Round wooden tambourine versus plastic half-moon?

[petep9000]

So, it seems like the round wooden tambs were permenantly shelved after the 'Wild Heart' tour, right? Because any tour thereafter we see the plastic half-moon, and videos too (like 'I Can't Wait').

I sort of like the wooden ones, myself. Seems more like a real instrument and less of a toy-like prop. So, questions to any percussion enthusiasts: why did she make the cut-over from wood to acrylic? I'm pretty sure I've heard enough wooden ones in my day, even as an amateur, to be able to say that the wooden old-fashioned kind has a sweet, jingly sound. The plastic ones have a more harsh sound, no? If you watch the occasionally hilarious 'SNL' clip of Lucy Lawless doing Stevie, you can hear how rattley and hollow the plastic tambo sounds.

Another thing is that the advent of the plastic half-moon tambourine also heralded the beginning of the ribbons-on-the-mic stand period too, which of course has lasted until today. With matching ribbons on the tambourine. The exception to this was the RAL tour, which did feature the plastic tambourine but still featured the mic stand floral display, sans ribbon.

I want to make a connection between Klonopin and plastic tambourines and mic stand ribbons, but I'm having a real hard time...it's such a mystery.