The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32875   Message #435923
Posted By: Cap't Bob
08-Apr-01 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: banjo
Subject: RE: banjo
wdyat12

On my Vega long neck 5 string I replaced the pegs with guitar tuners and they work just great. I noticed that Tommy Maken made the same switch probably for the same reason.

Oh and by the way during the winter I get most of my hot water from a loop of stainless steel placed right in the fire box of my furnace. On my old wood furnace I had a 35 ft. coil of copper tubing that laid on top and outside of the fire box. Both of these were/are connected to an old 80 gal hot water tank that is set on end right next to the furnace. The difference in density between hot and cold water kept the water circulating in the tank. The output of this tank is fed into the electric tank. With just my wife and I (rarely happens ~ seems we always have a grand kid living with us) we can turn off the electric tank. If you would like I could send you a picture of the setup.

Cap't Bob