Harley Benton BJ-55Pro 5 String Banjo

Well built and very nicely finished. Good tone. Needed a bit of setting up, string height and head tension, but nothing major.
The tuners were a bit loose, but worked smoothly with no notches.
All in all, I'm quite impressed.
The only bad thing is the two tools supplied. An Allen key which isn't needed anywhere and the head tensioning wrench which is way too shallow to reach the nuts on the J hooks. Fortunately I have small sockets to do it otherwise you'll have to go shopping. A really stupid oversight which Thomann should have picked up on by now.

Good value , nicely finished. I do not think there is a better banjo for the price. Plays well , sounds good and stays in tune.Very pleased.

The banjo is great for someone who wants to pickup the banjo for the first time so it makes a great first time buy for someone it has good sound quality and has some nice features and looks great if you want to learn this for the first time then it is brilliant and a real bargain.

my unit
needed a little neck adjustment, but other than that its perfectly ok for an banjo amateur like me.