Donner Banjolele 4 String Banjo Ukulele kit Stringed Musical Instruments for Adult Beginner with Banjo Tuners, Gig Bag, Picks, Skeleton 23 Inch Sapele – For Sale – Price
Original price was: $99.99.$99.89Current price is: $99.89.
Description
Product Description
Donner banjolele is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. As a small instrument, Donner banjo ukulele is very easy to learn. Perfect for beginners. If you are considering trying a new instrument, Donner banjo ukulele is your choice
Quality Material
The body of Donner banjo ukulele is made of sapele, enabling it to produces a mellow, and soft sound.
Remo Drumhead
The drumhead of Donner banjolele is from the professional drumhead supplier – Remo, contributing to a warm, full and clear tone.
Durable Bridge
Made by maple and hardwood, the bridge is hard enough to prevent the strings cut into the bridge.
Easy Tunning
Donner banjolele pack comes with a digital tunner. Even a complete beginner can easily tune it.
How to set up the bridge?
Measure the distance between nut and twelfth fret
Use that as the distance from twelfth fret to bridge
Install the bridge and make sure the bridge is perpendicular to the drum head
Specifications
Number of strings: 4 strings
Material: Sapele
Bridge：Maple and hardwood
Dimensions: 24.4×8.6×2.8 inches
Weight: 4.25 pounds
Package included
1×Donner banjolele DBU-200
1×strap
3×banjolele picks
1×string set
1×gig bag
1×digital tunner
1×truss rod
4 Sting Banjo Uke—Donner banjolele is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. Combining banjo’s distinctive tone with ukulele’s standard tuning of G-C-E-A and playing style.
Quality Material Banjolele – the body of Donner banjo uke is made of sapele, enabling it to produce a mellow, and soft sound. Made by maple and hardwood, the bridge is hard enough to prevent the strings cut into the bridge.
Resonator Guitar Banjolele – Donner banjo is resonator banjo with the great drumhead which is from the professional drumhead supplier – Remo, contributing to a warm, full and clear tone.
Best Beginner Guitar Banjo – innovative use of finger plates inlaid with muscovite to help beginners quickly find the appropriate position and the board points are very clear, and there will be no reflection under the light.
Full size Banjo Kit for Beginners Kids -All accessories，including banjo picks, gig bag,tunner, ruler and truss rod，are suitable for banjo Beginner.
11 reviews for Donner Banjolele 4 String Banjo Ukulele kit Stringed Musical Instruments for Adult Beginner with Banjo Tuners, Gig Bag, Picks, Skeleton 23 Inch Sapele – For Sale – Price
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aZ watch guy –
Fantastic instrument at a unbelievable price.
This is a really wonderful little banjo uke. The price is so low everyone should have one. It looks more expensive than it is. I love the sound and it’s really well made. Even a Remo head. The gig bag is quite nice, better than the one that came with my Luna uke. Comes with a decent strap, picks, tuner, extra strings template to set the bridge and adjusting tool. For those who complain about the tuning, you have to understand that these strings need to stretch out. This can take a couple of weeks. This uke is so much fun you won’t regret it. This is a phenomenal value.
ND –
Give it a try if you need a good banjo at an affordable cost.
Pretty nice banjo! It looks fantastic, the hardware and setup seem pretty good. It comes without the bridge installed so you need to either take to a professional for installation, or if confident you can find tutorials online (what I did).
After setting up the bridge, I set to tuning it. Youâll need to use the included tool to tighten up the tuning machines, as it wouldnât stay in tune at first. The short 5th string is particularly susceptible to going out of tune. Iâm a novice on banjo, so it could just be me.
All in all, a good instrument – Iâll have to wait and see if it stays in tune better over time. Most instruments require time for the strings to stretch a bit and to adjust to climate of where youâre using it. Itâs a fun way to get into a new genre.
I canât comment if itâs good for experts, but as an entry-level banjo itâs a great option. Comes with a bunch of accessories, including a very nice case and strap. I would have liked some finger picks instead of the pack of flat picks, but I plan to pick up on my own.
Give it a try if you need a good banjo at an affordable cost.
RDA –
worth the money
My new Donner 5 string banjo arrived a few hours ago. I will start by saying that it is a good value. This is my 2nd banjo that I have purchased from Amazon. I bought the first around 12 years ago, unfortunately I became frustrated after developing some bad habits learning to play and a grand niece showed interest in playing so I gave it to her. Now I am ready to combat the bad habits and start over. I will say that the tuning gears are rather crude and finnicky making the tuning rather difficult. Other than that it seems to be very well built and produces a nice sound. I recommend this product.
Summer Townsend –
Birthday magic
Please keep in mind my 5 star review has not one thing to do with this product but the 50th birthday happiness it brought my hubby ð heâs been saying for years he wants one and this one was perfect for a beginner.
The Banjo it self is beautiful and I canât wait until he learns to play it or until I donate it to the local goodwill â¤ï¸
Axial Flux –
Just learning how to play the banjo, but so far, really like it!
First off, I am a guitar/ukulele player, but am always looking for new instruments. Always been “banjo curious”, so I decided to pick this one up.
Pros:
Seems to be well made. The gloss finish is perfect on mine, and the build quality is excellent.
Has a Remo banjo head, which is nice. I know Remo from their drums, and it’s good stuff.
Comes with extra stings, tuner, gig bag, strap and picks. Not sure why it comes with picks…
Cons:
About the only con I can think of here is that it comes with picks, when you really need finger picks to play banjo correctly. Not a big deal, as I bought a set from my local music store for under $5, but it would’ve been nice if they were included.
Final thoughts:
Good banjo for anyone who wants to learn how to play, and it’s a good price as well. One other thing I will add, is that the top string uses a friction tuner. If you find this slipping, and not keeping tune, tighten the end screw a bit, and that should lock it down.
Josh Ritter –
It’s cheap and you can tell
So it sounds decent for the price and comes with a lot of extras which is great. That being said mine arrived with very sharp fret ends. I play other instruments and so I have the tools to address this but they were for sure sharp enough to leave you bleeding if you aren’t careful. Also the material it’s made out of is quite soft, while filing down the fret ends with moderate pressure I managed to gouge the edge of the fret board on a couple of frets. Lastly the tuners feel awful. They feel like they are toys and are going to break as you tune them
andrew brown –
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 didnât 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.
Iâm very glad I got this and can already tell I am going to have a lot of fun with it.
Maximus –
What i like about this banjolele is its size. Living in a studio apartment, and owning a few instruments myself, making an addition to my collection is always a hassle. Unlike a traditional ukelele, this banjolele brings the southern vibes to any ukelele piece. Playing Israel Kamakawiwo’ole classics, or classic hits from the Super Mario franchise with a banjo twist definitely brings nostalgia in a new form.
The included accessories are a nice to have for any beginner, if a string snaps, or the drumhead needs replacement, the accessories got you covered. One thing to note when setting this banjolele up for the first time, you might need to spend some time tuning it properly, as mine was not tuned out of the box. For anyone familiar with string instruments, this is a pretty standard thing to expect, especially at this budget friendly price point, but for the beginner out there, just remember to put some time into tuning it properly. Thankfully, the included tuner works great, and if you need an alternative to it, DATuner on phone always works.
Overall, pretty good I must say, the Remo drumhead, the included accessories and a relatively simple design makes this viable as a beginner instrument for anyone, as long as proper effort is put into the initial tuning of this banjolele, anyone can sound good.
Buddy Ronson –
This was a good introduction to the banjolele for me, but if youâre a somewhat experienced musician youâll notice that this thing has pretty poor intonation and struggles to stay in tune. Itâs a neat sounding instrument but leaves a lot to be desired. Lent it to my boss hoping sheâd purchase it but she also found the quality lacking. Cool for a beginner but if youâre serious at save another $100 and go for the Gold tone little gem. It might be 2x the price but itâs 5x better
DM –
Very well made and a lot of fun to play.
I am new to playing banjo but have played guitar for years so really just comparing this banjo to my background with that. I can say the banjo is well made and appears to have a good setup and tone.
One thing that it do not include was instructions for setting up the bridge as that came attached separately for packing reasons I assume. The bridge should be mounted the same distance as the measurement from the nut to the 12th fret. This should set the intonation fairly reasonably. The banjo came with extra strings, picks, a really decent soft case, cloth for cleaning and a tuner. Overall a very good package. The resonator also comes off if you prefer a different tone and or to reduce the sound. This comes off with 4 easy to remove thumb screws.
The setup on it was quite good, however the bridge it came with was subpar and I upgraded to a name brand bridge that seemed to improve the playability and tone. It was roughly an $11 upgrade.
I would recommend this banjo to anyone starting out or that (like me) had an interest in trying out the banjo.
rainsberry –
Don’t lay it down on good / finished furniture because the bolts on the back of it will carve the finish off.
outside of that, it is a good BANG for the BUCK. Definitely something to learn on.