I learned "Hard Luck Blues" from a 1920s recording of Dock Boggs. Later in life, Boggs recorded the song a second time during the 1960s under the title "Brother Jim Got Shot." I am certain that he's using gut strings in the original recording.
My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned eAEG♯B (relative gCGBD), with Aquila "New Nylgut" strings and a traditional two-leg maple bridge by Joel Hooks.
Timmy G
2023-09-20 21:02:53 +0000 UTCCaleb Wright
2023-08-22 20:06:23 +0000 UTC