5 String Full Size Banjo Solid Back with beginner Kit Remo Head Coated Top European Maple Body Material Sapele Back Material Type Okoume Neck Material Type

I have had this banjo a month now and have been playing it every day. I LOVE LOVE it!!!! I agree totally with what the other 5 star reviewers have said. I also set it up, got everything adjusted including head tension ( with a drum dial), coordinator rods, action, bridge, and tightened the tuners with a Phillips screwdriver. It is flawless as far as I can tell - beautiful finish, acrylic flower inlay, and build. The parts of the pot fit perfectly. Nothing loose or too tight. Sounds beautiful all the way up the neck, chimy, and loud! Perfect! The tailpiece is cheap but can be replaced at some time. Also it's a few pounds lighter than more expensive banjos due to the alloy tone ring instead of heavier tone rings. Easier to handle!I think anyone would be thrilled with this banjo at a great price!!!!!

This is amazing and atvan amazing price. The action is terrific. The quality of construction far exceeded our expectations and the sound is just great! Yep, I'd do it again in an instant.

Great value for the money. Plays and looks good right out of the box. If your ear can tell you it’s not reaching full potential, You can take it apart, hand fit as necessary and greatly improve the tone and volume.. Mine had too much clearance in the wood rim both in the steel flathead tone ring and the flange. After shimming with hardwood, and removing all the “slop”, I refit and heel of the neck and had a much, much louder banjo.It’s now “as loud” as ANY quality banjo costing substantially more. The steel tone ring is harder sounding than a bronze tone ring. But, this entire banjo costs what a bronze tone ring would cost.The stock tailpiece didn’t work, for my taste, and I invested in a new $25 Presto copy tailpiece. BUT, many pickers who never leave home, wouldn’t notice the banjo needed anything. Of course, I added new light gauge strIngs when I disassembled and set up the entire banjo. I weighed it at 9 pounds. No lifting or high frets, notes fine, tuners fine.

Awesome deal for a 5 string bluegrass banjo based on the standard prewar Gibson.I had no idea I could get this type of banjo for under a grand. I took a chance on it and here to my surprise is what I found.First off it is beautiful with the hearts and flower inlays on the fretboard.I had no high frets and they are pretty smooth. I will polish them when I do a string change.The gloss finished neck feels good and it has a nice binding around it and the resonator.The nut looks like bone and not plastic and the 5/8" bridge I think is maple and purple heart wood.The headstock with its mother of pearl inlay is beautiful also. The orbital geared tuners are very nice and work well along with the 5th string geared tuner.The chrome plated hardware seems of good quality my hope and surprise came when I removed the resonator and found a real 20 hole tone ring and dual coordinating rods. The chance I took on buying this was worth it for sure now. I am not quite sure what the tone ring is made of but I am pretty sure it is not bronze or brass.It has a nice thick wood rim that looks like it is constructed like a block constructed rim.I scrapped the tone ring on the chrome plating and it showed a grey silver color making me think it is a zinc or some sort of other metal tone ring (I did not see a bronze color).Down the Road (no pun intended) when the Remo head is bad and needs replacing I will remove the tone ring and weigh it. I suspect is that it will weigh anywhere from 2 to 3 pounds since the whole banjo weighs around 11 lbs.Folks this is a great deal for a banjo of this quality.Best kept secret on Amazon for a banjo player looking for a quality instrument!Oh I forgot it also come in a really nicely padded gig bag too.

This is the second banjo I’ve bought from Amazon. The first one was fine- cheaper, lighter and good quality but I gave it to my daughter who wanted to learn. 🤪 This one is noticeably heavier so takes some getting used to but seems like good quality. I haven’t put new strings on it yet as I did with the first one. I have some low event winter months coming up to really test it out. It came with an acceptable quality soft case so that was a plus.

Beautiful for a starter banjo. This is my first banjo. Starting out the New Year learning this instrument after over 50 years of playing guitars. Looking forward to this. At first glance the banjo looks exquisite! The action is within my range, minor adjustments and the normal process of changing the strings. Lovely sound. This will be an enjoyable journey. Thank you Gosila!

First: Tail piece is JUNK all though it looks good in the photos. And it was so screwed down it was almost touching the head which is totally wrong. It was impossible to adjust the pitch because the screw was frozen and locked solid.Also the lugs holding the resonator are nearly impossible to reinstall once taken out because the nuts they go into to rotate 360° and I can’t see a way of tightening them. I managed to get three back in and called it good!The fretboard is very dry, like all Chinese instruments when you get them. Put some lemon oil on yours.Now the good:The bridge is actually pretty good, and surprisingly the 3rd string is composited!I am anxious to hear it with a better bridge and some USA strings. May post a video when I do that.I would buy it again.I’m wondering how the other banjos they sell are?I think it sounds great and I own a Stelling a SwallowTail AND a Gibson.I bought this to play outside at the fire pit but I would play this at a jam or on stage once I change the strings. I may keep the bridge on it.

I’m a bass player & I love this banjo it’s heavy cuz of the solid back but it feels fine in a beginner so I didn’t know where to start I bought another banjo for like 237 didn’t like the sound so I returned it and took a chance on this one and I’m glad I payed a lil more for it the gig bag is pretty decent as well the inlays are beautiful something I wouldn’t expect to be on this price instrument at all it was playable right out of the box with the bridge already on I can see this being my banjo for years to come