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gasgas - Posted - 03/06/2026: 16:38:38
Having trouble with this lick. i think it starts on the 6th fret but it is so one sting I cant do it with any speed. so..obviously I have it wrong.
Hold what you got J.D Crow playing with Jimmy Martin. Any advice or tab fragment would be appreciated.
ChunoTheDog - Posted - 03/06/2026: 16:58:28
youtu.be/ho1pOYVtymY?si=fnWUQVJVJW1LaeA5
Heres a good look at it up close
gasgas - Posted - 03/07/2026: 01:05:32
Yes I have seen that one but it is not the same as the Jimmy Martin video .
RB-1 - Posted - 03/08/2026: 14:28:34
Can this be of any help?
banjohangout.org/myhangout/med...archived=
It's in F, so it's probably open G tuning, no capo, but with the fifth spiked at 7 (A)
It's the end of the evening here, so I can't figure it now
But maybe somewhere in the next week, if I find a bit of spare time.....
Edited by - RB-1 on 03/08/2026 14:29:19
RB-1 - Posted - 03/09/2026: 15:43:55
Well, I think I'm on to something:
I wrote down two possibilities for playing this lick (as I'm hearing it)..
One is mostly single string from different 'boxes' (areas on the neck, spanning several frets), close to what I think, J.D. played.
In the other, I let my imagination fly, played a different position in the first bar and replaced the single string ending by the same notes, but in melodic style.
I slowed down the soundfile a bit more so you can hear all the notes clearly. Here it is.
And this is the tab (I wrote both RH and LH fingers for every note).
Good luck!

chuckv97 - Posted - 03/09/2026: 16:58:48
Jimmy Martin wanted J.D. to play that lick reminiscent of Tommy Collins’ guitar players, notably the steel in this example. Crowe didn’t like it , said it sounded like a tenor banjo thing, but Jimmy pushed him to learn it. At 0:50
youtu.be/IEk6WaNo7Fs
gasgas - Posted - 03/10/2026: 15:28:18
Thank you guys so much for the reply. I had not checked this topic for a few days because it seems like it stalled out. So I did a search and found an old banjo newsletter tab that I had to buy,and it was exactly what I needed. I was pretty close but just a couple different things. It’s really hard to play at speed but I will get it.
Thank you again
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