Re: Regal Mandolin Banjo for making a haropatch?
You have a nice instrument there, and I don't see anything wrong with putting a couple sets of ukulele strings on it and trying it as a "taropatch banjo." Such instruments do exist, as you can see (and hear):
I've only seen them with the relatively small head sizes typical of UK-made instruments, and yours is significantly larger, so you may find that the lower-tension nylon strings, even doubled, don't drive the larger head as well. My own (four-string) ukulele banjo, a Stewart Collegian, has a really tiny body, but not all uke banjos do.
Good luck with it.
Allen Hopkins
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