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Good banjo, nice sound, decently setup
The banjo is a well-built instrument. The resonator and pot are solid and tight, with good tension on the drum head. The neck and fretboard are comfortable; the frets are level, very clean along the neck, and well-polished. The tail piece and arm rest are solid, and performing their functions as expected. The bridge is securely affixed, stable, and keeping the strings in place.
It was somewhat more difficult to fully evaluate the tuning machines; they are basic, no-frills, economy tuners. The banjo shipped with fairly standard tenor banjo strings, but far too light for Irish tuning on a 17-fret banjo. I found it difficult to achieve a G2-D3-A3-E4 tuning, and almost impossible to keep it in tune. The strings and tuners did a better job of achieving and retaining a C3-D3-G4-A4 tuning. With a set of strings closer to .040, .030, .020w, .010 the supplied tuning machines should be satisfactory.
Overall, this a very nicely made musical instrument that would be perfect for the student or multi-instrumentalist who wants to be able to tote along a selection of instruments to fill in where needed at pub sessions. This banjo is easily the equal of any other economy banjo that is actually built to be used as a real musical instrument, but at much better cost to consumer; plus, the techs at Thomann did a great job of making sure the banjo was in good working order and setup well. The banjo could still be offered at great price if it were shipped with basic/economy Grover tenor banjo tuning machines, and that would improve it to a five-star offering.
It was somewhat more difficult to fully evaluate the tuning machines; they are basic, no-frills, economy tuners. The banjo shipped with fairly standard tenor banjo strings, but far too light for Irish tuning on a 17-fret banjo. I found it difficult to achieve a G2-D3-A3-E4 tuning, and almost impossible to keep it in tune. The strings and tuners did a better job of achieving and retaining a C3-D3-G4-A4 tuning. With a set of strings closer to .040, .030, .020w, .010 the supplied tuning machines should be satisfactory.
Overall, this a very nicely made musical instrument that would be perfect for the student or multi-instrumentalist who wants to be able to tote along a selection of instruments to fill in where needed at pub sessions. This banjo is easily the equal of any other economy banjo that is actually built to be used as a real musical instrument, but at much better cost to consumer; plus, the techs at Thomann did a great job of making sure the banjo was in good working order and setup well. The banjo could still be offered at great price if it were shipped with basic/economy Grover tenor banjo tuning machines, and that would improve it to a five-star offering.
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Good for the money
Nice size and good for the price
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great instrument for good price
Great instrument for a very good price.
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Harley Benton HBJ-24 Short Scale Tenor Banjo
Good musical instrument
corresponding sound/price
have a good reputation
corresponding sound/price
have a good reputation
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Great bargain buy for Beginners
This banjo was a great starting point and even got compliments from experienced players on the sound. Very comfortable.
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Nice for Irish tunes
Finally I have received this simple, but pretty instrument, and according to some previous reviews ordered the Harley Benton Pro planetary tuners. Now, equipped with these tuners and a set of Deering Irish Tenor Banjo strings sounds very well. Only the nut and the bridge needed some little adjustment. Now I am inspired strongly learning as many Irish dannce tunes as possible. I have already three Harley Benton guitars, all they are wery well made, pretty and exceptionally playable. I recommend it for everyone.
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Very nice for its price, great first instrument!
This is my first tenor banjo and I was pleasantly surprised by it - the action is very low, it’s easy to play and sounds pleasant for the money. Unfortunately it doesn’t have much of the characteristic banjo “twang” — but you can’t really expect everything at this ridiculously affordable price point, can you?
It’s tuned to CGDA by default and plays quite well, but I mostly play Irish trad so retuned it to GDAE. Unfortunately as many others have remarked, the tuners don’t really hold tuning well at this much lower tension — and the banjo is also less in tune with itself (eg some o stave intervals are off while others are OK). I also had to tighten the banjo head to get the proper sound back (but that’s actually easy, just search on YouTube for a tutorial).
Overall, it’s was perfect for my first year of banjo playing - but now I’m ready for an upgrade.
It’s tuned to CGDA by default and plays quite well, but I mostly play Irish trad so retuned it to GDAE. Unfortunately as many others have remarked, the tuners don’t really hold tuning well at this much lower tension — and the banjo is also less in tune with itself (eg some o stave intervals are off while others are OK). I also had to tighten the banjo head to get the proper sound back (but that’s actually easy, just search on YouTube for a tutorial).
Overall, it’s was perfect for my first year of banjo playing - but now I’m ready for an upgrade.
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Quality
Great quality and value for money
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exellent banjo
fast delivery exellent banjo well set up low action ready to play. price on site is £93 i was charged £112,i am in n-ireland which is still in the eu customs union.i do not under stand why i was charged extra
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Good Banjo!
I don't know if I was just lucky, but this banjo is solid and flawless. I am now a fan of metal rim banjo's! There was some set up required (neck relief) and I put decent strings on for GDAE tuning which meant increasing size of lower string slots on the nut (careful if you do this, the nut is relatively soft plastic to file) Anyway solid instrument and good enough to take her out to a gig tomorrow
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