Wondrous Love (Sacred Harp 159) on Gourd Banjo

[@mikesoule1352]

Wonderful version of Wonderous Love. One of my favorites! Thanks. 🎶☮️🎵🎶

[@DanDDirges]

Excellent performance! One of my most favorite spirituals!

[@TheOneAndOnlyLewis]

This is beautiful dude.

[@aaronflinner6431]

That's a wonderful song. As a believer in my Savior Jesus, this song goes deep in my soul.

[@LowlyMountainBanjos]

Likewise. It's one of my favorites. Amen.

[@danielpearce9738]

Stunning sound! Wow

[@el_chief_dannyboy]

This is prolly what King David played, I dig it. May Yeshua bless ya always brotha!

[@LowlyMountainBanjos]

May He bless you as well.

[@JamesHunterRoss]

Really great vibe... I love your banjo and your playing here... someday I'll get me one of these and mess around with it...

[@drewby613]

Another great arrangement, well sung and well played. You da man!

[@KHbanjo]

That is one wide neck! I loved this.

[@LowlyMountainBanjos]

Interestingly, practical width is more or less the same as many modern banjos. Up high where it meets the gourd it is very wide, but I never play up there. The high action up there makes it mostly unplayable anyway. This is a design element that I find on a few of the instruments from India and wanted to incorporate for the visual aesthetics. Down at the nut the strings only go part way across. Instead of cutting away the neck above the shirt fifth string I left it there. So there is what amounts to a blank space in the neck and nut there. So it’s also not use for playing. This is inspired by early Caribbean designs. So it is actually pretty comfortable to play! I have another video that show some still images of this. Thanks for watching.

[@KHbanjo]

@@LowlyMountainBanjos I didn’t realize! It looks wider than usual. I agree the design here is very Caribbean-like. Nice work.

[@LowlyMountainBanjos]

@@KHbanjo much thanks. Nice playing yourself. I never could get the hang of that thumb lead style, but it sure is nice sounding.

[@KHbanjo]

@@LowlyMountainBanjos much appreciated!

[@karlstine2065]

One of my favorites

[@LowlyMountainBanjos]

Mine too!

[@abbanjo13]

Wow that was amazing.

[@LowlyMountainBanjos]

Thank you kindly. Love your gourd vibes as well.

[@justforever96]

Nice i love Sacred Harp on the banjo, didn't know anyone else did any of this. Although you can't really call this Sacred Harp 159, it's not really the same tune. Just based on it.