From: mitchelldickson@bellsouth.net   
      
   Nothing, and I mean nothing bends me out of shape more that a banjo player   
   or guitar player who has to tune every time they change keys!!!!  Don't tell   
   me how good a banjo or guitar you got if you are tinkering with it when you   
   put on a capo.  Throw the dang thing in a dumpster and get you a good   
   instrument or have it fixed! (that means "no, you are not the setup genius   
   you think you are")   
      
   Nothing is more unprofessional that changing keys on stage and having to   
   wait while so called musicians retune!  Either your instrument is garbage or   
   the setup is crap.  You want to preach about the "quality" of the tone, have   
   someone stand out and record you on stage while you piddle and the other   
   band members stare into space waiting on you and your "masterpiece".   
      
   I play bass and a little fiddle (neither of which ever has to be retuned   
   when I change keys) but I also own a 1964 and a 1967 D-28 along with a 1964   
   Ode banjo.  The longest it takes to change keys on any of the three is the   
   time to slide the Paige Capo up the neck and tighten it.  I don't care if   
   you got a pre-war RB3 or a 37 herringbone, if it is out of  tune when you   
   put on a capo, FIX IT!  Or quit calling yourself a musician, because you are   
   certainly not one.   
      
   Mitch   
      
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