I know it's been a while since posting this blog but in reading your page and listening to your band's tunes. I sure hope your shoulder feels better. Also if there is anything you would like to chat about in our "banjo world" feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
Jon Eric
Banjoist/The Mayflies
 

Hey Jon Eric,
You are kind to respond to this blog. I hurt my shoulder moving a heavy table at work and am still going to physical therapy. It's easier to play my electric banjo now. I use a slider strap and it's lighter than my Gibson RB3. That one weighs a ton, even more than my RB250. The RB3 has the best tone and it's the one I have used playing out with this band. I use the electric if I am playing with a drummer and electric bass player. We used to have a drummer in this band but some of the snotty Bluegrass Festivals didn't approve! I also sometimes play in a blues/rock band with a Gibson ES335. Can you tell I'm into Gibson? My dog is even named Gibson.
Nice Nechville! I looked into getting one of those but after buying the RB3 I couldn't afford one. I like your banjo break in Jerusalem Ridge. How do you play? By ear? Tab? Teacher? Do you ever use .tef files?
 

The Jerusalem Ridge cut is my own break.
I fashioned it after hearing Tony Rice's version
(the only cut I had), but it did not have a banjo
break on it.

I mostly play by ear... VERY little tab.
Though tab is good for hearing how another version can go.

Absolutely nothing wrong with Gibson!
Most that I have played from pre-wars to the blackjack are all solid!

All those banjos and so little time!

PROTECT THOSE HANDS!

Sincerely,
Jon Eric