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Starving Autist
Oct 20, 2007

by Ralp
I have some questions for you guys. I know my boyfriend's been wanting a banjo for a long time, he's really into country/folk stuff on his acoustic so I want to get him one for his birthday or something. Thing is, I know nothing about banjos. Based on the links in the OP, I can probably only afford/find a Deerline. I was thinking probably something off this page: http://www.deeringbanjos.com/catalog/category/view/id/10

Only thing is, as I said, I know nothing about banjos and have no idea what the difference is between any of these or which would be a good one to get. He'd probably use it for country/folk/bluegrass type stuff, he does a lot of fingerpicking already so I don't think he'll have a hard time picking up on it.

Yeah, I know buying an instrument you haven't played is a bad idea, so it stands to reason that buying one for someone else is a bad idea. However, seing as neither of us have ever owned a banjo so it doesn't seem that bad to buy an inexpensive one. Thoughts?

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