banjo buildoff... YUP , I popped an aged skin tambourine in a double wide SW body , and used a dollar store drip plate as the screen . etc etc …BUT , it is more than just a tambourine in a guitar body , I retro-fitted the skin and tambourine body to act as those toy kids echo microphones , with the addition of proper gauge spring , pulling tension directly from the skin , then to the body . To make like an echo / reverb tank . it works very well . will even echo your voice like the toy mic does .It’s like a national , a banjo , and a swamp witch had an orgy and this popped out . ;-)
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Thanx Unk and Gary , The skin tam was a new item , just made with an aged look . came out of the store like that .
Brilliant description, Pick, for a brilliant build! ;-)
So, did you 'age' the skin yourself, or have some help from Father Time? Looks awesome, regardless!
I like the look and the sound. Glad you found an aged tam, a new one would just not be right in this placement. Cool.