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| Author: | paulrace [ Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | New Six String Sucks |
A reader writes: I have been playing guitar and bass for over 40 years. Mostly these days I jam and play classic rock, country, bluegrass and blues music. Thought I could add some interesting licks to our music so I got a cheap 6 string banjo off ebay to start. This sounds like a pile of junk rolling down the hill and I was considering returning it, but will try your set up tips first. I would really like to play this instrument, but so far, it sounds noisy, bad -------------------------------------------------------------------- As I mentioned in the article, DON'T strum it with a flatpick. The chord continues to ring out even after you've changed chords with your left hand or deadened the strings. Picking individual notes with a flatpick (Mumford-and-sons style) or fingerpicking (usually without fingerpicks) both work. Here's an example fingerpicking a Deering D-6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjqEAsZMpk Not as clean as I'd like, now that I listen back to it, but I was new to that particular instrument. I've since bought two other 6-strings, a junker to be a beach guitar that I had to basically rebuild to make playable, and a new Goodtime 6-string Artisan (the first one they built). I have been taking my 6-string Ovation Legend guitar (circa 1974), my 5-string Goodtime Special Aria openback, and at least one of my 6-string banjos to most gigs over the last two years. The 6-string banjo does NOT replace either the Legend or the 5-string, but it's a nice sound for certain songs. Have a great evening, Paul Race |
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