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The L.A. guitar shop that reinvented indie folk

Switched on Pop

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Andrew Bird's Electric Banjo

Andrew Bird is hanging out at Sound City, where countless rockers have recorded their albums. In the 1950s, the electric banjo maker Harmony was trying to figure out how to get more volume out of the banjo. When that mute is in there, it deadens the strings and it sounds a lot like a pizzicato electric violin.

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