Harley Benton BJU-15Pro Banjo Ukulele

Must admit to being more than pleasantly surprised when I opened my latest package from Thomas, a Harley Benton BJU15-PRO Banjo Ukulele. This Ukulele has features on it that are on a par with other Banjo Ukes more than three times its price. It will definitely accompany me at all my gigs. The sound it very good, the resonator doing its job extremely well, (so much so it can be heard next door, think my next purchase will be a mute!) on a par with some of my more expensive and antique Banjo Ukes, let it be said I think the great George Formby would have had fun on this Uke. My Uke instructor Phil Doleman, also commented (google him for more info), remarked for the price (don't let this put you off) what an excellent job it does. As for Thomas from order to delivery Germany to UK in 3 1/2 days, thats going some. Allied to this the excellent guarantee package, just makes one think, thank my lucky stars I chose Thomann, so much so all my future musical purchases will be from Thomann, can't recommend them enough. Whats not to like about this Uke absolutely nothing, purchase it with confidence, you won't regret it one iota.

As others have said, this banjolele is fantastic value for money. The build and quality compares to instruments 2 or 3 times this price. I think other reviews have covered all the features and technical details. I wanted to give a shout out to the Thomann team and the Customer Service. Comms were excellent throughout and delivery times were amazing (I'm in the UK), especially during the current pandemic. I have had deliveries from within the UK that have taken longer from the point of sale/order! I ordered 2 items and 1 wasn't in stock so the Thomann team arranged a split delivery and the in-stock item was delivered super quickly. They kept me informed of the other item and as soon as it was in stock that was dispatched as well. I can not fault the service from Thomann and will definitely be using them again, whether its for another instrument or other large purchase, or accessories and smaller items. First impressions mean a lot and my first dealing with Thomann was impressive so I'll be returning to a trusted seller for my next purchase. Thanks guys.

Just received this Ukeulele and considered it okay for the price . There was a card in the strings to state it had been through Thomann Quality Control - Hallelujah a perfect instrument. Not so fast, my friends.. The action was very low for a Uklele, about 1.75mm - not causing too much of a problem , but too low for me. The drum was tuned to D# but not evenly in fact piss poor. Going through the normal string tension exercise for several days things seemed "about" normal, then PING, the damn tailpiece disengaged and the strings flew where they desired. This generated one rather irritated customer. When reattaching the tailpiece it was obvious that the tailpiece was actually secured by at most half a turn of thread - WTF. This has been through Thomann Quality Control, what kind of QC operative thinks that's okay - NONE in my opinion. Harley Benton appears to have a good reputation in guitars, if this is Harley Benton quality in Ukuleles I reckon I'll buy KMISE and expect to set it up properly myself. My recommendation is to buy a KMISE as this is a total joke - although I'll make it playable, because I have the ability to set it up.

this is a beautiful instrument set up very good too,ive played much more expensive ones than this and theyre not as good,dont listen to negative reviews as your not paying a lot of money but you do get a lot of instrument,i did change strings to living water strings but thats my preference,also when you do change strings put nylon ones on and itll make it sounds better and less harsh,ive played all stringed instruments for years and this is a good banjolele,snobs will say that you get what you pay for.....well i challenge anyone to not say it should be 2 or 3 times more money,i will say that i did have to file the fret ends they were ok but i do like mine silky smooth,so grab one with its all maple body which is the correct tonewood and youll not be dissappointed.

Plays lovely, sounds great and looks fantastic. It is just a very nice instrument it feels quality. I've played on a few Harley Benton instruments and have always been very impressed by the quality especially for the the price points. The Harley Benton BJU-15Pro Banjo Ukulele is no exception. Also, it has great potential for future upgrades, if I really wanted to fine tune this thing I could easily change the skin and peripherals, but there's really no need. It was great out of the box, I simply stretched the strings in positioned the bridge and got playing. Great fun instrument and what a beaut!

I’ve been playing the banjolele, Formby style for over ten years. This one caught my eye due to the price and other reviews that I head read. It are within a couple of days of the order being placed. I was very pleasantly surprised with how this looked in real life.The quality was really good, well made and beautifully finished. There were no rough fret ends and the neck was aligned very nicely. The open backed tuners worked as they should once the strings had settled. The sound with the plastic remo head wasn’t to my liking and so I replaced it with a calf skin vellum which transformed it, giving it a much warmer tone. This is a very loud instrument and one which projects really well due to the bowl back resonator. To be honest once you have it set up for your style of playing you really can’t go wrong. I gave it four stars as I felt that a better quality tuning peg would have been nice ,not that the ones supplied don’t do there job very well and I felt the remo head let it down on tone. That said both are relatively cheap fixes for a really great piece of kit. So all in all ,turned out nice again.

This is a great instrument to play and can fill a room with very little amplification. In fact, I did a gig last night and didn't need any amplification at all.

This is a heavy instrument and therefore I would recommend either playing it sitting down or investing in a suitable strap. Unfortunately this does not come with any brackets so these would need to be added manually.

Secondly, you'd best buy an extra set of strings. Ukulele strings are held at the bridge using a simple knot made with an additional wrap-around to double the size of said knot. However Mr. Benton must not have had the time to do this. Upon inspection I realised that there is not much room to improve matters on the strings in place. Therefore, the only solution available until Mr. Benton improves his knots is to order a new set of strings.

Overall this is a good instrument with a good sound. With the above issues taken into consideration you will not encounter any issues.