Donner Banjolele 4 String Banjo Ukulele kit Stringed Musical Instruments for Adult Beginner with Banjo Tuners, Gig Bag, Picks, Skeleton 23 Inch Sapele

I've never played an instrument but wanted to give it a go. I LOVE this banjolele! I'm short, and have the short arms and tiny hands to go along with it. My husband's guitars and banjos are too big for me to get my tiny little baby hands around to the frets. This instrument makes it fun, instead of frustrating. It's good quality, and the case that came with it is very handy. For those who haven't purchased something like this previously, know that it's completely normal for it to take a few weeks of needing to tune the instrument a lot - apparently the strings need some time to break-in. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and it holds tune well (I tune it each time I play). This was a great, inexpensive way to have fun and learn something new!

¡Fantastico! El paquete llegó una semana antes y debo decirlo: buen instrumento. No se mucho sobre instrumentos pero puedo decir que la calidad es bastante buena, lo afine y el sonido es una maravilla. Pronto comenzaré a practicar.

Beautiful little instrument, lovely tones

I was looking for a replacement/upgrade for an old ukulele that I have had for quite some time. I have bought from Donner before and have great experience with them providing quality at a good price and as soon as I saw this banjolele it piqued my interest and thought I would give it a shot. I am glad that I did. This is so much louder than the ukulele that I had been using, and the sound of the banjolele is great. The packaging was very secure. Everything arrived in good condition. Coming with a complete kit including strap, drum head tightener, plectrums, spare strings and electric tuner is very useful to get set up and playing straight away. And there is a great cary case (not a hard case, but well padded and comfortable to cary using either the shoulder straps or handle. I didn’t find a measure with the kit, but that is not important as placing the bridge is pretty easy. Just measure nut to 12th fret and use that as the distance from 12th fret to bridge then - once tuned - use the electric tuner to ensure that when pressing the 12th fret it is the same note (one octave higher) and in tune same as the open string note (if not shift the bridge a touch until the tuning is correct). Once done the intonation was spot on. After a couple of days the new strings were stretched out and keeping in tune well. This is a great little instrument and a lot of fun to play. Uses the same tuning as ukulele but with a banjo sound. The drum head is Remo brand, so a good quality brand name which can be tightened well to influence the crispness of the sound. The back is easily removable by unscrewing the 6 screws so this instrument can be played as an open back banjolele… There is a lot of sound possibilities to mess about with on this instrument. I’m very glad I got this and can already tell I am going to have a lot of fun with it.

I was fortunate to be offered free banjo lessons and enjoyed learning but desperately wanted one of my own to practice and play on. All the banjos I looked at were either ‘antiques’ and not in great shape or were super expensive. I found this one and loved the look and the mahogany AND the price. It’s 5 string, but if you want 4 string it’s easy to mute the 5th string. The 5th string makes it super versatile. You can tune it to guitar or violin(mandolin) for a more classic banjo sound and play around with the extra string. Showing my banjo to my teacher and getting his approval in its sound was the final ‘woohoo’! And I’m pleased with my purchase and the quality of my instrument. It comes with everything, including a very well padded soft case and a tuner with battery. Picks, a strap, all the basics including spare strings! I feel so lucky to have found this instrument, it’s got a great sound and it’s very easy to play. It holds its tuning and tunes easily. It looks beautiful and had a lot of work put into making it