Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!jindaiji.chofu.tokyo.jp!mmcatv.co.jp!agnes-news.agnes.aoyama.ac.jp!news.moat.net!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-fusi.netcologne.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Karaoke at home Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 18:29:52 -0600 Lines: 43 Message-ID: <41DF2980.2000701@yahoo.com> References: <1104761265.142561.112290@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <1104778854.866022.209190@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <41DA13FD.60009@yahoo.com> <41DA4447.40707@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net EmeQV9a1vRnTvYRCYTtYUwfp3Is57QPoWGLZG3XwK2A1dyqAC1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:24294 Declan Murphy wrote: > John W. wrote: > >> Brett Robson wrote: > > >>>> Michael Cash wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Your stuff would be in Nashville. Lotsa banjos there. You don't want >>>>> your stuff around banjos, do you? Might pick up some bad habits. >>>> >>> >>> I forgot Nashville, I was thinking sunny Cali. I know there are many >>> great musicians in Nashville but there would also be a lot of very >>> bad ones as well. >>> >>> John W. wrote: >>> >>>> I maintain a banjo-free environment, though I was very tempted to buy a >>>> dulcimer from Wal Mart for $100; came with an instructional CD and >>>> everything. >>> >>> >>> Careful that is the thin edge. >>> >> I was serious. Had it been a hammered dulcimer I would have bought it. >> They have a mandolin and banjo as well; I'm very tempted by both. > > > Everytime I listen to the Fargone Beauties I start thinking of buying a > banjo. USD$100 heh? Cheaper than here for sure. Would be fun to learn to > play, and very useful if I retire to somewhere like Queensland. Will it > make any of my teeth fall out? > Yes, but that's because your significant other will probably hit you several times while you're learning to play. I once found a decent guitar in the gomi. The neck was ever so slightly warped, but since it was free I didn't mind. John W.