What about george???

Playing quicker doesn't mean better. Watch George and he's effortless. Oh, and you've heard nothing if you think you've heard the best of George in his most well known songs. Nothing against Andy, but fancy technique doesn't equate to better. When George plays his dazzling solos he doesn't even look like he's trying. .

That’s what you get from years upon years of practice

@@qcompressed1409 True as far as it goes, but l think Andy is a natural.

Amazing

What type did you get?

Why watch it twice a day ???

I hate it when people refer to him as 'Formby', as though he was a pupil being addressed by his betters. And for your information, George Formby was a professional banjo ukulele player.

@@michaelgarfield9845 Speak for him now do you lad? hahaha

TheAwesomePegicorn Good luck 😉 you will do it

TheAwesomePegicorn Did you keep it up?

@@amct1019 Oh, you are awful. 😀

...but I like you!

6 weeks? Try six years and you might get close. I would challenge anyone to do this in six weeks. Having a laugh aint you mate?

@@joepollardmagic Well, remember I said get a hold of rather than master and I'm speaking of the strokes, not the fretting. For an advanced guitar and mando player the frets are nothing. But It took me about an hour to get the concept of the Formby strum techniques and about 50 hours to play them fairly well (except the fan stroke which was tearing up my cuticle and had to be relearned). I'm not saying this guy isn't world class but it isn't magic, he's not picking 64th note arpeggios at 280 bpm. Even George's playing wasn't superhuman, the techniques are just highly efficient. Totally within a dedicated new player's grasp with a few hundred hours of daily practice.

@@TheBigMclargehuge Okay then I challenge you to do this exactly. I assume you've had more than 6 weeks to learn. Send the video over won't you mate we are all dying to see.

@@joepollardmagic That wouldn't show how long it took me to get it. Why do you find it so hard to believe that this isn't some kind of unattainable work of the ukulele gods? To be frank if you play a couple hundred hours and don't get anywhere near these techniques you should take up knitting.

Its a Ludwig Crowns Banjo Uke

+Dominic Rossi No, the one of George's ukes that Andy owns is a Gibson, the one he used in his last ever performance. The one he's using here is a Ludwig.

No-one, but no-one, can best our George. Andy's a great player, but going lightning fast doesn't make him better. You obviously aren't acquainted with George's stunning solos, which you won't hear in his more well known songs. The thing that makes George a true great is that he made it look effortless, which it certainly isn't.

If that's true, it's only by standing on George's shoulders.

@@michaelgarfield9845 Even George would admit Andy is technically better. There's no question. Personality and groove are however an altogether different thing along with the innovation of inventing the techniques.

***** Come on it's a GFS convention, it needs grinning. Just like George did it !

MacBratt Exactly - play to your audience.

Over indulgent? The man is technically better than George and even George would admit that.

At last, someone who knows what they're talking about!

Not being bigheaded because i'm not i'm actually really quite shy but i've been told that i am as good G.Formby maybe even better.But i can't sing to save my life though lols

The man has a doctorate in the Banjo Uke. Even George would admit this man is technically better. Feel and groove however are different things entirely and so is innovation. I literally have no idea why people try and rip on Andy when he's not trying to copy George. He's his own thing. I wish people would stop being so dusty and purist and stop thinking that George was untouchable.

I mean that's opinion isn't it. I wish people would stop thinking that George is untouchable. Andy can play better than George ever did. Personality however is a different thing and there was only one George. I think the fact he doesn't try and copy is the way forward. Hate it when people just try and copy exactly the same thing. Even George never played the same thing twice.