Box opening of the Gold tone AC-FL1. My first fretless Banjo / clawhammer banjo

My first ever fretless banjo. It’s going to tough to learn it but I know my skills, ohhh it’s going to be a great journey.
Check out this great banjo from Gold tone AC-FL1.

[DEDE-osqs]

Excellent sharing my friend😊I’ve Subscribed!

[jeancaunce]

Well you took to that fretless like a duck to water. Excellent!

[gelidsoul]

Man, the nylon sounds so good. Something about the nylon has always felt better to me on guitars too. Think I'm going to have to get me one of these. Thanks for showing it off.

[clawhammerchris]

It sounds good, Paul! I love your fretless banjo outfit.

[KenneyCmusic]

Very nice. You make it sound great. I have the AC-1, and I love it. I would love to have a fretless one too.

[timklein]

You are an old school player; my guess is self taught and really professional demeanor; love it

[irishpsalteri]

That is so interesting, you can really hear the difference, especially in the slides.

[Byrnyngman]

Thanks for the sound demo, bud. I love the sound of fretless banjos, I'm glad Gold Tone is making affordable ones, now. I'm ordering one.

[Anna-ceod]

It sounds you should start teaching lessons it would be nice cuz I could sure learn from you I picked up a banjo and taught myself and I'm 62 years old

[ShadyCrackers]

Your new banjo sounds GREAT! You bring pure good vibes, man.

[JoanTaylor-Cooney]

Nice one Bro P, cute hoodie. 😂 Loving the smooth sound ❤

[witchywoman]

Gorgeous instrument, and beautiful playing as usual! <3

[directorphase]

This is so cool! Nice new addition to your collection! It sounds good and you play great too!

[TheRamsberg]

One of the neatest things about fretless instruments, is that they have the capacity to free one from the strict 12 note western chromatic scale. Opening up mountains of so called "microtonal" options, as to the exact pitch of the notes used. Which, can give an entirely different feel to an otherwise typical or standard scale of notes.

The Arabic maqam system of notes is one which could be experimented with on a fretless banjo, they have dozens upon dozens of systems which use the "in between notes" on fretless instruments.

I hope you have loads of fun with it!!!

[jimbouchardmusic]

Wow! My first fretless is the same Gold Tone. My main banjo is a Gold Tone CC-OT Old Time banjo, so given the price of the GT fretless I couldn't resist it. Still play the fretted one more but I enjoy the fretless as it's a bit more relaxing. You sound awesome and it suits your style perfectly, I think!

[selenehenry]

Nice! Can't wait to hear what you do with that one. ❤🎉

[ubaldoespinoza]

Just found your channel and love your stuff man, picked up the banjo myself recently and I love the way you play, please keep the videos coming!

[terrapinflyer]

With how well you play (what I consider, or guess is) traditional southern US blues / bluegrass, I wasn't expecting such a thick accent from over the pond lol. That first muted strum I was thinking, 'wow that thing sounds amazing!' Diggin the hoodie with a cowboy hat thing too. You could make that a sort of trademark style. 👍

(I forget, thumbs up means something different over there doesn't it? lol)

[thatbassguy]

Cool video, i think i may just buy one myself

[АлишерЕралин]

Fantastic!!! 💪👍 Thanks for sharing so cool moment with us! Your play on this one reminds me a Rhiannon Giddens - Mountain Banjo. Can you play it btw?))