on December 10, 2022

I've been playing many different stringed instruments all of my life....except the banjo. This banjo is fun to play and for the price, a phenomenal deal! This banjo is very playable and after the first tuning, only small adjustments have been needed. Is this a road instrument? Probably not, if you are a seasoned player. For someone who is learning the banjo, it's an awesome first time deal! The only thing I would suggest is to throw in a gig bag for shipping safety. The box my banjo came in was ...

I've been playing many different stringed instruments all of my life....except the banjo. This banjo is fun to play and for the price, a phenomenal deal! This banjo is very playable and after the first tuning, only small adjustments have been needed. Is this a road instrument? Probably not, if you are a seasoned player. For someone who is learning the banjo, it's an awesome first time deal! The only thing I would suggest is to throw in a gig bag for shipping safety. The box my banjo came in was untaped and was not protecting the banjo at all. Thank you Glarry, another great deal for my music room!!

on September 10, 2021

Excellent beginner banjo. Stays in tune. Nice finish.

on June 21, 2021

This is the first Banjo I have ever owned. I am just learning to play. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something I wasn't sure I would like. This Banjo came in very good shape and quality looks good. I sure there are better ones out there but you can't beat it for the price.

on June 03, 2021

Love my banjo but I still can't play, practice makes perfect though (still trying) the sound from this banjo is great even though I can't really play

on April 07, 2021

I placed an order on 4/2/2021 on 4/5/2021 finally get a tracking number so I check it label created but not picked up. 4/6/2021 not picked up 4/7/2021 in route to a ups facility. 5 days and has not made it to a ups facility yet. I do reviews of affordable musical instruments and inform my 5000+ local viewers of what companies to go to and from whom to stay clear of when buying. So far it's not looking good on Glarry just hope the 5 string banjo is not damaged.

on April 12, 2021

So I received an email from a manager Lin that was very helpful with my order. Turns out that item was lost in transit from glarry to me by ups. Lin was very nice and refunded my money with no problem. Even made a follow up email to make sure that I received my refund. Very honest company that can't blame them for delivery service not doing their end of the job. Thank you again Lin. Sorry that I can't raise my stars due to it will not allow my to modify. But if I could it would be 5 stars for cu ...

So I received an email from a manager Lin that was very helpful with my order. Turns out that item was lost in transit from glarry to me by ups. Lin was very nice and refunded my money with no problem. Even made a follow up email to make sure that I received my refund. Very honest company that can't blame them for delivery service not doing their end of the job. Thank you again Lin. Sorry that I can't raise my stars due to it will not allow my to modify. But if I could it would be 5 stars for customer satisfaction.

on March 30, 2021

Unfortunately I can't review this, I got it as a gift. The son in law seems pretty happy with it.

on January 06, 2021

Banjo arrived in less than 1 week. Good beginner product tubes up well and sounds very good. Varnish on neck is a little too spotted but other than that great banjo for the price. Customer service is impossible to reach on the telephone and the tracking data was not timely or accurate until it shipped, seems label was created very early in the process.

on December 26, 2020

Arrived QUICK; looks great, feels substantial not cheap. Time will tell, but it seems to be a quality instrument. If you ever want to send me a free instrument to try out, feel free!

on October 29, 2020

I'm learning to play it now. It sounds just like the ones on the radio. I can't be more impressed, thank you!

on October 01, 2020

Recieved this in a timely manner. This is the second Glarry instrument I have purchased. The 5 string bass was very nice all around. This Banjo has a couple of issues however. Overall very nice. There are two minor problems. One is the fret ends are a little rough. Not terrible and is an easy fix. There are three spots where the finish is less than ideal. Two spots look like there was a flaw in the wood on the sides of the resonator. Looks like they were filled with wood filler but then not sand ...

Recieved this in a timely manner. This is the second Glarry instrument I have purchased. The 5 string bass was very nice all around. This Banjo has a couple of issues however. Overall very nice. There are two minor problems. One is the fret ends are a little rough. Not terrible and is an easy fix. There are three spots where the finish is less than ideal. Two spots look like there was a flaw in the wood on the sides of the resonator. Looks like they were filled with wood filler but then not sanded out well. On the bottom when holding the instrument so not a big deal. Also on the resonator there are two spot where the top (part facing audience) where the finish looks like it was done by someone with little attention to detail. Again it isn't terrible but it would not have taken a lot of effort to do a better job. I am pleased overall and these issues are minor cosmetic items hardly noticable unless you look closely. Playability is very nice so for an inexpensive instrument you won't go wrong with one of these.

on September 20, 2020

Very good

on May 26, 2020

This is a beautiful banjo. I have owned three 5-string banjos since the early 70's, the best of these being a $150 Fender. The Glarry banjo surpasses all these visually and in playability. Very easy to begin playing right out of the box. One of the reasons I wanted a new banjo was that the neck of the Fender didn't feel good on my fingers, but the Glarry banjo feels so nice that I often pick it up in the afternoon just for pleasure, not just for recording as I did before. I have avoided finger p ...

This is a beautiful banjo. I have owned three 5-string banjos since the early 70's, the best of these being a $150 Fender. The Glarry banjo surpasses all these visually and in playability. Very easy to begin playing right out of the box. One of the reasons I wanted a new banjo was that the neck of the Fender didn't feel good on my fingers, but the Glarry banjo feels so nice that I often pick it up in the afternoon just for pleasure, not just for recording as I did before. I have avoided finger picks all these years (mostly using a guitar pick or my bare fingers) but the Glarry banjo inspired me to invest in metal finger picks and finally learn to play correctly. One problem (and the reason for 4 stars) is that the action is a little high as you go up the neck toward the drum head, though this was the same with all my banjos. I am thinking of having a technician do what he can to lower the action, but even this is not a deal-breaker. Very happy with this purchase.