Help me make 'Cripple Creek' more R-rated. [more inside]
posted by ctmf on Oct 3, 2009 - 4 answers

Help identify a music video I recently saw on MTV Europe...70s style video with a female lead singer and a banjo? [more inside]
posted by ciocarlia on Aug 25, 2009 - 5 answers

I have just been gifted a beloved and much missed late relative's 8-string banjo mandolin. The relative bought the instrument (used) in the early-mid 1970s and died soon after. Despite googling the universe I cannot find out anything about the instrument or maker. On the head it says "Wayne" in a horizontal scroll and then vertically underneath, "Dixie". I'd love to know more about the instrument. Anyone heard of Wayne Dixie banjo mandolins?
posted by Kerasia on Jul 13, 2009 - 7 answers

A bid of a wild side multi-layered question. Learning the banjo. And doing so in Shanghai. Most people who travel (younger free-spirited types, work with me here) sling a guitar over their shoulder. [more inside]
posted by dawson on May 25, 2009 - 15 answers

How do I transpose guitar sheet music, not tabs, into banjo sheet music?
posted by shesaysgo on May 17, 2009 - 9 answers

Need help on frailing banjo shit [more inside]
posted by creasy boy on Apr 16, 2009 - 11 answers

Help me find the Peanuts cartoon in which Linus says "The way I see it, as soon as a baby is born he should be issued a banjo!" [more inside]
posted by bondcliff on Apr 7, 2009 - 8 answers

How can I store my banjo long-term to preserve the best possible sound? I have a hard case (not a soft "gig bag") and the instrument is in a dark closet. We keep the humidity between 40-55% whenever possible... [more inside]
posted by homelystar on Aug 19, 2008 - 4 answers

Would it be way too expensive to get some minor work (installing railroad spikes) done on my banjo... in Washington, DC? (vs. 'the suburbs' ?) If not, any recommendations of general instrument guru shop guys? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Jun 6, 2008 - 7 answers

Looking to buy a banjo. [more inside]
posted by Lockeownzj00 on Jun 3, 2008 - 13 answers

Dentures dentures dentures! In stage one of getting dentures, what should I expect in the weeks to come? [more inside]
posted by mediocre on May 9, 2008 - 9 answers

Is a banjo-uke tuned like a banjo or tuned like a uke? [more inside]
posted by Ollie on Apr 26, 2008 - 9 answers

Practicing & Playing Music in Washington DC: Learning the banjo without getting murdered [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Apr 22, 2008 - 10 answers

BanjoBearFilter: Where online can I order a teddy bear (or other plush animal) holding a banjo? [more inside]
posted by Koko on Mar 3, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm a sucker for the "dying but smiling" feeling I get from the sound of a banjo. What modern/recent songs have banjo in them? I'm looking for things that don't fall neatly under the category of bluegrass - a pop/rock/alternative song that just happens to have a banjo rather than Bela Fleck/String Cheese Incident/Cherryholmes type stuff.
posted by Kappi on Feb 29, 2008 - 47 answers

What if Getz and Gilberto were, you know, cousins? Would they still have made beautiful music together? [more inside]
posted by Acari on Jan 16, 2008 - 11 answers

Banjo Filter: Looking for great foot-stompin', lightnin-pickin' songs, a la Phillip Roebuck's "Pocket Knife", etc. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Cosine on May 13, 2007 - 11 answers

Friend just got a banjo and I want to get her a banjo-related gift. Li'l help? [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Oct 20, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm looking for artists/songs that sound like the slide-guitar/banjo intro to KMFDM's WWIII. I'm not really very familiar with bluegrass (is that even the right genre?) outside Bill Monroe, and none of his stuff sounds much like this.
posted by phrontist on Aug 27, 2006 - 7 answers

I have recently been turned on to bluegrass, and am especially in awe of banjo players. I play guitar and would love to add banjoesque picking techniques to my arsenal, and assume other players have already done so. Are there any guitarists who employ banjo picking patterns? Online instruction, tabs, &c.?
posted by signal on Aug 12, 2006 - 10 answers

I recently purchased a new neck for my banjo and am now filled with anxiety about installing it - that's major surgery! I'm especially confused about the truss rod. [more inside]
posted by smartyboots on Aug 6, 2006 - 5 answers

How easy is it to learn to pay the banjo? [more inside]
posted by A189Nut on Aug 1, 2006 - 26 answers

How do I get rid of stiffness from my fingers? [more inside]
posted by Zero Gravitas on May 20, 2006 - 4 answers

This music video [YouTube link] is...um...hard to describe. It's also entirely in Japanese, and my wife, friends and I have all been wondering for more than two years just who these people are, and just what, exactly, they're singing about. [more inside]
posted by davejay on Apr 14, 2006 - 14 answers

What's the least amount of money you can spend and still get a decent banjo? [more inside]
posted by defenestration on Apr 1, 2006 - 5 answers

After months of looking I have finally found a 5 string banjo that sounded good enough I wouldn't mind learning on it but was still within my means. Now I just need help learning how to play. [more inside]
posted by herting on Oct 19, 2005 - 10 answers

Bluegrass Filter: Banjo specifically. Frailing vs. clawhammer vs. threefinger. What exactly are these methods? And how do they differ? [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Sep 13, 2005 - 7 answers

BanjoFilter: I am looking to learn to play the banjo. I would like to buy a nice banjo that I can grow into (something with a decent tone ring), but I'd prefer to not spend a fortune on it. [more inside]
posted by amelliferae on Sep 6, 2005 - 9 answers