Just A Closer Walk - played on a banjitar sung by Jack Marti

[et7waage1]

Beautifully played!

[ScottishFiddleLesson]

brilliant!

[Discerner1999]

Praise Jesus, He IS coming back for His children :)))

[cadjunk]

I love it, and love the sound, and your singing is great, on this wonderful old gospel. Thank you so much for sharing. Gwen

[cimarronazul]

Cool Hand Luke 1967.

[Drax514]

@cimarronazul YESS!!! I've been searching and searching youtube for this song. Heard it in CHL, just the little snippet and now I've found it!! Truth be told, this song sounds so much fitting for a person like Hank Williams to sing, which is why this version is good. This is a folky country song, and doesn't sound right sung choir like.

[cimarronazul]

@Drax514 In the movie sounds better but anyways, here is the best version I coulld find.

[Waldco]

Beautiful playing and singing. I like that banjo-guitar, and one of my favorite songs.

[futuretroriginal]

im trying to convince my wife to let me buy a banjitar. i think i might just go buy one. and if she leaves, i'll play the blues on it. nah, she wont leave. that storm will blow over.

[alex2397]

Hi loved the song it's one of my favourites

and like you I also play the banjitar, lap steel, dobro and guitar.

Thanks for sharing.

Alex

[necklord007]

love it!!!

[cassjamminx]

this is my new jam! you rock!

[ivan1111961]

love your version of that song 5 ***** m8

[richosbornemusic]

You are very inspiring. I enjoy listening to you and your wife.

[charliechoco722]

Great banjo version! How many guitars do you have?

[guitmartiman]

At the moment, 4 Taylors, 2 Gianninis, and the Tyler banitar, plus 1 Tangy and 1 Antoniotsai Ukulele.

[guitmartiman]

Oh, I forgot about the little baritone uke sized spanish guitar! I guess that 7 guitars, 1 banjitar, and 2 ukes! Some of the guitars in my videos are no longer mine because I've sold them. All of my instrments are for sale, but generally if one of them sells, I replace it with something else!

[arthurleino]

Awesome video ans post!

[tcbkp77]

is that played the same as a guitar?

[guitmartiman]

Why, yes, it is! But it sure sounds like a banjo doesn't it?

[newmarkettrader]

I just traded in my first 6 string banjo for the gold tone gt 500 (Bruce Springsteen has 2 apparently). It's great. I can highly recommend it.

[newmarkettrader]

A lot of original banjos were 6 strings and played as such. Check the wiki out on banjos.

[guitmartiman]

Wow, that's interesting! I'll look it up! Thanks!

[newmarkettrader]

Yeh, the Banjo really got going in the 1830's and the 6 string was going since the 1840's in the UK. In the States as well as I know that company's like Vega were definitely making them in the 1800's. Banjos have always and still do come with, 4, 5, 6 and even 7 string variations. People who say a 6 string isn't a real banjo are plastic purists who know little of the history of the instrument. Play your 6 string with pride banjoists!

[TenorClef]

I tried two banjitars yesterday and they were terrible, i mean really awful sounding instruments, no projection and lousy intonation but i got to say the one you are playing sounds quite nice. I'm assuming banjitars have to be fairly expensive to sound decent.

[guitmartiman]

As I recall, this one cost me about $350. The thing to look for is one with a real brass ring. Most of the lesser expensive ones are made of very light and inferior material. Generally, if a banjo doesn't have a little weight to it, it probably doesn't have a real brass ring, and that's what gives it that nice ringing banjo sound.

[tobytwirrll]

Just got one and it's great fun to play. I don't care if some banjo purists sneer at this instrument or care if it's called a "real banjo" or not. It's a really nice instrument in it's own right and gives a fantastic new sound for anyone into fingerstyle guitar playing. I guess you could experiment with different tunings for a more familiar banjo sound, but it's good for playingragtime, jazz or folk in guitar tuning, though it might not appeal to people who want to play bluegrass. Nice video.

[guitmartiman]

I couldn't agree more! {:o)

[Inuyasha4lif]

Banjos SHould never have more than 5 Strings

[guitmartiman]

Never? You're entitled to your opinion, but I'm glad you're not in charge! LOL!

[Inuyasha4lif]

i know but i was tauhgt to play the banjo by my uncle and he told me that a 6 string banjo is jusr a gutair wiht a ound of a banjo :/ he siad it be easier to lay thouhg :/ so maby hes worong :/

[guitmartiman]

He was right! A six string banjo IS just a guitar that looks and sounds like a banjo! Hence the name banjitar! It is easier to play (at least for a guitar player) than a 5 string banjo. I can play a little on a five string banjo, but since I started much younger on the guitar I never could catch up on the banjo! The banjitar makes it possible for me to get a banjo sound without having to master a completely different instrument. And yet, for all intents and purposes, it still is a banjo w/6 str.

[Inuyasha4lif]

well ok lol he was right lol sorry abotu the lats comemnts lol thouhg :/

[guitmartiman]

Right, wrong, or indifferent, I like the guitar, and I like the banjo. What better way to enjoy them both in one instrument than a banjitar? No need to apologize! {:o)

[Inuyasha4lif]

lol thats rght! lol i played the gutar but all the stirngs broke too mcuh pressure so i wanted ot try the banjo and i was good but i got to ge tmy banjo fixed needs a new base :(

[Inuyasha4lif]

6 string banjo's (banitar) arnt real banjos

[guitmartiman]

Sure they are. It looks like a banjo, sounds like a banjo, and has all the same components as a banjo. Therefore it is a banjo. It just has one more string than a 5 string banjo, and two more than a 4 string banjo. Besides, I didn't call it a banjo. I called it a banjitar.

[Inuyasha4lif]

Most of its originality is gone though

[goodsonbasinger]

Great stuff .....keep it up.

[MikeMIllington]

I love this. I want a banjitar now!

[mmggppmgp]

haha its looks like it is tuned jus like a guitar

[guitmartiman]

Yeah, she's a tuna lika guitar! Banjitar!

[txtmtxtm]

good job

[oneiblind30]

Love the banjo

[peacerules]

Awesome job!! I've always loved this song...thanks for making me smile:)

[Dickens123]

Also very lovely! My husband really loves this one and, again, you do it justice! Thank you for granting me my request! 5 starz!!

[brenkatz]

great job, thanks for sharing