[Dixielandjazz] Banjolene.

[Rev M J (Mike) Logsdon]

>>>Check it out on Google.<<<

I did, and nothing.  One of my private respondents has suggested, merely from the sound, that it's an electrified banjo.  Could this be what is being played on most of the live Firehouse 5 tapes I've got?  I've been thinking what I'm hearing is merely an amped banjo, but if such an electrified thing existed.....

-------Original Message-------
From: John Farrell <stridepiano at tesco.net>
Sent: 09/08/03 08:46 AM
To: Bigbuttbnd at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjolene.

> 
> What is a banjolene? Possibly a typo for banjolele, a hybrid instrument
which includes features of both banjo and ukulele. Check it out on Google.

John Farrell
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bigbuttbnd at aol.com>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Banjolene.


> I THINK a banjolene is a banjo-tuned GUITAR with 6 or 8 strings. If 6,
the
> two highest strings would be doubled an octave apart, if 8 all strings
would be
> doubled an octave apart (like a 12 string guitar.) I have such an
instrument.
> It is a FACTORY-made Rickenbacher with 6 pegs. The nut is notched so
that
the
> 2 top sounding strings can be doubled an octave apart. I don't string it
that
> way, though, cause I didn't like the doubled sound. Instead, I just
string
it
> like a plectrum banjo with 4 strings. My only complaint is that it has
no
real
> bottom (which you're used to hearing on a real guitar) because your
lowest
> note is a middle C. I've lowered the G string by an octave and that
helps
some
> providing a range from G below middle C to the standard offerings on the
top
> string.
>
> In recordings it really has a sound associated with the 40's. I did some
> Mills Brothers 'sound-alike' recordings and it sounded like the real
thing
when
> played in a Freddy Greene 4-to-the-bar style. I don't know why Eddie
Peabody
> called it a 'banjolene'... all my buddies call it a 'guit-jo' when I
bring
it to
> a gig.
>
> Rocky Ball
> Banjo / guit-jo
> Atlanta
>
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