There's definitely a better tone if I'm doing rolls with the banjo picks, but I find them to be really clumsy and often screw up. As for the irritation, my fingers are definitely sore after about 4 hours of practice, but I think that's more to do with the fact that I haven't played guitar for that long in years. I think I might go see if I can find a metal guitar pick and play around with that until I learn how to use the actual banjo picks.

As for the tuning, yes I'm using open G tuning for now.

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My new laptop, 750GB memory :D
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Unscented clay kitty litter :)

the last two things I bought...besides gas and smokes...

Decided to return my banjo and use the proceeds from selling my Google Nexus 7 tablet and buy this

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Mitchell MBJ200 Delux-5 String Banjo

It has a really nice neck and fretboard when compared to my Epiphone 100-MB and this one also comes with a resonator which gives me a much nicer sound. Last night it almost sounded like I was running it through some kind of modulator effect, like a flanger or something.

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HAWT. Work it girl. :baseball::baseball:

Awesome headphones.

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i just sat and refreshed their website to be able to grab one of these for a mere 60 pounds :)....i already have mat and frame picked out

Pretty awesome piece of art Bob and a total classic from Argento.