"banjo" lesson

How to get a banjoish sound from your acoustic guitar and a stick on pickup.
1. place pickup far away from sound hole, in a spot that doesn't resonate much.
2. place tissue paper under strings, so it's barely touching them.
3. learn yankee doodle dandy really fast as practice.
4. bask in the glow of all the praise you get from friends and bandmates.
5. tell them thanks, but it wasn't your idea.

This is a half assed substitution at best, and not meant to replace a good banjo player if you can find one. I just never could, so this is what I came up with. Hope you can use it someday.

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• jason
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• kermit
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• wold

[fileundervalued]

hey mindchanger, i'm not trying to tell you what to do. make yourself happy, whatever that entails.

[mindchanger912]

why does the toilet paper have to be unused?

[dudestube]

I really like this sound in this track you recorded!

Also, this guy sings alot like Jon Brion. It's a certain "register" and certain "syllables" thing. Geez...the more I listen the more I hear Jon Brion!

You did a great job on this !

jS

[dudestube]

Hey bud ! ScOtT here...Remember, playing with Mr. LiSTeR ?

Dude, you should try that with a High Strung guitar....also, try experimenting with muting the guitar right between the sound hole and fingerboard. Then again, what the hell do I know?

Love the videos from the Next BIG Nashville ! That was a fun evening! Did you ever get footage from us playing with Katie that night ?

Miss ya bud !!!!!

jS