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DavidA:
May I suggest 'Don't cross the river (if you can't swim the tide)' By America.
Dave.
micktoon:
Top Class Simon, you will see every little fault but not many others will it looks like you went to the banjo shop and bought a top end banjo if I did not know better.
Real good result ,remember its the first one you have made and you have done it without having that much equiptment etc too, then the distractions of making most of what you have needed too.
Looking forward to the video , The duelling banjo music is called something like blueberry hill I think ? There is a good video clip on youtube. The HillBilly boy is class :thumbup:
Top marks.......... If you want satin finish you can lightly sand with finest scotchbright type pad then wax it, leaves a not so plastic type shine on the way to satin, but test on a inside part etc first just in case.
Cheers Mick
vtsteam:
Hope you don't think I'm too repetitive with praise Simon, but you just keep surprising with how great this banjo is. I can't ever match up what i read with all the negative references, and what I see when the pics arrive. I do know it was a struggle for you at times, but you seem to have won every one of them handily. Congratulations, man! :bow: :bow: :bow: :beer:
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on August 07, 2015, 10:24:24 PM ---Hope you don't think I'm too repetitive with praise Simon, but you just keep surprising with how great this banjo is. I can't ever match up what i read with all the negative references, and what I see when the pics arrive. I do know it was a struggle for you at times, but you seem to have won every one of them handily. Congratulations, man! :bow: :bow: :bow: :beer:
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Don't worry, I appreciate compliments as much as anyone!
Well it's been a few days and i've finally finished... the first draught of the script. I've got 15 pages of stuff that I felt was pretty brief (except for a couple of pages where I really lost enthusiasm). The drum sander was 5 pages, so I'm going to have to put some effort into editing this down.
I didn't spend 4 solid days on it, but i'd say it has taken me about 8 solid hours organizing and watching boring clips. For example I decided to record 6 minutes of my ass, and I watched all of it trying to remember why (I was intending to show how I have to step around the clutter in my garage, but it ended up as 6 minutes of my ass). I can't stop myself from recording loads of barely interesting garbage as if i'm short of stuff to talk about in a video.
As for what song I should play... I don't want to make a meal out of it but i've got too much time to think about it! I'm tempted to try work out a good arrangement for Baggy Trousers since it works surprisingly well on the banjo. Still a bit of a crap song without the bassline though.
If all else fails i'll just play Steve Earle Tennessee Blues since it's fairly inoffensive and easy to play. Although my singing might make it offensive.
micktoon:
Lol, bring it on Simon, you will be getting bookings for weddings and birthdays if you sing well :thumbup:
How about some bag pipes next then :bugeye:
I spoke to someone who played a banjo and asked about the duelling banjo song and he said he thought that was its name, I mistakenly thought that when you have the two banjos having turns each, that was itself duelling banjos and could be done with various songs ? Music has never been my best subject lol.
Well done again
Cheers Mick
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