Cleaning the basement. Grandpa's rig:
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NYbill (nybill@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 14:48:19 UTC NYbill -
ghostdancer (ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 14:54:21 UTC ghostdancer @NYbill So you're the keeper of a long tradition of music players. Did you ever play with that banjo?
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NYbill (nybill@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 15:03:54 UTC NYbill @ghostdancer It would need a lot of fixing up first.
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ghostdancer (ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 15:05:40 UTC ghostdancer @NYbill I suppose so, I was thinking more of when you were young maybe you played with Grandpa, cause I guess that you saw him playing.
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NYbill (nybill@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 15:10:35 UTC NYbill @ghostdancer That was always in his living room closet. He played the living room organ when I was a kid. But, when I would visit I would sneak in and play with the banjo. He knew I was. He didn't stop me.
I suppose I could play it, a bit. Its a 4 sting tenor banjo. They are tuned like a mandolin/bouzouki.
You take your guitar brain and turn all the cord shapes upside down. ;)
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ghostdancer (ghostdancer@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 15:11:38 UTC ghostdancer @NYbill Beautiful memories!
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