Vangoa Mini Banjo 5 String 26 Inch Travel Banjo 5 String Banjo Beginner kit, Mahogany MINI Portable Banjo with Tone Ring, Fib

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 297 ratings

Price: 169.99

Last update: 06-20-2024


About this item

[Banjo with Tone Ring] Chrome-plated metal tone ring gives a crisp, and defined tone, versatile for all types of playing styles. The lightest touch of a finger on a string makes a beautiful, delicate, musical sound
[Lightweighted Portable] This 26-inch banjo is easier to hold and carry aside for the lighter body. Merely 5 lbs and padded durable gig bag, ideal for both children and adults to play and to travel with conveniently
[Vintage Remo Head] Embodies beautiful old calfskin look and sound with better maintenance-free convenience. Its much bassier and fewer overtones sound performance perfectly fit for old-time players
[Beautiful Design with Premium Material] Purple-heart fretboard blends in perfectly with Mahogany body, beyond the pretty hue, it is extremely stable and thus feels slicker to touch and durable to use
[Considerate Design] Adjustable truss rod stabilize the neck against string tensions, helping you retain an easy-to-play action. 18:1 ratio tuning peg design enhanced durability by anti-dust, erosion-resistant sealed design while hold tune firmly
[Beginner-friendly Kit] Beginner Banjo kit comes with everything you need to start, just focus on your learning, and play right out of the box. Vangoa Banjo set offers a 2-year warranty and life-long sincere after-sales service, you could rest assured that you will receive our best assistance

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Top reviews from the United States

P. Browns
5.0 out of 5 stars A great travel banjo - great tone!
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
After years of not playing banjo I decided to look into a travel banjo. I am spending my winters in a rv parked in warmer climate than upstateNY. This package has everything needed to start picking away. The padded carry case is well made and the 28” size is perfect for travel. The sound is perfect and the included accessories permit using as soon as it’s unpacked. Well worth the price for the enjoyment.
Bill Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars Best music
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024
This banjo sounds so good, it’s beautiful, great quality, I love it
Mason
4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely decent for the price !
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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 For the price point, it’s actually an amazing little instrument. Easy to take with you anywhere you Go. Fun to pick on And has a surprisingly decent sound. The intonation can be a bit rough But overall, a bunch of fun.
eldee
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic little instrument, very impressed
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2022
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 For reference- I've been playing banjo for years, and my 7 year old son has recently become interested in learning how to play but he can't reach all of the frets on my full size instrument. I bought this one so he could use it to learn on, and I was worried that it would be a toy, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is a really solid little banjo.

The build quality is great, a few little things here and there I could nitpick but nothing that affects the sound or playability so I won't even bother mentioning them.

A few things to point out that I didn't see mentioned in other reviews (or I think other reviews got wrong):

- You need to tune this banjo to at least open A, I have mine tuned to C. standard G tuning is too low and you'll get string buzz and unwanted bending when fretting notes- just not enough tension on a scale this short, has nothing to do with this specific banjo. You could switch to higher gauge strings and tune to G though if you wanted to.

- the head on this is an authentic Remo WeatherKing. I saw another review dismiss the head as a 'cheap plastic head', which is misleading.

- The banjo comes pre-strung for convenience, but the bridge is not yet installed for obvious reasons. If you have no experience setting up a banjo I strongly recommend taking it to a music store or finding somebody who knows what they're doing. If you already know how to set up a banjo there's nothing new here- takes 30 seconds to get everything intonated properly and you're off to the races, but if you are buying this as a gift for someone or getting it to learn on you're gonna hit your first major road block right here then come back and write a bad review about how it sounds out of tune on higher frets and make yourself look silly.

- similar to the last comment, if you're not experienced with banjos (or stringed instruments in general), there's a period of 'elasticity' with the strings once you string it up and tune it for the first time. the first several days you setting up your banjo you'll need to constantly adjust your tuning until the strings stop stretching, but they will eventually stabilize. You can, of course, pre-stretch your strings but I won't get into that here. If you can't "keep it in tune" this is likely why, just keep tuning it and wait a while.

Anyway, long story short- I bought this for my 7 year old and I find myself playing it more than my full size banjo because it's so light and convenient. I recommend playing some clawhammer songs on it while Tuned to C- sounds like a little hillbilly ukelele :)
Pen Name
5.0 out of 5 stars Very pretty! & works great!
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
From the design, to the extra perks, this banjo is great! Easy to set up, and it plays great. Big come up for this price!!
David
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for a Beginner
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2024
Impressed overall for a beginner left handed banjo. I'm sure more expensive models have a richer sound, but, for me. this has been a great way to get started without breaking the bank.
Bill Pen
1.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Good Things, but a Serious Problem
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023
There’s a lot to like about this little banjo, but I had to return it. How can they make so much at such a low price? How can there be any profit? My other banjos are 20 to 40 times this price, so what do I expect? The nut was parfectly made, the frets were flat, the fret edges properly filed. Great. The tuners seemed to slip a bit, even after tightening, and two of them had burrs at the string opening that could have cut off a string. I have the right tools and was able to file off the burns, but do you know how to do that? The major problem that I couldn’t deal with was that several of the frets were inaccurately positioned, making strings fretted their play sharp. Do you already play? Here’s the thing. I tuned the banjo exactly with the tuner, and at the 12th fret, the first and fourth strings were exactly in tune once I adjusted the bridge. But when I tuned the old way—fourth string fifth fret, third string fourth fret, second string third fret, they were not in tune. Banjo often has two strings playing the same tone, like first string open and second string third fret. But if it is impossible to have pairs like that sound exactly the same, then the banjo is unbearable. Gibson had this same problem a century ago with their mandolins. They used a series of circular saws held in place with nuts on a long bolt to cut all the fret slots at once. Several of the nuts worked loose and were retightened wrong. So dozens or hundreds of mandolins came from the factory unable to play properly. I had one of those mandolins and had to replace the fretboard, afte which it was great. Chris Thile bought one of these for over $130,000 and had to have the fretboard replaced. This was the first time it played in tune. ImwishnVangoa well, but this problem needs to be fixed at once. I don’t expect an instrument like this to sound like my professional level banjos, but I do require it to play in tune.
Terry
5.0 out of 5 stars A cute little instrument, a good value for the money
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2023
For $199, I have to say this little guy is fantastic.

I've been playing clawhammer close to 15 years and bought this so I can take it with me on solo travel trips. Sure, the shorter neck and tiny frets take some getting used to, but I adapted very quickly and can whale on this thing. I'm not sure how it would be beyond the 5th position though--higher up the neck it starts to sound really tinny. Because of the string length I tuned mine to open C: which would be (1-5) G, E, C, G, C, so it's high pitched anyway. You can also play in double F tuning; G, F, C, F, C (normal banjo would be double C tuning) with no difficulty. A lot of the tunes I know transitioned well to this banjo. I read a couple reviews where the complaint was it doesn't stay in tune--I've owned and played close to a dozen banjos in my life and I can tell you they practically never stay in tune consistently; it's the nature of the instrument. It stays in tune well enough for me, anyway. It's not really loud but it's loud enough--the resonator helps a ton.

Anyway, you can tell I'm pretty happy!

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