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.

Bought for amusing myself at home and I must say that it does the job very well. It is good as, if not better than the banjo ukes at twice the price, one of which I have made a comparrison with.On arrival I found the head to be quite slack but after carefully tightening it in stages it really came to life. I also changed the bridge for a two footed type as I think the original bridge is a bit heavy and cumbersome. In my opinion it now has a great snappy bright and loud sound. Overall I am very pleased with it and would recommend it to anyone interested in buying a banjo uke.

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.