As someone who has always secretly wanted to play banjo but never done so because of frightening all the neighbours cats and dogs, at the age of 67 I decided to build a 'Dulcijo'. I used information from homemade banjo.org site (which gives plans for a simple full size 5 string) and modifed the finger board to a diatonic scale. With nylon strings and a skin from melanex drawing sheet it has a sweet tone and gives me many hours of enjoyment. What if it is a hybrid if you enjoy playing the Dulcijo does it really matter?