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Post by TomsDadJet on Feb 1, 2008 15:50:01 GMT
As a Tenor Banjo owner (Not sure I'm qualified to call myself a player yet, although I can play tunes that others recognise). I couldn't bear to see 0 posts in this section of the forum.
Am I the only 4 stringer here?
Iain
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Post by Danny on Feb 1, 2008 17:57:27 GMT
I want one mate, just a case of saving up my sheckles.
Well done on being the 1st poster in this section
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Post by TomsDadJet on Feb 1, 2008 20:01:45 GMT
I know how that feels, I fancy an open-back 5-string to have a go at clawhammer/old time,but finances don't allow. That and I'm not sure that the wife would allow another instrument into the house without one of the guitars, the tenor or the mando going.
Iain
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Post by Danny on Feb 2, 2008 8:26:25 GMT
Damn..... you'll have to get rid of the wife then
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Post by TomsDadJet on Feb 2, 2008 14:20:54 GMT
Hmmmm, now, there's a plan.
Iain
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Post by Danny on Feb 2, 2008 18:32:22 GMT
lol
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Post by dodgydago on Feb 7, 2008 6:39:11 GMT
Hi, You're definetly not alone! I'm getting started with the tenor although work and circumstance now don't allow me much time with the banjo! But I'm the happiest guy to see/meet someone here with an interest on the twangy one. For tuition I only have Mr Dear Dad Costello's lesson, a book from mel bay (with fairly boring songs, but good) and a tape too advanced for me. Any suggestions? When I try to follow Patrick's chord progressions it all sounds horrible! and so loud I can't hear myself thinking! f
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Post by Danny on Feb 7, 2008 8:49:27 GMT
that tenor of yours was BLOODY loud Fernando
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Post by TomsDadJet on Feb 7, 2008 9:14:17 GMT
DD,
What kind of music are you looking to play?
Are you tuning CGDA or GDAE?
To quieten things down, either add some weight to the bridge or pop something between the co-ordinator rods/dowel stick amd teh underside of the head (I use a small chamois covered demisting sponge I got from Halfords).
Iain
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Post by Danny on Feb 7, 2008 11:45:01 GMT
I have been known to use an old pait of swimming trunks for the same purpose
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Post by bill on Feb 9, 2008 10:52:10 GMT
I am another tenor player and a bit of a tenor collector. You can buy a banjo mute to quieten the banjo, it is a metal device with felt padding which clamps between the tailpiece and the bridge. If you slide it towards the tailpiece the banjo plays with its normal volume but slid to the bridge it mutes the sound. Bill
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Post by dodgydago on Feb 12, 2008 6:34:36 GMT
Hi again. I'm learning with a CGDA. I like Jazz, but being a complete zero-on-the-left music wise, that will take a long time; but time, God willing, I have. I like folk music (american most of it) as well. I'm in Moscow (banjoless now). I have a gold tone and it is very loud. In hindsight, I should have got an open back. It'll be easier to bring over here and less likely to send the neighbors into a fit (which in Russia can be harmful for your health!!). So I think I'm in the market for a mellow openback tat can be tuned CGDA. I want to try PatrickC's trick with a cotton ball under the vellum on the middle leg of the bridge, but more wanting to mellow it down than for volume. Maybe I've been unfair to my neighbors. They have not complained yet. I started to play 5 string from 0 and after a couple of weeks (and, bless, Patrick's podcasts) I begun to progress. But this fellow seems more tough. RE the mute, I hate how it makes the thing sound. I have one but never use it! Hey its good to be able to talk about this. DD
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Post by TomsDadJet on Feb 12, 2008 14:04:02 GMT
Ah, I'm a GDAE tuned, Irish Folk man myself, so I can't help on the tuition materials. I'm happy with my cheap little open-back (http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/bigpic.php?ID=GR3827 ). I've had a few people comment on it having a nice mellow sound. It's not the most traditional looking banjo, but I like it's unfussy, cleaner look.
Iain
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Post by banjorob on Feb 12, 2011 13:44:15 GMT
I am yet another tenor banjoist, I have couple of them, tuned GDAE one is a 1925 Washburn 17 fret,that has a very mellow sound, I have set it up with new 10 3/4" rennaisance head because the original calfskin head sounded really flat, and a new Clifford Essex aged maple bridge,( I have standardized with these on my other banjo's they make an amazing difference to both tone and volume) and new Ludwig type small shaft planetary tuners. The other tenor started life as a Grafton Irish tenor, but I fitted a Gold Tone neck to it, and a resonator, it sounds and plays really well. Trouble is I rarely take either of them out and play they so I will probably sell the latter. Anyway it seems there are one or other tenor players so you are not alone.
Good luck with your playing.
Rob
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Post by 1910 on Jul 3, 2011 6:34:58 GMT
I have three banjos a Parker Classic,a Clifford Essex Concert and a Victorian 5 string dated 1897 . With the last I inherited the pot ,a warped neck some ivory tuning pegs and nuts and brackets. It has taken me many years to restore and although it is open backed it knocks spots off anything I have heard. I play every day without fail,if there are no open mic or gigs avilable I will busk until the Cops arrive!Its a fun instrument .SO ENJOY IT! All the best,Tony.
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