Sweeet!!!! Thanks man,...makes me want to get out and buy a banjo!!!

so would I!

I have a Deering Goodtime banjo (goodtime 2 i think, it has a resonator vs. the open back version)

My wife found it on ebay used, but it is in brand new condition. It's a good starter banjo and I probably won't replace it with anything better for a very long time. you could go the $100 route and just find something that works and sounds ok. that should be good enough to start on as long as it has good intonation so you can learn to play in tune. the goodtime 2 retails for around $700 I think, but if you can find a good one used you might be able to pick one up for around $400.

there is at least one other thread on here about beginner banjos...I'd search it for you but I've got to run. there is a lot of good info from a lot of people more knowledgeable than I. See if you can find it. I'll check back later.

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I think knowing the guitar will help you w/the banjo, more so than not knowing any stringed instruments at all. search youtube, there's lots of good lessons on there for beginners on up. I've played guitar for years and the banjo for less than a year. I'm faster at finger picking on the banjo though...not sure why because I've worked at fingerpicking the guitar for a long time...kind of weird I guess.

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I ended up just browsing local pawn shops under the impression that banjos were the kind of instrument people tried to learn and then pawned off when they found it difficult. I picked up a Sovereign with resonator (Oscar Schmidt by product I believe) and took a toothbrush to it and it looks and sounds great. Thanks for the video, by the way. Just been winging it via guitar tabs so far with TAB tablature

Here goes another attempt at a song. Again, these are not perfect but should get you going. Both are played with a capo - some people say on fret III and others say on IV. AB played it on IV on Live. No. 3 and also a few others so I play it on IV with the fifth string either muted or tuned to B (as opposed to standard G tuning).

Guitar -

Verses – G (320033), Gm (020002), Em (022000), 320000, Am (002210), Dm (000230)

First Bridge – (3xxxx7), (3xxxx5), (3xxxx3), (320002),(03xxx7), (03xxx5) (Em) (Dm)

Second Bridge – G – Am – Gm (or 020302) – C – G – Gm (or 020302) – Am [Yeah!] – G – Am – Gm (or 020302) – C – G [Guitar/Banjo tap]

Banjo -

90% of this is "borrowed" from the original poster's tab on youtube (thanks a ton).

Intro -

d-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-------------0-|
B-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-1-3-1-0---|
G-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-------------|
D-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---------------|

d-|-------2-------2-------2-|-------0-----0-------0-------0-|
B-|---1-------1-------1-----|---1-----1-------1-------1-----|
G-|-----2-------2-------2---|-----2-----2-------2-------2---|
D-|-2-------2-------2-------|-0-------------0-------0-------|

d-|-------2-------2-------2-|-0-|-------|
B-|---1-------1-------1-----|-1-|-------|
G-|-----2-------2-------2---|-2-|-2-0---|
D-|-2-------2-------2-------|-0-|-----4-|

Verse -

G-5 -----------G7M ---------------------- Em
I find myself in a place that I never been

-------- G -------------------------------------- Am Riff w/o D7 riff
A place that I thought that I could never be

D7 -------------------- G
There’s people looking back at me

G-5 --------------------- G7M --------------Em
I keep having this dream; I’m at a party

--------------------------G
There’s people throwing drinks and

------------------------------- Am ----------------- D7 ----------- G
screaming, telling me that I don't belong

(continues)

Bridge #1 -

(05009), (04007), (02005), (00004) , (00509), (00407), (01001), (00320)

There was a time I could move . . .

(continues)

Bridge #2 -

G-5 (05005), Am (02212), (04434), C (05555), G (00000) – 04434 – Am (02212) [Yeah!]

G-5 (05005), Am (02212), (04414), C (05555), G (00000) [Banjo/drum tap]

I got secrets from you . . .