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jefrs · July 3rd, 2009, 10:35 PM

Well, I got the b/uke sussed - it's a little guitar with re-entrant tuning, and as for my unusual style, by the power of the mighty internet I discovered the amazing John King (RIP)

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And I got a cheapo banjo (which I had to dismantle and re-build). I didn't realize there are so many different ways to play them.
Now my thumbnail is grown asymmetrical as a pick, I find thumbpicks go too far up my thumb (watch John King) to be much use and if, as I do too, you strike the strings with the fingers on both up and down strokes, then those metal claw things get caught in the strings.

July 3rd, 2009, 10:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
jefrs Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Newbury, England Age: 54 Posts: 2,142	Well, I got the b/uke sussed - it's a little guitar with re-entrant tuning, and as for my unusual style, by the power of the mighty internet I discovered the amazing John King (RIP) . And I got a cheapo banjo (which I had to dismantle and re-build). I didn't realize there are so many different ways to play them. Now my thumbnail is grown asymmetrical as a pick, I find thumbpicks go too far up my thumb (watch John King) to be much use and if, as I do too, you strike the strings with the fingers on both up and down strokes, then those metal claw things get caught in the strings. __________________ There's two kinds of people, those that hear the music and those that don't.