AKLOT 5 String Banjos Full Size Open Back Banjo Adjustable Maple Body Remo Head with 2 Tuning Wrench, 4 Picks, Strings, Tuner, Strap Ruler, Cleaning Cloth, Gig Bag for New Beginner Professional

This ukulele caught my eye as it is made out of maple, both the pot and the neck. Geared tuners, truss rod, and the fiberskyn head are also a big plus. I have installed the fibersyn head on banjos and like the sound it gives the instrument. Ordered up. Shipped without the bridge installed (but included), which is a wise decision. Easy-peasey to install the bridge. It took three days of tuning before the strings held tune (VERY commonplace). This uke is WELL made and has GREAT sound. The only thing I had to do is dress the frets a bit as the ends were a bit sharp. NO. BIG. DEAL. Sounds great and a huge value for the money!

Opening the big box to behold this banjo is like being introduced to someone for the first time yet feeling as if you've known the person your whole life. I'm newly meeting an old, old soulmate! Just initially bridging and tuning this AKLOT 5-string, open back banjo is an overwhelming experience. I'm shocked at the beauty and substantial heft of the instrument as well as the ugly import of its cultural weight. This AKLOT feels sturdy, solid and well-crafted. At 38" from top to bottom, the banjo is slightly longer than many other models -- which works for me, since I have long arms. The tiger stripe maple wood head, honey-colored maple body and distressed REMO drum head give the instrument a bright, new, clean yet old-timey vintage look. While the thin carrying case, bizarrely colored neck strap and other accessories aren't much to speak of, that doesn't diminish the excellent price -- or the elegant sound quality of this beauty. Unlike the tinny, jangling twang of most inexpensive banjos, this model has a modest, mellow and almost muted sound. Perfect for late-night playing at home. Although I've only had it for a few weeks, the banjo seems to hold its tuning well -- and its solid construction assures me I'll have many years of strumming, stroking, plucking and playing around. To say that I'm happy with this baby is a big understatement. I'm beyond thrilled with my new banjo!

Some 50+ years ago, I played an old ukulele and have great memories of the fun. I recently had an urge to play one again, but with a twist. I have always appreciated the sound qualities of banjos. When I realized that a banjo ukulele was available and within financial reach for a casual, fun instrument, I elected to get one. After researching the market, I settled on the AKLOT, which is the higher grade instrument in the Kmise line. Both trade names were favorably reviewed, but the AKLOT was generally preferred for it's louder projections and excellent fidelity for an affordable uke. I have been very please with the AKLOT product! It arrived in two days in a double-packed shipping box. I think it was packaged to survive importation as well as UPS! Well done, AKLOT! I unwrapped it, inspected the contents, and everything in the kit was pristine. The banjo uke was strung, but not tightly. I checked the location of the bridge using the supplied gauge, which proved to be a great method of checking the setup. The bridge was right on! The electronic tuner made it easy to bring it up to the "my dog has fleas" tuning. Over these past weeks, retuning has been needed less frequently as the strings and neck settled in to their longer-term stable positions. I still check it often, as it's quite a lot of fun to use the tuning tool!! It has a great sound! No, not as abrupt as steel strings on a full-sized banjo, but also much sharper than a ukulele, with that great banjo twang! It has a fine, uniform and blemish-free finish, and great workmanship all around. No burrs on the metal parts, especially the frets, and no hint of roughness or splinters anywhere. The banjo head has a consistent tension over all sections, and I haven't had to touch the neck or head tensioning. After a couple of weeks, the electronic tuner became intermittent, so I called Amazon and emailed with the supplier. A couple of days later, a new tuner showed up in the mail. No muss, no fuss, no disagreements. They just took care of me with great customer service! The strap is very comfortable and has a silky consistency. Much better than I expected. I planned to buy a new strap, expecting a pretty cheap crap strap, but I had a great surprise with the strap included in the package. The bottom line is this: It's been a great purchase and I'm having fun with my new banjo uke! It sounds great, easy to tune, and I have a great supplier behind me if I should need additional assistance. It doesn't get much better than this in today's rather mixed up market. Thanks, AKLOT!

Very decent for the money, arrived very good condition and pretty comfortable action on the strings, sounds decent but I put a towel in the back to dampen the reverb sound and improve plunkyness. Drum head seems very well balanced and tuned, I loosened the strings to get the bridge setup with the provided ruler and got very good intonation with ease, labeled the bridge location on the Remo head for next time I do any bridge swaps. Only problem I have with the instrument is the 5th string peg and gear is very hard to turn. the gear was so tough to bring upto high G I thought I was going to break the tuner peg. After a bit of careful force I got it in tune and it seems to be staying in tune very well. Provided gig bag and clip on tuner are very handy I mostly play sitting so I haven't used the strap yet, but it looks cool. Over all it seems great for a beginner just getting introduced to banjo or someone looking for an inexpensive travel banjo, ive had a few banjos before this so I don't expect the kinda finish on the frets or fretboard as like say a Deering goodtime. but it's definitely playable. I used some F-one oil on the fretboard and it really helped bring the maple to a smoother feeling, before oiling the fretboard was a bit dry and had a scratchy sound when doing vibrato or bends, oil really improved the feel and sound. The fret ends could use a bit of a polish with a dremil to remove any burs that snag and feel a bit sharp but it's not that noticeable when playing

This a fantastic instrument. It took a couple days for the strings settle in (normal) and after that it sounds great and the strings are in tune all the way down the fret board. I love this thing.

Je suis entrain de travailler pour faire une vidéo plus détaillé, mieux orchestrés qui je l'espère inciteront le plus de personne à découvrir et commander ce petit bijoux. La qualité est au top, le manche est d'une douceur et glisse à merveille. Le son est incroyablement fort , du au fait qu'il n'y a pas de couvert , j'ai simplement découper un cercle et remplis l'intérieur du banjo pour essayer d'étouffer et réduire un peux le son, mais à part ce léger détail facilement ajustable, je ne trouve aucun défaut . Je vous recommande d'acheter les yeux fermés. Le prix est incroyablement bas , surtout pour la qualité fourni, rien à voir avec des banjo plus chère au finish cheap. Si vous avez des questions ou des problèmes, la qualité de cette compagnie ne s'arrête pas seulement à leur produit , mais offre aussi un service après vente incroyable. Une compagnie que je ne connais pas beaucoup , puisque que j'ai seulement acheter 2 de leur produit, mais qui me tarde de découvrir encore plus car elle a gagner ma confiance et ma ébahi par leur qualité d'instruments et service après vente rapide. Si vous chercher un ukulélé banjo ou u-bass , ne chercher plus arrêter de perdre votre temps à regarder des vidéos ou lire des commentaires et faire des recherches inutile, car vous venez de découvrir la compagnie qui offre la meilleur qualité prix du marcher pour ses 2 instruments . Je vous le confirme parce que moi jai perdu énormément de temps à faire ses recherches pour essayer de me rassurer, avant de finallement acheter d'une compagnie que je ne connaissais rien et qui a present a gagner mon coeur de musicien. En espérant que ce long monologue vous démontre à quelle point la music est important dans ma vie et que leur contribution en fabriquant 2 de mes ukulélé préféré , on changer le musicien que je suis, en apportant bonheur et on contribuer à guérir ma dépression. En terminant tout ce que je peux rajouter c'est Merci Aklot pour vos beau produit qui on changer ma vie.

Whilst the package looks good value for money, the quality of some of the parts is pretty poor. The gig bag had a hole in the top where the headstock had been pushing and the shoulder straps of the bag on the back had not been sewn in place at all and were just loose. There was no electric pick-up provided, despite one being shown in the advert and picture of the package. And when I strung the the instrument, some of the strings broke before reaching the correct tuning level, as did the same strings from the spare set. I have strung up many guitars, ukuleles and cigar box guitars in the past, so know what I'm doing. On purchasing a set of better quality strings, I had no problem fitting and tuning them, so have to assume it was the cheap ones provided with the instrument. With a bit better quality control, this could have been a nice little beginners package, but in the end it was just trouble. I did keep the item in the end, as it had been brought as a present and there was no time to replace it, so I repaired the bag and fitted replacement strings and it was good to go. Will have to see how it holds up over time. Disappointing purchase.

Fue un buen regalo para mi hijo, llegó bien empacado y con todos los accesorios. Suena muy lindo

Instrumento musical de buena calidad

The sound is rich, combining the warmth of a ukelele with the punch of a resonator banjo. Although it comes with no piezo pick-up, the sound is loud enough to use in an acoustic jam. A simple microphone can help utilize this instrument in a gig environment. The tuning is that of a ukelele, making it easy to pick up and start playing. Highly recommend for a musician of beginner / intermediate level. The floating bridge comes unset up, so it needs to be placed so that the note tuned is equivalent at open position as well as fret 12 (octave). This ensures that the notes going up the neck are correct. The seller includes a strap, a tuner, multiple picks and of course the instrument, making sure you are ready to go once received. Pros: - Solid construction - Bright and warm sound, punches through - Great action - Fun to play. Cons: N/A