THE BEST PLECTRUM BOOK, BAR NONE (I HAVE THEM ALL)!

"The Ultimate Plectrum Banjo Player's Guide" really is.  This book is not only the very best plectrum banjo book, it should be the model for every "how to play anything". ...more

-- Howard Clark
Amazon.com BOOK REVIEW of Volume 1

BUDDY WACHTER SAYS, "THEY'RE GREAT!"

Dave Frey just sent me copies of his two new books that make up The Ultimate Plectrum Banjo Player's Guide. They're great! ...more

-- Bud Wachter

A GREAT COMPANION TO VOL. 1, BUT A MUST FOR ANY PLAYER.

Volume I is probably the best music instruction book ever, but Volume II is an absolutely essential companion to it. ...more

-- Howard Clark
Amazon.com BOOK REVIEW of Volume 2

A NECESSARY COMPANION TO THE GREATEST PLECTRUM BOOK.

If you are like me, living in the middle of plectrum nowhere, you only have a vague idea of how a plectrum banjo should sound. ...more

-- Howard Clark
Amazon.com BOOK REVIEW of Companion CD

FINALLY, SOMEBODY DOES PLECTRUM! :-)

I was waiting for this book to come out for the last ten years... and I didn't even know it! It is very complete and well organized. ...more

-- Bill Barker

YOU SUPPLIED JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR ...

Have finally gotten time to look over the first book. It's great !!!! ... you supplied just what I was looking for ... information on the plectrum AND an education in music theory. Thanks a lot.

-- Russ Payne
Delaware

IT JUST ARRIVED!!

Oh, that I would have had this last year when I started. The logical and methodical manner things are presented is exactly to my learning style. The accompanying CD's are invaluable -- without them the books would not be complete. The other impressive thing is the professional presentation in the books. Hands down, the best I've seen. Everything you advertised and more! Great job. Thanks.

-- John
Southern California

JUST RECEIVED "THE ULTIMATE PLECTRUM BANJO PLAYER'S GUIDE" VOLUME 1.

I'm a retired corporate trainer, because of this I can recognize a good instruction book when I see one. You and Susanne have done a great job of combining your skills. ...more

-- Malcolm Jones

MY WIFE HAD TO PRY THE BOOK OUT OF MY HANDS

Each day since I got your (shipping confirmation)e-mail I couldn’t wait to get home from work to check the mail. Today it happened .. there was a package waiting and my wife had to pry the first book out of my hands for dinner; and as soon as I send this e-mail I will have my nose back into it. [It] is great!

-- Steve Miller
Baltimore

I RECEIVED MY [BOOKS] AND WAS ECSTATIC!

Just a quick note to let you guys know that I received my Volume I and II manuals as well as the CDs yesterday and was ecstatic. I cannot believe how much is packed into both of these instructionals. I have been looking for a little extra motivation to continue learning at home and now I have found it. Thanks so much for all of your hard work and effort to provide excellent materials for the aspiring plectrum player.

SIDE NOTE: I am a member of one of the string bands in Philadelphia (“MUMMERS”) and highly appreciate your inclusion of many of our staple street songs – Golden Slippers, Alabama Jubilee, Four Leaf Clover and When Your Smiling. Great job!

-- Joe Niszczak

Wow, Dave's explanation of relative minors has enlightened me beyond belief!!

I've struggled with that theory for way to-o-o-o long now and FINALLY, a totally digestible approach that I can understand and make work.!!

All right folks, if Dave's book contains explanations like this mini 'lesson', I can't be without it, and would urge anyone who is sniffing around the edges of theory, to latch on to it!

-- Bill Steinbach

TENOR PLAYER SAYS, " .. AND BOY AM I GLAD I ORDERED IT!"

I am a beginning tenor banjo player (about a year and a half) but I ordered your plectrum guide anyway. It arrived four days ago, and boy am I glad I ordered it! The general music and banjo information in your guide is incredibly useful. With a little ingenuity I have no trouble at all adapting the plectrum notes, chords, and exercises to tenor. And with your Chord Conversion And Transposition Chart I have already created my own chord melody arrangement for tenor banjo to a song ("Memories") from just the standard lead sheet. This is the first time I've ever attempted such a thing and IT WORKS!!

Your guide has opened up a whole new world to this learner.

 After only four days with your guide I'm very impressed with the few sections I've tried out; I can't wait to see what happens after I've studied the book completely. I would recommend this guide to anyone who plays tenor. I'll get far more than $75.00 worth of banjo learning from it!

-- Ray Dillon – Pennsylvania

YOUR BOOKS AND CDs ARE SUPERB ... I LOOK FORWARD TO PRACTICING EVERY NIGHT.

I just received my package of The Ultimate Plectrum Banjo Player's Guide and have to tell you that even though I'm only at the first set of exercises in Chapter 2, I have learned more, with complete understanding, than I did with all of the previous lessons I had taken.

I am now excited and motivated to learn as much as I can.  Your books and CD's are superb...I look forward to practicing every night.

Thank you for producing such a fine instructional set.  Now, it's up to me to practice, practice, practice!!

--Thanks again, Marvin Labsch
Bend, OR