I have seen a bunch of your videos, but I haven't seen any recently. Today, your "Sugar in the gourd" rendition on a gourd fiddle came up. Turns out I wasn't subscribed. That changed quickly! Your channel is a hotbed for that good old time!
More and more I'm starting to think I'd like to start again trying to learn the banjo. If I do, I'd certainly be interested in buying one from you.. Your playing sounds great and it inspires me to learn. I kind of like that tune slowed down like that.
The tune is excellent at that tempo. It seems that many people want to prove how fast they can play, and do so at the cost of losing the feel/emotion of the tune.
Have you ever made a 2-string ladle mandolin? it is made from one of those old-fashioned ladles used to get water out of wells. it's like like a mandolin, but with only one course of 2 strings rather than 4 courses. And technically it is one string, since the string starts at the top, loops around the bottom, and comes back up to the tuning peg, but it's essentially 2 strings because 2 sections of the string vibrate separately. I remember seeing these instruments somewhere, but have not been able to find anything on the internet. a very obscure homemade instrument.
@@morbanjo2503 I believe i saw it in a museum or website a long time ago that was about folk instruments. Here is the only thing I could find online that is sort of like it: ua-cam.com/video/AS6PmVZM_hQ/v-deo.html there were lots of these obscure homemade folk instruments made throughout america's history that have sadly been lost to time throughout the years...
@@-jank-willson That's pretty cool. Looks like the cup part of the ladle is covered with a brass plate of some sort that acts as a resonator. I will certainly try this if I can find a suitable ladle
@@morbanjo2503 It's not quite the same instrument as what I remember. The one I remember was a wooden ladle used to get water from wells, and it was specifically called a 'homemade ladle mandolin' and was not played with a slide (to my knowledge at least) because it had 12 chromatic wrapped-wire frets. And it had one string that was acting like 2 strings because it looped around the bottom (with just one tuning peg as a result), so both the vibrating string segments would automatically have the same tuning.
That's a great tune at any speed. One of my favorites.
Love this song. Thanks 🌺🌺😬😬
sweet sound
Thank you.
I have seen a bunch of your videos, but I haven't seen any recently. Today, your "Sugar in the gourd" rendition on a gourd fiddle came up. Turns out I wasn't subscribed. That changed quickly! Your channel is a hotbed for that good old time!
Thank you! I usually only post when I've finished a new instrument, but also, sometimes when I record something I like
More and more I'm starting to think I'd like to start again trying to learn the banjo. If I do, I'd certainly be interested in buying one from you.. Your playing sounds great and it inspires me to learn. I kind of like that tune slowed down like that.
The tune is excellent at that tempo. It seems that many people want to prove how fast they can play, and do so at the cost of losing the feel/emotion of the tune.
@@chuckjeffery944 I agree.
Have you ever made a 2-string ladle mandolin? it is made from one of those old-fashioned ladles used to get water out of wells. it's like like a mandolin, but with only one course of 2 strings rather than 4 courses. And technically it is one string, since the string starts at the top, loops around the bottom, and comes back up to the tuning peg, but it's essentially 2 strings because 2 sections of the string vibrate separately. I remember seeing these instruments somewhere, but have not been able to find anything on the internet. a very obscure homemade instrument.
I haven't seen or heard about this type of instrument. Might be a fun experiment!
@@morbanjo2503 I believe i saw it in a museum or website a long time ago that was about folk instruments.
Here is the only thing I could find online that is sort of like it: ua-cam.com/video/AS6PmVZM_hQ/v-deo.html
there were lots of these obscure homemade folk instruments made throughout america's history that have sadly been lost to time throughout the years...
@@-jank-willson That's pretty cool. Looks like the cup part of the ladle is covered with a brass plate of some sort that acts as a resonator. I will certainly try this if I can find a suitable ladle
@@morbanjo2503 It's not quite the same instrument as what I remember. The one I remember was a wooden ladle used to get water from wells, and it was specifically called a 'homemade ladle mandolin' and was not played with a slide (to my knowledge at least) because it had 12 chromatic wrapped-wire frets.
And it had one string that was acting like 2 strings because it looped around the bottom (with just one tuning peg as a result), so both the vibrating string segments would automatically have the same tuning.