tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071407659082584779.post438553533828224553..comments2018-03-27T23:23:53.446-05:00Comments on Randy Arnold: Whittler of Fine Banjos: Quiet Mornings & Unheated WorkspacesRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276121886071142282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071407659082584779.post-31289089934977602332008-12-10T09:33:00.000-06:002008-12-10T09:33:00.000-06:00Jason,I'm glad that you are excited about the mand...Jason,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you are excited about the mandolin-banjo. I started on the prototype yesterday. I got the neck roughed out and a fingerboard ready to go. Waiting on clamps to make the pot...they should be here next week. I'm rolling along steadily, but the forecast calls for snow on Thursday, so I may have to take a short winter break. But, hey, it's Alabama, so it will probably be in the 70's next week.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the links, they were fun.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276121886071142282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071407659082584779.post-68506701411519595012008-12-09T21:46:00.000-06:002008-12-09T21:46:00.000-06:00It's an mandolin. It's a banjo. It's a...It's an mandolin. It's a banjo. It's a mandjello! I'm excited about my mandjo, banjolin, mandolin-banjo!!! <BR/><BR/>Nice work on the sketch Randy. Have fun with the project. Remember you have complete artistic freedom.<BR/><BR/>Wood carvings are cool, but no elaborate inlays. I'd prefer not to be the string band's answer to Liberace. <BR/><BR/>I can't wait to play my mandolin-banjo! <BR/><BR/>By the way, Kudzu String Band is my kind of "regressive bluegrass". <BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1wxSQ--GNs<BR/><BR/>Bass banjo... Need I say more...<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzN5K6rX2to&feature=related<BR/><BR/>Jason TownsendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071407659082584779.post-72129631632143507872008-12-08T14:12:00.000-06:002008-12-08T14:12:00.000-06:00I always called it a banjolin, but apparently a ba...I always called it a banjolin, but apparently a banjolin is just like a mandolin-banjo, only with a single set of four strings, tuned like a fiddle. The mandolin-banjo has a double set of strings (8 in total) just like a mandolin. Don't get the bonjolin confused with a banjo-uke, which also has four strings....<BR/><BR/>There was a time in the late 1800's/early 1900's when a lot of colleges had banjo clubs, and banjo bands. Everyone played a banjo, even if it just resembled a banjo. And the bands were large too. I'll try to post a photo of an old banjo band if I can find one.<BR/><BR/>I've never had the privilege to hear an all banjo band, but I guarantee it was a glorious, glorious sound.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276121886071142282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071407659082584779.post-82105057648934997862008-12-08T10:53:00.000-06:002008-12-08T10:53:00.000-06:00Funny, I heard it was a Mandjo.Funny, I heard it was a Mandjo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com