NBD and belated NMD!

[Kiichi]

Hey guys!

NBD
I had a birthday this month and I got a nice little Ephiphone MB200, a 5 string resonator banjo. I am really pleased with the looks of it, the eagle on the back alon is sweet, and it is great fun to play other stringed instruments.
Really Sufjan Stevens is guilty for me getting one and it really is amazing for folky things.

Took a bit of setup work as the factory did a rather poor job of it and that is coming from someone who didnīt know anything about banjo setups before this.
Now it sounds much better. Also it is fun that I can easily take off the resonator and have a cool open back banjo,

All in all a nice instrument after a setup. Playing it also gives you new ideas and influences for guitar playing =)

Belated NMD! Also a bit earlier I got myself a used mandolin. Got what I think is a good deal on an old MIJ Suzuki mandolin. I hear different things about their quality, but this one I like. Playes well, can take a lot of strumming punishment without sounding shitety and has a nicely bright cutting tone with enough substance.
For someone with my kind of finger it is still hard to play as the frets really are freaking small but playing things like Amazing Grace on it (again Sufjan Stevens style) is a joy and it is wonderul in playing with an acoustic guitar.

Now my other acoustic instrument collection includes a banjo, a mandoline, a ukulele and a dulcimer. All amazing in adding to an acoustic arangement and playing with an acoustic guitarist.
Wonder what is next...

Now for quickly shot pics! Gotta up my gear shots in the future...

[rotpunkt]

NBJ! are you some kind of sicko?

 :P

Actually, I have fancied getting a banjo for years...  :oops:

And a mandolin... You some kinda redneck?  :lol:

[Telerocker]

Let's hear those chickin'pickin' right hand clucks.

[Kiichi]

Gotta love me a little bit of redneck sound sitting in the sun with a grasstem in mouth and a strawhead up top. =)
Donīt see that around Germany too often.

Maybe I can get into a bit of country too sometime, but I really got these for folk styles, in the vain of Sufjan Stevens. Also irish folk stuff and such is something I wanne do.

Fun fakt: First thing I played on the banjo was the riff from Lamb Of Gods song Redneck xD
Then I went through Breaking the Law and Crazy Train riffs. All sound amazing that way =)

Got to say I really like what I got with this banjo for about 190 quid. My brother has the cheaper open back version, the MB 100 and this not only has a resonator, but is all around quite a bit nicer. I can fully recommend this, very nice value for money (once the setup is fixed).

Telerocker: The banjo really really motivates you to play chickinīpickin style. Gotta learn that more. The sound is just so inviting.
Makes me also wanne get a guitar banjo and try to shred all day.

[rotpunkt]

Gotta love me a little bit of redneck sound sitting in the sun with a grasstem in mouth and a strawhead up top. =)
Donīt see that around Germany too often.

Maybe I can get into a bit of country too sometime, but I really got these for folk styles, in the vain of Sufjan Stevens. Also irish folk stuff and such is something I wanne do.

I'm gonna come out of the closet: I love country, always have. That's why I have 2 tele's... Love Sufjan too. And Gillian Welch.

James Burton is THE man though  :D

Edit: Gratutitous tele shot:

[Lew]

I like that your tele looks brand new and your table is a heavy relic  8)

Nice one Kiiichi  8)

[rotpunkt]

I like that your tele looks brand new and your table is a heavy relic  8)

Hehe, good point.  :D

[Telerocker]

I like that your tele looks brand new and your table is a heavy relic  8)

Hehe, good point.  :D

Then, let's make a tele out of that table... :D