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Ah, good old bathroom acoustics. Nice! :grin:

I would agree that swapping the head for a real skin head, or even a renaissance head or fiberskyn head, might just do the trick. There is a lot that can be done there, with experimentation on head...

I've really been wanting to go down the fretless path for a while now, but I'm being very particular in what I want. I just haven't seen anything come up in classifieds that matches my desired...

If it's a recurring problem with breaking or ripping your nail, you might get the best result from permanently switching to a banjo thimble. These will work much better than an ersatz solution of...

I've tried the metal fingerpick worn backwards, but the tone was unsatisfactory to my ear. It really drowned out the 5th string played with the thumb. It would work in a pinch, though, just to get...

Welcome! So what style do you play?

So I've been messing around some more with 2-finger thumb-lead playing. It's starting to get there, slowly but surely. It's always fun to build a new technique and be able to feel it coming...

I wouldn't base it on hours. Base it on how your strings sound and feel. It will be different for everybody, based on their technique, their finger chemistry, etc.

If you notice the intonation...

I recently received a D'Addario NS banjo/mandolin capo and tried it out last night. My usual "go-to" capo is a Shubb (previously a Paige), which I've been more than satisfied with. But I like to...

Thanks for posting these. I've been toying around with 2-finger thumb-lead style lately. Haven't done enough of it yet to really get comfortable with the movement (thumb lead is just ...weird for...

I like that they are repurposing things like seat belts and seat fabrics into straps. Lots of vintage "cool factor" there. But I would be real wary of using those Volkswagen vinyl seat fabric...

Good stuff there. In an amazing coincidence, I was working on Big Sciota over the weekend (albeit in open G tuning). I hadn't thought of converting G major tunes to F using modal tuning. I'll have...

I would think that any metal picks would work. They can be bent to any finger size. Unless I'm missing something about this issue?

Flatpick Apprentice has some good ones.

http://flatpickapprentice.blogspot.co.uk/

Well, in the absence of a selfie stick (undoubtedly the most ridiculous human invention in all of history, which I obviously do not own), you just hold the phone behind your back and hit the button,...

Sorry for the crummy phone pics, but here they are from different sides. The color of the hat is somewhere between a beige and a light olive. I suppose it's technically khaki colored, but a very...

I've been wanting to try out a fretless banjo for a while now, and I'll probably give in to temptation at some point. Not sure it's ideal as a first banjo to learn on, though!

I got mine yesterday but forgot to take a photo. It's a nice cap. Very soft and comfortable.

Sweet! Order is placed.

Which models are you looking at? I know Deering makes the John Hartford model with the pop-off resonator to convert to something closely resembling a real open-back, but I'm not very familiar with...

It just facilitates a particular tonal response. Lots of folks play Old-Time clawhammer style with a full fretboard. They usually just play over the head, since there's not much clearance over the...

If I said I liked it, I'd be lying. I loved it! I'm not sure what I was expecting out of a banjo/cello/fiddle combination, but the best word that comes to mind is that it was "moving". Very...

Just a follow-up review on the D'Addario Micro NS banjo tuner, now that I've been using it a couple of weeks...

I'm still having the issue of it reading the string I'm trying to tune. My Snark...

Very cool photos! I envy those of you who have family heirloom instruments like that.

The banjo in the second photo intrigues me. Only 12 frets on the neck but it looks like 38 hooks on the...

Some resonator models do have removable brackets in lieu of a fixed flange. My Ode model 6510, for instance, uses shoe brackets all the way around the rim (which I think we had discussed previously...