Shackleton Banjo, Walking in the Steps of Giants
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Channel: rpeek · 2011 · Education
I was surprised how reasonably you can get a good enough beginner open back banjo from Amazon. A friend of mine bought one like this and played it for years and it held it’s tune great and was a perfect starter banjo, with a great price. Check it out by clicking the link below. Good luck playing! https://amzn.to/2NGAkbk Here’s another real nice looking open back with a gig bag: https://amzn.to/37b6zaz Thanks for supporting your local banjo players! Banjo strings. I prefer D’Addario but there’s lots of others. These are medium: D'Addario EJ55 Phosphor Bronze 5-String Banjo Strings, Medium, 10-23 https://amzn.to/30qPTZS I have also used Ernie Ball Earthwood 5-string Banjo 80/20 Bronze Loop End Frailing Set, .010 - .024 https://amzn.to/2uV3sVU I do use Nylagut strings on a lot of my banjos too. They all make different sounds.. Aquila New Nylgut AQ-1B Banjo Medium Tension DBGDG-Set of 5 (4th Red Series String) https://amzn.to/2uXzgJT ON my short neck banjos it’s not unusual to use compensated bridges for third string better tuning. Grover 5/8 Compensated Banjo Bridge (77) https://amzn.to/386AAIq You can get it in all sizes, or just sand one down from the bottom to fit. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Amazon now offers a good selection of banjo heads too. • Remo P-190 WeatherKing Standard Banjo Head - 11-inch https://amzn.to/360N6I5 Remo Banjo Head, Fiberskyn, 11-inch Diameter, Low Colla https://amzn.to/2TwtoBk This video is dedicated all the boys and girls of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Centenary Expedition back in sunny England. "We plan to mount an expedition during the Antarctic summer of 2014... in english that would be somewhere between Oct - Feb 2014. In total we envisage a crossing of some 1800 nautical miles across some harsh terrain, taking us over 100 days but hopefully not exceeding 120." according to Petty Officer Seb Coulthard RN Second-in-Command IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC CENTENARY EXPEDITION 2014 www.south2014.com By the way I call the song "Walking in the steps of Giants"
