when gillian welch and dave rawlings played here in chicago last week, dave quipped as gillian was reaching for her banjo “well we know we are here in a banjo loving municipality” 
I’m sorry to hear that. I hope this situation won’t last long.
(You could use the opportunity to buy a new bass as a consolation bass, and then a new bass to celebrate when things get back to normal.)
Thank you…
I’m doing maintenance on basses I already own. When I’m not getting paychecks for an unknown amount of time, I try not to spend money on anything not essential to eating or keeping a roof over my head. I do my best to not have to touch our savings account.
I just saw something very weird. A guitar without strings on the neck. Technically not a guitar, I don’t know what to even call that. Anyone heard of Aeroband?
I saw this on a video of a horse playing it:
This horse normally plays the harp (what a weird sentence)
Here’s the website of this “guitar’s “ creator: https://www.aeroband.net/
This is too weird for me. At least a horse seems to like it. 
Though he probably would prefer one with strings.
such a talented horse 
the instrument itself seems a little gimmicky tho, no real guitar technique needed without strings so it’s rather a toy? 
I installed an equalizer app on my work computer so I can hear the bass track better of the music I listen to. Didn’t really think about how the app works and was very confused by the first phone call coming in, as the person on the other end sounded like calling from a church
Looks like I got a tool for making boring online meetings funny now 
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I love The Onion.
I keep meaning to get back to my banjo
banjo sounds really cool, is it hard to play?
It can be as hard or easy as you want,
I am a bit of a picker rather than a player.
In other words I use a bit of a mish mash and have never been super serious even though I have had mine for like 20 years.
I use a bit of Scruggs style and a bit of clawhammer and really don’t know the chords well-I used to play more but really only for my own enjoyment.
I think Howard or John_E are doing serious lessons.
I keep meaning to but again… time.
I got my banjo because I wanted to play Dueling Banjos, and used to be able to, also to play Journey of the Sorcerer, and I used to be able to play that but you need o be careful with the tuning (I could learn them again I guess)
Here is me a few years ago when I picked it up to see what I could remember after a long break
I never understood why banjos have a tuning machine partially down the side of the fretboard.
Because that’s where that string starts.
Why, to tune the 5th string of course! 
The 5th string is a drone string, typically tuned high. It’s shorter for that reason - starting at the 5th fret instead of the nut, it can be tuned to a high note without the corresponding high tension.
I became a “Horse girlie” a few years ago - after decades of hating horses (I fell of a stupid horse as a child) - when I met some really cool horses with a dog’s mind.
Now you can find me on local pastures sometimes, sitting on the grass amidst of a herd of horses, just enjoying each others company. It’s not even about riding horses … I just like their mindset.
So, this video is right up my alley - thanks for posting!
I was like: “awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww” 
Me, too, since their beginning in Madison, WI over 5 decades ago. I used to pick up my free copy at the Brat & Brau pub across the street from my student apartment building (The Regent). Good times!
It’s not actually completely stringless; there are real strings in the body section. So I imagine you can vary the tone/volume, at least some, by how you pluck. But there are no real strings on the neck so I wonder if you can do muting, ghost notes or harmonics.