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I heard you still need to screw in those Capos still?

I don’t know why everyone has anything against the knot method itself. I’ve switched along time ago to this method and speeds things up a bit and noticed an increased tuning stability. BUT, I will say, using the knot technique and having that many winds around the post kind of depletes its purpose quite a bit and would recommend you find the spot for the desired tuning with its tension that it needs (that variable depends on string gauges you’re using for said tuning) to only leave 2 winds. This is because you don’t want to lay ALL the tension on the knot itself along with less excess string = less slippage overall. But yes, I recommend you still press down near the bridge, give them all a few pulls and bend the strings up/down the fretboard then retune back up. If it’s a clean job, the only 2 variables that will give you tuning/intonation problems is if it’s a change in string gauges, make sure to check after and the next day to see if the neck bowed (slightly adjust the truss rod back to where you left it (to find the spot, it will usually be pretty in tune after adjusted). And the other is just the environment. IE: heat naturally will cause strings to loosen the tension/tuning once the strings are opened and oxidation starts. Anyway, thank you for attending my TedTalks.

Jake brushed me off when I contacted Ben to help me buy a professional banjo.

Yes. Once you know where the notes up and down the neck are that's relative to playing in G you can improve your playing techniques like a whiz. People think you must have been playing Banjo since you were a small child!

Mr. Ben, looking pretty sharp with man's hair cut. Good to see Mr. Munde still at it. Had a chance to go to Camp Bluegrass about 20 years ago and enjoyed it a bunch.

Stop playing my _four thousand dollar_ mandolin!!!!

Great job. Pick guard changed on the Yamaha.

I play my forward roll then my forward/ reverse roll and finally my alternating roll. The song I begin my practice with is Cripple Creek after I've practiced my rolls I switch over to Claw Hammer to play some Pete Seeger style using my index finger to pluck upward rather then down as typical Claw Hammer is taught. Practice some bum diddy as Pete always instructed. Always slow at all these different lessons till lumbered up and to practice areas I'm not as sharp at as I need to be. Do it slowly so I can tell my fingers where I want them to go next. I'll practice speed later after I have played correctly first. I know practice is a must there are no short cuts. Practice isn't a chore if you love your instrument. That's not to say I may be consumed with other matters at times it's to say when I finally do find the time again it is enjoyable to be with the comfort that my instrument gives me. Practice then isn't a chore. Good video Ben.

Literally the man responsible for me picking up and learning the banjo when i heard AKUS play So Long So Wrong on a VHS recording my grandpa did of a TNN performance. His banjo playing was like no other, creating a bluesy and almost a Dark Bluegrass style that had never been heard before, Unique!

Love it ❤

It will be mine one day☝️ I am a big dreamer...beautiful music! Thanks

I contacted Banjo Ben Clark's General Store for their help to find a professional banjo, but they didn't care to help me. Jake just brushed me off.

I love you all happy people singing!!!!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

And gage

Ben what strings acoustice guitar

Stelling’s are the ultimate banjo!!

Ron's great, I'd love to attend. Tried to get on the Jake Workman LIVE yesterday but was unable to get on the stream.

Very cool!

I love how those Stelling Banjos cluck

does jake play other instruments besidies guitar or only guitar?

YeeHaw!! Totally Awesome guys!

Nice job. I met Alan at banjo camp earlier this month, and he's a really nice guy and very good teacher.

That was bumpin!! Lol, I pulled out one of my Martins to pick along with all y'all!!😂😊

Beautifully done! And no matter how good the guitar or the player, it's a losing battle against a banjo and mandolin!

GREAT PICKING

Great song guys!!! Thanks so much ❤

I like the Black Mountain thumb picks. Not only are they more comfortable with the little spring, but the plastic doesn't make the scratchy sound that a lot of metal picks give me until I polish the heck out of them.

I’m a true city boy that plays rnb, jazz n gospel but there’s something about bluegrass I just love .. might’ve been an old southerner in a past life lol

I need this!!

A stupid method

Tuning ....wire cutters

Use yer fingers and thumb to reach around the neck to hold the block of wood. Wow!😮 There are tools designed for pulling shafts and studs. They keep the force aligned with the shaft so you dont bend it - which is a real risk as a number of comments have pointed out. Use the right tool to avoid foreseeable consequences.

Mother Maybell was a fantastic guitar player in my opinion I was 12 when my sister taught me this I've been playing guitar since I was 7

3 out of 4 luthiers/techs that I know do knot favor this method. with the consensus being that all it accomplishes is to make the string harder to remove. clean windings with sufficient coils is their preference .

Really great

God bless you😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

Thanks guys!! Wish I could see you guys someday. Meanwhile I'll keep pickin!

Thank you

Completely unnecessary and a total pain when changing strings. A fuckwit solution to a problem that doesn't exist!

Very cool lesson ! Thanks a lot ! Cheers from france

Have to learn ???....and if I dont?

Sounds great! I have the same banjo and can play the first tune in time but slower, but the sound isn't tight like this..The notes just echos on and on and it feels like the notes clash.. Only thing that works is a towel.. But that shouldn't be necessary, right? Any tips?

Great lesson 👍🏼 could you do one going from G to C and back to G? Sometimes I can’t get into the world of C licks cleanly when coming from G and it can sound clunky.

I want to learn that piece you were playing What’s it called

I use to curl the excess string and use it as a cigarette holder.

Greetings, brothers and sisters! I'm pressing on the upward way, New heights I'm gaining everyday. Still praying as I'm onward bound, Lord plan my feet on higher ground. Lord lift me up and let me stand My faith on Heaven's table land A higher plain that I have found Lord plan my feet on Higher Ground My heart has no desire to stay, Where doubts arise and fears dismay. Though some may dwell where these abound, My prayer, my aim is higher ground Lord lift me up and let me stand, My faith on Heaven's table land A higher plain that I have found Lord plan my feet on Higher Ground. Lord lift me up, and let me stand My faith on Heaven's table Land A Higher Plain that I have found Lord plan my feet on Higher Ground

Wow. Just wow!

Love these gals

Great video !! thanks a lot :)

Absolutely unnecessary to do this. I don't know what he's doing wrong but not once in over 30 years has a simple wind slackened up or unwound. Waste of time.