Damn fine playin' there. Never heard of a 6 string semi fretless before, but as a five string it looks like a nice wide fretboard for someone with sausage fingers like myself.
Not quite sure, but think it's because the right hand is in a claw like way and the strings are hammered in a downward motion with the fingers, rather than plucked. Other names for it, are Frailing and down picking, think there is more too🥴
Some coffee and this great piece of music. Great way to start the morning. Well, off to shovel the snow now..
Thanks. Good luck with the snow shovelling 😀
This sounds incredible.
Thanks 🙂
Lovely conversion Leon! Sounds fab! And fab playing!
Ment to ask what the tune is!
Bit of a mish mash, just playing around!
Thanks Steve
Great job! I love the clawhammer sound!
Cheers Will :)
wow, i salute you playing fretless clawhammer, and so beautiful at taht
Thanks 😀
Your banjos always sound so good Leon!!!
Thanks :)
Looks fantastic and sounds lovely Leon,I think you could make a stick sellotaped to a tambourine sound lovely 😃👍All the best brother.
Ha ha, not sure about that! Thanks Paul
I LOVE this banjo! Great job! Love your playing too 😉
Thanks 😀
Slick playin, Leon! Thanks for the music!
Cheers James, thanks for watching 🙂
Sounds fabulous Leon. Gorgeous fingerboard.
Thanks Gary, Ziricote is pretty unique!
Best fretless banjo vid I've found!!
Thanks Mark 😀
Wow this is so good
Sounds amazing
Cheers 🙂
Really clean, good on ya for no mistakes!
Thanks 👍
Beautiful!
Thanks 🙂
Sounding good Leon!
Thanks :)
Really enjoyed this!😊👍
Thanks 😀
Awesome
Tremendous. Always admired folk who can play the shit out of clawhammer. Grandpa jones is my favorite eh maybe stringbean or uncle dave
Thanks.. Yep, those guys were great👍
Great job!
Thanks!
Really nice.
Thanks!
Damn fine playin' there. Never heard of a 6 string semi fretless before, but as a five string it looks like a nice wide fretboard for someone with sausage fingers like myself.
Thanks🙂. Yes, it made for a comfortable 5 string, especially with the nylon strings.
Amazing!
Really lovely playing, I’m saving up to buy a fretless banjo… mad cool..🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕
Thanks 😀Fretless is great fun👍
Very cool - what's it like with the wider spacing between the strings?
Thanks. The wider spacing works well with the thicker nylon minstrel strings.
Could you know me name of this tune?
It's not really a tune, it's just something I came up with whilst testing and recording the banjo. Probably a mish mash of various tunes😀
Why is it called “claw hammer “?
Not quite sure, but think it's because the right hand is in a claw like way and the strings are hammered in a downward motion with the fingers, rather than plucked. Other names for it, are Frailing and down picking, think there is more too🥴
have you ever mentioned what you use for recording? always sounds amazing
Thanks. I just use an old Zoom H4n which I've had for 13 years, no mixing or effects are added, I plug it straight into a zoom q2n video recorder.
@@adrel666 i would of guessed you had some fancy pickup inside the banjo lol sometimes simple is better!
Beautiful!
Thanks