I would only learn it for my own enjoyment; not to 'perform'.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:14, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

it's a gateway prickstrument
next you'll be learning the ukelele 'only for special occasions'
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:16, Reply)

Ukes are for shitcunts who are too shitcunt to manage a banjo.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:31, Reply)

So you're a bouzouki man, eh?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:37, Reply)

This is a sex thing, right?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:47, Reply)

Yes.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 20:14, Reply)

Quite like the look of the bouzouki
I have a mandola that I'm working on at the moment. The action's terrible and the intonation's off by a mile but hopefully I can make it playable - new bridge, possibly a neck reset. If not, it's quite decorative just hung on the wall.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:47, Reply)

I fancy getting a mandola next.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 20:15, Reply)

I got it cheap, never played one before - I'm a bit of an acoustic guitar collector
Like the sound though - just got to get it half way playable!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 20:27, Reply)

Keep an eye out for Clive & Mat Ryder
Local father and son band who play old-time American folk.
Mat is a great mandola player.
Some proper frailing on the banjo too.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 20:58, Reply)

I can appreciate the skill in banjo playing
I just don't like the sound - except for 'Banjo song' by Seasick Steve
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 11 Mar 2013, 19:16, Reply)