After seeing Dennis Havlena's Tennis Racquet Banjo, on his excellent website, and his youtube clip, I persuaded my Dad to let me transform his 1950s 'William Reid Sports, Scotland' racquet into a banjo. - 3 hours of work produced this superb instrument. - I am still trying out various strings and tunings, but I reckon it was worth the (minimal) effort, even though my playing (and jig-sawing!) isn't up to Havlena standards.
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Hehehe that's great Jon :) hell.. if only I had the time to build one myself :D Sounds great considering it's just an old tennis racquet... :D
tolindorden 1 year ago