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Subject: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: GUEST,MandolinPlayer Date: 12 Jan 02 - 08:05 PM Just when you thought it was safe to play bluegrass |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Jeri Date: 12 Jan 02 - 08:49 PM You'd need some monster wire-cutters for that thing, eh? Truly terrifying. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Amos Date: 12 Jan 02 - 09:25 PM Hey, it sounds pretty good -- but the guy was obviously a bass player not a banjo player! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: catspaw49 Date: 12 Jan 02 - 11:29 PM I thought the sound was pretty decent too, but the intonation left something to be desired. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: GUEST,MandolinPlayer Date: 13 Jan 02 - 02:35 AM Y'know I hafta admit, even though the banjo is the natural enemy of the mandolin family, the thing did sound good. When I first saw it, I thought it was some sort of totemic or phallic symbol for banjo players...as if playing loudly and out of tune weren't enough, you know... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: katlaughing Date: 13 Jan 02 - 03:36 AM On my dad's instrument stand, the mando and banjo mix freely, side by side, no animosity, but I don't know what they'd think of this! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Cappuccino Date: 13 Jan 02 - 04:30 AM I think, Kat, you have the answer. They've been mixing a little * too * freely... ! - Ian B |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: katlaughing Date: 13 Jan 02 - 04:42 AM LOL, IanB!! You may be right. I'll have to ask dad! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Mark Cohen Date: 13 Jan 02 - 05:03 AM The obvious question is, "Why?" And the obvious answer, I suppose is, "Because they could." I must say, though, when I saw the bit about "Shipped with neck unattached. Bolts together easily", the name "Frankenstein" did come to mind... Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Liz the Squeak Date: 13 Jan 02 - 06:15 AM NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Help me mummy, I don't like the scary banjo!! Hey, try getting that over the turnstiles onto the metro/underground!! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Little Hawk Date: 13 Jan 02 - 02:37 PM Grotesque and horrifying. They could've used it for the "SIZE DOES MATTER" ads for that wretched Godzilla movie a few years back... I wonder who will be the lucky sucker who buys the thing and gets to haul it around with him to the folk festivals? - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Clinton Hammond Date: 13 Jan 02 - 03:41 PM I want it! Gotta learn fretless bass first though! ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: RangerSteve Date: 13 Jan 02 - 06:25 PM $2,995? Well, at that price they only have to sell one. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Mark Cohen Date: 13 Jan 02 - 07:04 PM Hey, and it's on sale for $1,000 off! I think they missed the boat, though, by not putting an extra tuning peg on the side of the fretboard. Otherwise, how do you know it's not a bass drum with too much Viagra? Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Les B Date: 14 Jan 02 - 01:10 AM I remember seeing a photo from the 1930's of the famous Pop Stoneman family band all lined up on the porch of their house with their instruments. One of the kids was standing on a chair, playing a bass similar to the one under discussion. The Stoneman instrument was obviously made from an old bass drum, and what stuck in my memory was that they called it "whumper"! So there's not much new under the sun, just re-invented every half century or so. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Steve Latimer Date: 14 Jan 02 - 11:36 AM It does sound quite good. I wonder what Foggy Mountain Breakdown would sound like on it.
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Mountain Dog Date: 14 Jan 02 - 11:53 AM Steve, Think "Foggy Mountain Avalanche..." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: SharonA Date: 14 Jan 02 - 12:24 PM LOL! Oh, gawd, this brings back memories. One of my ex-boyfriends built a really, really ugly version of this instrument out of a homemade neck and a blue bass drum with a bumper sticker on the front. That thing was constantly out of tune! He would indeed carry his monstrosity to jams, festivals and even a guitar show, and it never failed to draw attention. Not praise, necessarily, but attention! It took up most of his car (drum in the back seat, neck protruding between the front seats) so, when the weather permitted – and sometimes even in the rain – the "instrument" rode on the car's roof rack. I wonder how many accidents were caused by people staring at his car? When he moved across the country, he packed up his car to make the drive "Grapes of Wrath" style (with the passenger compartment filled to the ceiling, and a fiberglas sailboat on top of the other stuff on the roof). There was no room for the banjo, so he took the neck off to take along with him and discarded the drum. He tells me that he's found another drum to attach the neck to. God help all of you in California. Thanks loads, Mandolin Player, for bringing that back to me. My therapist thanks you, too. *BG* Sharon |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Steve in Idaho Date: 14 Jan 02 - 02:55 PM Hardshell case? They're kidding right? Well my buddy has a small banjolin, says sometimes he like to play a little banjo, so I'll send him this for when he wants to play a lot of banjo!! Steve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: SDShad Date: 14 Jan 02 - 03:49 PM I just emailed the link to Beth, but ye gods and little fishies, what if she wants one? Shad |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Dead Horse Date: 14 Jan 02 - 03:55 PM I got a fiddle that big, but the spike on the blunt end sticks in my neck, so I don't play it nowadays;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Jim Dixon Date: 14 Jan 02 - 07:58 PM I saw a bass banjo (but not that big) at Music Folk in St. Louis a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any reference to it on their website. They also had ukelele-size banjos. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Rolfyboy6 Date: 14 Jan 02 - 08:34 PM Looks good for trios with tuba and accordian. Surefire crowd pleaser. You could make one with a large bodhran for Celtic music. Needs the fifth string tho'if it's goning to have that Low lonesome Sound. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: JedMarum Date: 15 Jan 02 - 06:31 PM right on, Mark! My first thought too, was "Why?" LOL - but then of course, I hafta admit, I'd love to play with it for a while! For a 'gear head' like me, even this monster has some appeal. It must be more of a lark then anything else, though. The sound while OK, is nothing to write home about. The scale seems a bit shorter then the full sized upright - and the string bass has such a wonderful sound, I don;t think this thing will ever give it competition. Fun stuff, though; eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Jim Krause Date: 16 Jan 02 - 05:41 PM Holy Mother of Pearl, what a monstrosity. At first I thought it was a joke. But now, I think some one is seriously demented and should really be convinced to start taking his/her meds again. Sheesh. Jim |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Little Hawk Date: 16 Jan 02 - 10:56 PM Well said, Jim! LOL! Oh, Gawd...I just looked at the beast again, and all I can say is, I suspect that even Cheech Wizard without the hat would be more appealing... Well, maybe not. We could all chip in and buy it for Spaw, since it appears to be in proportion with his fabled you-know-what, but who's got that kind of money to blow on major delusions of bodily endowment these days? Well, it was a nice thought, anyway. :-) - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: Rolfyboy6 Date: 17 Jan 02 - 01:49 AM Naw, he'd just want a hammered bass banjo. There's an image, Spaw at Christmas craft fairs playing hammered bass banjo. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: rangeroger Date: 17 Jan 02 - 02:18 AM I think I would rather play the bass banjo hammered. rr |
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Subject: RE: BS: Why You Wouldn't Run Screaming From: fat B****rd Date: 17 Jan 02 - 03:49 AM Bluegrass is back !! MOJO magazine has an article on Bill Monroe this month. |