Gourd banjos are about as primitive as it gets...they're basically composed of; a wooden neck, a gourd covered with a goatskin, strings and violin pegs for the tuners.
Our instruments will be fretless, so they won't have frets like a guitar. They'll have a smooth fingerboard more like a violin or fiddle.
We're hoping to make our banjos using as much local material as possible, so I've picked up some Black Walnut to use for the necks and depending on what's available, we may or may not be able to use locally grown gourds. Gourds grow all summer and then have to dry for up to a year before they're ready to be used.
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