The 23" concert banjo ukulele has a unique and wide tone, which can be easily mastered by most musicians. The 15:1 ratio chrome-plated closed tuning nails are easy to tune and hold. The Italian Aquila strings are stronger and more durable. Stable sounds better
It can be a resonator banjo or an open banjo. The traditional resonator style produces a softer and softer sound, while the open-back style produces a brighter sound
The two-way truss bar allows you to customize your own movements, and the carefully polished low-hardness maple fingerboard polished frets, allowing you to play this banjo comfortably.
The Banjolele is equipped with comfortable armrests, so you no longer feel the pain or discomfort of metal armrests when playing for a long time. Play comfortably and fully concentrate on practice. Very comfortable for beginners
SPECIFICATION Item Name: Banjolele Model NO.: MGBU-01 Size: Concert Length: 23 inch Style: Resonator & Open Back Material: Maple Head: 8" Tuners: 15:1 Geared tuner Bridge: Maple with Ebony Cap Tone Ring: Rolled Brass Rim: 8" Maple Tension Hoop: Steel Brackets: 12 Buttons: Metal Hardware Chrome Plated Tailpiece: EZ-String Number of Frets: 18 Tuning: GCEA Strings: 380mm 025036,030.023 Nut Width: 35mm Scale Length:380mm
Electronic tuner works well, but explanation needed for HOW to tune (high or low G). Tuner choices are C,G,B and ukulele strings are G,C,E,A. Some tinkering to figure out other settings, U1,U2, will work. Good, bright sound...complete kit included. Great value for less than $100!
Craftsmanship over all is good with the exception of the tuning pegs. Mechanical gears slip when pressure from string tuning is applied causing the strings to continually lose pitch. Will adjust tension to correct this issue, hopefully, and not require new pegs. Instrument tuner inoperable at this juncture possibly, again hopefully, due to dead battery. Minor glitches but annoying .
This is a nice instrument - for what it is. It's far from my first ukulele, though it is my first banjolele (though I also know my way around the banjo a bit.) The neck feels good. Just like a banjo is considerably heavier than a guitar, this banjolele is heavier than a similarly-sized concert uke, which is as it should be.
This instrument comes with a plastic template to help you place the bridge, but once you have it there, you're going to have to make minute adjustments when tuning it. Think in terms of fractions of a millimeter. When I first got this in tune my first (A) string sounded "dead.", but just a hair's adjustment up (shifting toward the 4th string) fixed it, and it sounds lovely now.
It sounds nice and "tinny" sort of like a banjo, but with less sustain due to the shorter strings.
The tuning pegs do feel a little cheap compared to the rest of the instrument. They're open-back tuners, and the mechanisms feel fine, but the pegs feel cheap. You can only expect so much in such an inexpensive instrument.