I play a mish-mash of old-time, Celtic, swing and bluegrass in a self-taught don't-care-how-Earl-does-it three-finger style. I usually play this cheapo aluminum pot Dixon resonator-back that I got from a pawn shop for around $100 USD. Either it's the perfect banjo for my playing style or I've adapted my style to it. I also have an Alvarez masterclone, but it has a very bluegrassy tone and I don't really play that much 'grass. There's an old no-name open-back tenor hangin' on the wall that I'll pull down every now and then and there's a Gibson mando-banjo on another wall that has too many problems to be playable but that I swear I'm gonna get around to fixin' someday.

Bruce