Features:

  • Concert Size Maple Wood Banjo Uke
  • Combines Banjo Body with Ukulele Neck and Tuning
  • Headstock/Neck: Maple; Rosewood topped bridge and fretboard
  • Open Back Maple sides; It is tuned and played like a Ukulele but it sounds louder, like a Banjo; 15" Scale, 25" total length; Ukulele sized banjo
  • Banjolele 18 frets with fret position mark at 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th frets on the neck and top of the fingerboard, it help to identify the location of the frets easily.
My Muke is a Hoke

This Banjolele is surprisingly well made. The fret finish is excellent, the hardware all seems to be well made, and the overall set-up is pretty good. The fretboard binding is nice, and the satin finish was flawless and has a nice feel on the back of the neck. The shape of the neck is a little deeper than a regular ukulele, more the shape of a banjo neck, which looks right. I did some basic set-up like I would do on most instruments. The bridge moves easily and may need to be repositioned to 15-1/2", for example. I'd recommend checking that it sits at 15-1/2" (2X the distance to the 12th fret) plus just a tad. I also filed the string slots in the nut a little deeper to improve intonation. The strings weren't way high, but like most instruments in all price ranges, you usually need to dress the slots a bit more to get the height perfect. The strings themselves seemed okay, but I did swap those out for a type I'd used before. I did tune it with the original strings on, and they stretched out fairly quickly, but I didn't spend much time playing with them on, so I can't really comment much. I like the sound and the look of black nylon strings, so I wanted to get those changed and beginning to stretch right away. The sound is what you would expect - loud and bright and twangy. My only grumble is that, while the banjolele I received looks almost exactly the same as in the images, there was one detail that was different: the name on the headstock. I received a Hoke rather than a Muke. I was sort of looking forward to having a Muke.

Five Stars

Sounds exactly like a banjo, kind of heavy, but plays like a dream!

Well built

The bridge doesn’t move, and it sounds great, worth every penny, good for beginners and pro

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