Ouch

So halfway through the gig in San Clemente, I set the poor thing down on the stand I got, got up, hooked the strap with my foot and threw the poor thing face down on the sidewalk. It broke off the the top bridge on my first string. Fooling aroung with it, the only thing to do was to pull the first string over to the second notch and retune. The only problem was playing anything above the fifth fret because the strings were too close. So I'm looking for easy four chord songs because I can bar chord the C and the D up the neck- and the A & B worked as bar chords/ So at the end of the day, a 12-year old comes over who plays guitar and writes her own songs and wants to know if playing the banjo is mostly bar chords. I showed her my poor banjo neck. I could have used all those triads I was supposed to be learning. Guess what I'm working on now. McCabe's in the morning for getting him fixed.

• Karen Torell-Hoffman, Beverly Hartmeyer and Joseph Apodaca like this.
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  Lois Smith oh no! i hope the banjo doc has you a pickin and a strummin again real soon

  February 2 at 11:17pm · Like
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  Craig Rogers Ouch!

  Yesterday at 12:39am · Like
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  Art Rose A set back for sure, but we know you will be back playing soon! Good luck.

  Yesterday at 6:57am · Like
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  Betsy Brandel I had my Gibson in the shop a few weeks ago and had to use my "other" banjo for a few days. It wasn't as bad as I thought. You will probably appreciate your spare while the other one is being fixed.

  Yesterday at 7:33am · Like
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  Stacey Maxwell Some of the guys I jam with make it a rule to put their instrument in the case when not in use, for this reason. I had a lady also tell me that her husband a luthier makes her transport their instruments always in the case, even just walking from one room to the next,, as she said they have seen way too many damaged instruments come back broke even over the most casual incident. Sorry for your loss...

  Yesterday at 12:59pm · Like · 1
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  Lori Holt Wade Yes Stacy. Dan, Soo Sorry for your loss

  Yesterday at 5:59pm · Edited · Like
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  Lori Holt Wade Check for NAMM sales. Word is that they get their NAMM stock in March and April so they are thinning the inventory now.