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    I accompanied a singer in a live performance recently, mostly on guitar, but I played OM on one song. Later, I heard someone in the audience refer to the OM as, "...that Banjo thingy!"
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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    I have often heard people refer to a mandolin as a ukulele. But banjo is a real stretch.
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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    It's always good when dealing with the TSA folks at the airport to point to your case and say "banjo thingy."

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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    I have been hearing comments like that since I first picked up a mandolin 48 years ago.
    Best encapsulated by the person who asked me: "Can you play Duellin' Banjos on that ukulele?"
    Nothing much has changed.
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    Which one is the mandolin? It can be confusing to the uninformed.
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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    Quote Originally Posted by zookster View Post
    It's always good when dealing with the TSA folks at the airport to point to your case and say "banjo thingy."
    And if they stop you, you can always threaten to play it!

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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    My mandolin has often been called "that banjolukee"
    A talent for trivializin' the momentous and complicatin' the obvious.

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    funny....

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    Heresy. "Everyone" (99.9% of the GP) knows it's a little guitar thingy.

    But have some empathy. When you're packing that LGT in a round-bodied banjo case, even folks relatively in-the-know are prbly thinking 'banjo' - until you pull it.


    RE flying/TSA: When I used to fly with bouzouki (What?! Did you say bazooka?!) and concertina, the image under x-ray only exacerbated greater suspicions...

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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    i love to play my 1890-ies mandolinetto outdoors. people come and ask, "your ukulele sounds like a mandolin, very strange!", and I answer "because it is and always was a mandolin!", great way to connect with people. I can play my gibson mandolin or my octave all day and nobody will bat an eye. (i do not do banjos, too heavy).

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    Default Re: "That Banjo Thingy!" (OM Content)

    My banjo thingy
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    Its not a backwards guitar.

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