Dear Old Dixie

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Drop C tuning - old counter top bridge wood

Posted by Tim Purcell

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Here's a couple of short drop C tunings using the old counter top bridge wood.

Drop Forge Maple Bridge in A & Bb tunings

Posted by Tim Purcell

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Short sound file of the new Drop Forge Hard Maple bridge on my curly maple banjo with TN20 ring/RK 3-ply rim.

Drop Forge Maple Bridge in B tuning

Posted by Tim Purcell

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Short sound file of the new Drop Forge Hard Maple bridge on my curly maple banjo with TN20 ring/RK 3-ply rim.

Fireball Mail

Posted by Tim Purcell

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This is my mahogany with Memphis Belle no hole and birdseye maple/african blackwood bridge.

Fireball Mail #2

Posted by Tim Purcell

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I did some noise removal on this one and I think it helped to bring out the banjo a little better.

Forever and a Day

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Kruger Bros.

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I love this song and though I can't sing it or play it that well, I wanted to try out a new curly ambrosia red maple bridge. I just purchased this wood and so far I love it. I love these low tunings.

Ghost Riders In The Sky #2

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Stan Jones

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This version has thunder through out the song....though not very pronounced. I haven't figured out how to import an mp3 into Reaper yet.

Goin' back to the Blue Ridge Mtns.

Posted by Tim Purcell

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I've always liked this song from Jim Mills " My Dixie Home" album.

Groundspeed

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Earl Scruggs

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I thought I'd record this tune and mess around with some effects in Adobe Audition. I'm playing my mahogany style 3 copy banjo on this cut.

Hard Times

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Ralph Stanley

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Thanks to Rock and Jim Reed for the inspiration to learn this tune. Both of their pre war banjos are to die for...especially in D tuning. Their playing abilities are to die for as well. Jim's recording on his cd sounds just like Sammy Shelor with his RB12.

HHB #1

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Jim Mills

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HHB #2

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Jim Mills

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Hide Head Blues

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Jim Mills

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I re-recorded this one and used the curly maple banjo with some added bass.

Hide Head Blues - birdseye maple bridge

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Jim MIlls

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This is a recording of the Birdseye maple with African blackwood top bridge.

Home Sweet Home

Posted by Tim Purcell

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This is the cutting board hard maple bridge on my Kalamazoo tenor conversion. My bass track is just a smidgen behind time.

How Great Thou Art

Posted by Tim Purcell

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This is a short Jim Mills version using the old hard maple cutting board bridge. I'm playing my curly maple with RK rim/TN20 ring. Excuse the flubs and out of tune 3rd string. I got tired of re-recording it over and over, so I took what I could get. Lol!

I'll Be Waiting

Posted by Tim Purcell

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I re-profiled my new RB-00 neck. It was just a little too chunky and I needed to roll the sidewalls in a little more as well. I think it sounds better now with the slimmer profile. Here's a quick short break from Ron Stewart's "I'll Be Waiting". This is not note for note the way Ron plays it. This is just my own interpretation of his break. Nothing fancy but just trying to play what I hear. I'm using a gym floor bridge in this recording.

Jerusalem Ridge

Posted by Tim Purcell, written by Bill Monroe

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My first attempt at melodic playing. It's painfully slow and has mistakes but I'll keep pluckin' along until I can build up speed.

John Hardy

Posted by Tim Purcell

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Another sound file of the piano rail bridge.