From: brinxx@verizon.net
What kind of clowns are you playing with who have to do this? I've been
playing live for over 25 years (some of those years professionally) and I
have NEVER played with a guitarist who needs to re-tune to accomodate the
key of the song. Occasionally, someone's original music would call for some
odd tuning or drop tuning but that was very rare. I have never heard of
this. Now in all fairness, I have only rarely played with a banjo player.
Are there generally tuning issues with banjos?
"Mitch Dickson" wrote in message
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> 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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