Topic: Ben Curry

[Cooljack]

Could someone with a more musical ear tell me what instrument Ben Curry uses on his recordings? I can hear a harmonica in there along with a stringed instrument that sounds like either a Banjo or a Mandolin? just wondering out of pure interest he has quite an interesting sound.

[uncle bud]

I love Ben Curry's material and have wondered the same thing, not being banjo-knowledgeable. However, to my ear, it's got to be either a tenor banjo (four strings), or a mandolin-banjo (eight strings). My money's on tenor banjo but I'm prepared to stand corrected. 

[Cooljack]

well I had a strange dream last night that told me it was some sort of mandolin for some reason, though im more prepared to go with your answer it does have a sort of banjo sound. It sounds alot more like a banjo on his version of "Tight like that", which is comparativly alot more clear than other songs he recorded.

[samjessin]

I'm torn between four and eight strings but it definitely sound like the same scale as a mandolin.

What a guy!

[Johnm]

Hi all,
It sure sounds to me like a banjo-mandolin that Bogus Ben was playing.
All best,
Johnm