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Post by lar on Jul 25, 2019 11:04:19 GMT -5
For our polka band gigs I play a tenor banjo. Good Lord... I am always a bit reluctant to acknowledge the tenor banjo thing outside a certain limited circle. Seems the banjo is a regular fixture in polka bands. In fact, in the polka community there is no stigma attached to owning or playing one. Who'da thunk it? In my defense, it wasn't my idea. Jan suggested it. And that's the story I'm sticking with!
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Post by majorminor on Jul 25, 2019 11:09:10 GMT -5
It's OK Lar. No one here is judging you. Much.
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 26, 2019 9:34:35 GMT -5
My favorite jazz band has a banjo player. a 6 string banjo on which he plays straight rhythm, and occasionally a flat picked lead, chords and melody. Very punchy.
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Post by lar on Jul 26, 2019 11:00:56 GMT -5
Although I have a tenor banjo and I play it with the polka band, I've not anointed myself with the coveted (in certain circles) title of "banjo player".
I do enjoy hearing Eddie Peabody style tenor banjo from time to time but I don't aspire to ever try playing that stuff. I also don't play in the same style as polka banjo players I've seen. When I bought my banjo I also bought a book with all of the tenor banjo chords. That lasted for about 5 seconds and I immediately decided to use "Chicago Tuning" which is the same as the first 4 strings on the guitar. My reasoning was that I wanted to get my considerable investment up and running ASAP and the learning curve seemed a bit steep for someone of my advance age and delicate sensibilities.
My style is my own. It's kind of a chunk-a-chunk with the strings muted a bit and I strum the 2nd and 4th beats in each measure. It seems to work for me and Jan likes it so there you go.
I do not plan to ever bring the banjo to Ijam again. Those of you with your hearts set on a different result will just have to come to Milwaukee to visit us.
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Post by Dub on Jul 26, 2019 13:57:46 GMT -5
My favorite jazz band has a banjo player. a 6 string banjo on which he plays straight rhythm, and occasionally a flat picked lead, chords and melody. Very punchy. Django Reinhardt started out on six-string banjo, backing up an accordion player of all things. Gibson famously labeled their four-string banjos “TB” for tenor banjo. Their five-string banjos were designated “RB” for regular banjo.
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Post by brucemacneill on Jul 26, 2019 16:10:50 GMT -5
Although I have a tenor banjo and I play it with the polka band, I've not anointed myself with the coveted (in certain circles) title of "banjo player". I do enjoy hearing Eddie Peabody style tenor banjo from time to time but I don't aspire to ever try playing that stuff. I also don't play in the same style as polka banjo players I've seen. When I bought my banjo I also bought a book with all of the tenor banjo chords. That lasted for about 5 seconds and I immediately decided to use "Chicago Tuning" which is the same as the first 4 strings on the guitar. My reasoning was that I wanted to get my considerable investment up and running ASAP and the learning curve seemed a bit steep for someone of my advance age and delicate sensibilities. My style is my own. It's kind of a chunk-a-chunk with the strings muted a bit and I strum the 2nd and 4th beats in each measure. It seems to work for me and Jan likes it so there you go. I do not plan to ever bring the banjo to Ijam again. Those of you with your hearts set on a different result will just have to come to Milwaukee to visit us. So, if I used Chicago tuning and did something with the 5th string, like tune it to D and ignore it on the first 4 frets, I could play banjo? I might try that.
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 27, 2019 10:28:59 GMT -5
br] I do not plan to ever bring the banjo to Ijam again. Those of you with your hearts set on a different result will just have to come to Milwaukee to visit us. Well, I guess I am justified in my plan to skip this idiot jam.
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Post by lar on Jul 29, 2019 7:32:46 GMT -5
So, if I used Chicago tuning and did something with the 5th string, like tune it to D and ignore it on the first 4 frets, I could play banjo? I might try that. I've never heard of anybody doing Chicago tuning on a 5-string banjo. Interesting concept. Let me know how it turns out.
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Post by brucemacneill on Jul 29, 2019 7:52:21 GMT -5
So, if I used Chicago tuning and did something with the 5th string, like tune it to D and ignore it on the first 4 frets, I could play banjo? I might try that. I've never heard of anybody doing Chicago tuning on a 5-string banjo. Interesting concept. Let me know how it turns out. Don't hold your breath. I haven't taken the thing out of it's bag in years.
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Post by Marty on Jul 29, 2019 9:07:11 GMT -5
My favorite jazz band has a banjo player. a 6 string banjo on which he plays straight rhythm, and occasionally a flat picked lead, chords and melody. Very punchy. Tuba Skinny?
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Post by coachdoc on Jul 29, 2019 11:13:00 GMT -5
Yup. Tuba Skinny. And he checks all my boxes as started out as a Chet style thumbpicker. Here ya go: youtu.be/7XldsiRijyg
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Post by dradtke on Jul 29, 2019 12:44:51 GMT -5
For our polka band gigs I play a tenor banjo. Good Lord... It's okay, the "warm 10' cable sound" softens it up a little...
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Post by lar on Jul 29, 2019 16:02:58 GMT -5
It's okay, the "warm 10' cable sound" softens it up a little... Since I was already using a warm 10' cable with the banjo I don't detect any change in the sound. I'll leave it to the reader to determine if that's a good or a bad thing. In any case, feel free to cringe if that's how you're wired.
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Post by John B on Jul 29, 2019 17:25:01 GMT -5
It's okay, the "warm 10' cable sound" softens it up a little... Since I was already using a warm 10' cable with the banjo I don't detect any change in the sound. I'll leave it to the reader to determine if that's a good or a bad thing. In any case, feel free to cringe if that's how you're wired. Or if that's how you're wire less.
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Post by Shannon on Aug 15, 2019 11:51:44 GMT -5
Holy <fecal material> there, Batman. That’s a pile of dough. I just bought something similar for $25.00 or thereabouts. I saw an ad on FB for these so I clicked and found that they wanted $70.00 for them. But the name on the picture of the product didn’t match the vendor name so I Googled the name on the picture and found them for $25.00. Mine will allow six pairs on stage without interference or one could channel one instrument into six different receivers simultaneously. The just came (from China) the other day and a quick test made them see great. We’ll see. Here is a link though I don’t think this is where I bought mine. I may have lost track of where I made the purchase. Suffice it to say that these are all over the Net at various prices. www.dealnews.com/Muslady-Wireless-Guitar-System-Transmitter-Receiver-for-25-free-shipping/18017937.htmlI just ordered one of these: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QDSG3RJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Like yours, it is cheap enough to try out, and Amazon has an easy return policy. Do you still like yours?
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Post by majorminor on Aug 15, 2019 12:02:49 GMT -5
I just had a little electric guitar jam with a buddy last weekend and he had just bought one of the little folding wireless thingies. Worked and sounded great. Made it super easy to swap guitars and amps.
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Post by Dub on Aug 15, 2019 15:28:19 GMT -5
Holy <fecal material> there, Batman. That’s a pile of dough. I just bought something similar for $25.00 or thereabouts. I saw an ad on FB for these so I clicked and found that they wanted $70.00 for them. But the name on the picture of the product didn’t match the vendor name so I Googled the name on the picture and found them for $25.00. Mine will allow six pairs on stage without interference or one could channel one instrument into six different receivers simultaneously. The just came (from China) the other day and a quick test made them see great. We’ll see. Here is a link though I don’t think this is where I bought mine. I may have lost track of where I made the purchase. Suffice it to say that these are all over the Net at various prices. www.dealnews.com/Muslady-Wireless-Guitar-System-Transmitter-Receiver-for-25-free-shipping/18017937.htmlI just ordered one of these: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QDSG3RJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Like yours, it is cheap enough to try out, and Amazon has an easy return policy. Do you still like yours? Mine works great. No latency, great sound. We used it yesterday performing at the Iowa State Fair. I plugged my receiver into my L.R. Baggs Venue DI which went directly into the sound system. Mine are at the link below except mine are black and only cost me $25.00. On edit: Oops, I forgot the link. www.amazon.com/Muslady-Transmitter-Receiver-Rechargeable-Transmission/dp/B07H2JXQG3Yours seem similar to mine but mine will support 6 device sets on the same stage.
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 15, 2019 18:07:49 GMT -5
hmmm. I may pick up one of these. It sure would be more convenient than being tethered to a chord. Todd is tethered to a G chord. This is the only post on this thread that I can comprehend.
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Post by Shannon on Aug 19, 2019 11:30:47 GMT -5
I received my cheap wireless gadget over the weekend. Initial tests are very promising, indeed! The connections sounded great with an active guitar pickup and a passive mandolin pickup.
I used an adapter to connect the system to a dynamic vocal mic and the body pack of my condenser headset mic. Neither worked very well, with both having the introduction of a lot of hiss. However, the wireless device was not designed for use with vocal mics, so I can't really complain about that.
Looks like a good buy!
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