist with an xnavyguy Spillway Dam bridge. I did all the vocals and instruments, so there's no one else to share the blame.
Add CommentPosted by Roll Player, written by Merle Haggard and Dean Holloway
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Size: 1,995kb, uploaded 2/24/2010 1:26:58 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
I always thought this song would sound good as bluegrass. I did all the parts so I'll take the blame if it doesn't. I used an Ashbory bass, Kentucky mandolin and my 93 Scruggs with one of xnavyguy's Hybridge Spillway dam bridges.
3 commentsPosted by Roll Player, written by Bobby Osborne - Pete Goble
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Size: 4,471kb, uploaded 7/17/2012 11:03:34 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Warts and all (i.e. crappy singing, coming in early on the last chorus, etc.), this is my contribution to the post-a-thon for this song. Recorded with a Tascam PR10. Singing while picking my RK80 with Bart Veerman Dark Star Bridge. 2nd try uploading
6 commentsPosted by Roll Player, written by Bill Monroe
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Size: 2,063kb, uploaded 6/14/2014 12:22:56 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Recorded on my RK85 using a Sullivan Roasted Maple bridge and Eric's backing track for background
Add CommentPosted by Roll Player, written by Bill Monroe
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Size: 2,062kb, uploaded 6/14/2014 12:25:27 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Recorded on my RK85 using a Steve Davis Compensated roasted maple bridge and Eric's backing track for background
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Size: 1,079kb, uploaded 7/10/2012 11:29:52 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
This is a sample of Bart Veerman's new Dark Star bridge design on my RK80. It was recorded with a Tascam PR10 digital recorder after the bridge had about 7 hours of seating time.
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Size: 409kb, uploaded 2/7/2012 8:47:34 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
This is just some noodling to demonstrate the sound of a Steve Davis compensated bridge on my Frankenbanjo (Washburn neck & flange with Jerry Rabun helix-style rim, 1st Quality tone ring and RK resonator). There are no effects or EQ used on this recording.
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Size: 1,126kb, uploaded 5/12/2009 8:49:49 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Written, performed and recorded by Art Horan. I wrote this tune in honor of the infusion of clarity given my el-cheapo Hondo by xnavyguy. He made a stainless steel tone hoop for it and installed it. It now sounds like a real banjo. Nice tone, with a clear ring but not an awful lot of volume. Hope you enjoy!
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Size: 1,128kb, uploaded 7/29/2009 1:35:32 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Written, performed and recorded by Art Horan. This was recorded with my modified Washburn B14 that xnavyguy built a Helix style Mesquite rim for. It also has a higher quality tone ring, and Jerry has modified the resonator to allow the pot to sit deeper within it. He also removed the slick finish from the inside of the resonator.
2 commentsPosted by Roll Player, written by Wayne Winkle & Craig Market
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Size: 2,683kb, uploaded 2/17/2011 9:42:42 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
This is all me and my multi-track clones. I used my "Frankenburn" banjo for the first 1:50 and my Scruggs Standard for the final minute of the song (the 2nd break to the end.) The Scruggs is fitted with a Don New Bigfoot bridge and the Frankenburn with a modified Stew-mac bridge that Jerry turned the feet on to run parallel with the strings. The mic used on all tracks was an AKG Perception 120.
Add CommentPosted by Roll Player
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Size: 1,081kb, uploaded 1/20/2013 4:01:20 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by Roll Player
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Size: 1,178kb, uploaded 1/20/2013 4:03:16 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by Roll Player
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Size: 1,039kb, uploaded 1/20/2013 4:04:22 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Posted by Roll Player, written by Tony Hazzard
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Size: 3,319kb, uploaded 5/17/2013 10:06:33 AM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Recorded this in 2001 with my band at the time, the Blackland Prairie Boys. I'm singing tenor and playing a '93 Scruggs. Lead singer & guitar is Marty Roberts, Ken Brown on dobro, and Clayton Elliott on bass and singing baritone.
3 commentsPosted by Roll Player
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Size: 1,096kb, uploaded 7/23/2013 6:09:36 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Recorded on my Gibson Scruggs Standard
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Size: 1,140kb, uploaded 7/23/2013 6:12:42 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
This time with lowered tailpiece position. This was also recorded in a different location, possibly affecting the overall volume and tone.
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Size: 67kb, uploaded 7/3/2011 9:33:16 AM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
Excerpted from another file, this is a bit of head tapping with my fingertip about 2" in from the edge of the head with strings muffled and compared to a picked G# note on the 4th string.
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Size: 2,336kb, uploaded 2/28/2013 12:51:37 PM
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Here are 3 recordings of Home Sweet Home combined into one file, done on my RK80 with 3 different bridges. One bridge weighs 2.4 grams and the other 2 weighs 2.3. One of these is the hollow bridge made by Virgil Lawson, the other 2 are well-regarded standard bridges. Can you pick out the hollow bridge?
Add CommentPosted by Roll Player, written by Honi Glenn (Deaton)
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Size: 1,497kb, uploaded 12/11/2010 1:18:41 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
The "dobro" here is actually a muted bottlecap banjo played with a slide and a makeshift nut extender raising the strings.
2 commentsPosted by Roll Player
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Size: 244kb, uploaded 1/20/2015 5:10:46 PM
Genre: Unknown/None Chosen / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
A little bit of Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms played on a 70's Gibson RB250 belonging to Jerry Rabun, aka xnavyguy. It has a Tony Pass Rim in it and an unusual bridge made of birch plywood with a bubinga cap that Jerry had Steve Davis build for him. Aside from the unusual (oddball) materials, Jerry also had Steve shift the string slots off center towards the treble side. Our theory here is that the shifted string slots result in a more pronounced note attack.
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