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View Poll Results: Talk about your instrument/gear!!!
Guitar. 170 52.31%
Drums. 39 12.00%
Bass. 45 13.85%
Violin. 7 2.15%
Sax. 4 1.23%
Piano/Keys. 53 16.31%
Harmonica. 7 2.15%
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Old 02-23-2015, 12:46 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Gold Tone is a great banjo brand, I was looking really hard at one before I settled on my Gretsch (although I've got my eyes on a Deering). I'd highly recommend the Hal Leonard Banjo Method books. I would not try taking on the Earl Scruggs book right away as it's pretty much for intermediate/ advanced players and can be a little discouraging. I ended up just putting a t-shirt in the pot to mute the sound and just sat and practiced open G rolls while watching TV and it really helped me with getting use to the style. I would also recommend learning with finger picks as it gives you a lot of volume, but try to find or order online national medium thumb picks. Most stores only carry Dunlop thumb picks and they are WAY too big and a little clumsy.

Other than that, have fun! Banjo is a great instrument.
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