Forum - Banjo Ben Clark

Anyone going to IBMA?

Nope

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Sounds like a dog or a car. No, I donā€™t know! And neither did you know my last fact! :laughing:

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Yep, one of his dogs.

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Wow! Iā€™m smart!

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Yes I didā€¦ if you think they didnā€™t express their nervousness out loud, youā€™d be wrong :joy:

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I was gonna say a dog but thought ā€œnahā€ā€¦ :joy:

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There was a dog on a show I watch named Tipper.

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Do you know the only method Tony ever used to tune his guitar?

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A tuning fork. He could tune in seconds, according to legend

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I just discovered that I donā€™t know any bluegrass trivia questions for yā€™all. Wow. Iā€™m depressed.

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:white_check_mark: Which string did he start with?

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Hmmm. E?

D string 7th fret?

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What?

Because itā€™s an A harmonic.

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Thatā€™s a weird way to tune :joy:

Not reallyā€¦ Jake Stogdill did a video a couple years back. Itā€™s a great way to tune if itā€™s not loud around you.

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Boy. You know your Tony facts. Yep and Wyatt said that harmonic is the only note he used the fork for, the rest of the guitar he would tune relative. Wyatt did it the same way.

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At first I thought you had read Still Inside.

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You cheated, this is closed book.

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