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Blacknose
Jul 28, 2006

Meet frustration face to face
A point of view creates more waves
So lose some sleep and say you tried
I bought a banjo today having never played any instrument in my life. I'm interested in learning clawhammer and planning on giving either the Clawhammer Banjo 8 Steps or Banjo Blitz video lessons a go (probably the former).

Pretty stoked to finally be getting round to learning to play something after years of always saying 'some time'. I was planning on buying a bass but I've been listening to a bunch of folk/folk punk lately and thought 'gently caress it, banjos are cooler'.

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Blacknose
Jul 28, 2006

Meet frustration face to face
A point of view creates more waves
So lose some sleep and say you tried
It's a Rover RB22. Nothing fancy at all, just something cheap to try it out with.

I watched some of that guys videos the other day. He seems like a really accessible teacher but I'm keen on learning clawhammer and his stuff all seems to be bluegrass.

Blacknose
Jul 28, 2006

Meet frustration face to face
A point of view creates more waves
So lose some sleep and say you tried

OSU_Matthew posted:

Bought and built one of the backyard music banjo kits so I could have a lightweight banjo to take backpacking, and holy hell I love this thing so much, I actually play it way more than my Deering Goodtime Special!



Also just discovered Jim Pankey has a series of videos for learning clawhammer/frailing style, so that's my next thing I want to work on learning :D

E: fixed link

Did you go for the fireside or the basic kit? How was the build process and what's it like to play?

Blacknose
Jul 28, 2006

Meet frustration face to face
A point of view creates more waves
So lose some sleep and say you tried
Sounds pretty good. I'm tempted to pick one up as a winter project.

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