Mulucky 5 String Banjo - Large Size with 24 Brackets, Closed Solid Wood Back, Mahogany Resonator Banjos, Geared 5th Tuner, Gift Package with Beginner Kit - B1107

mulucky certainly make good aqulity instruments

What a fantastic little banjo. Sounds great and plays lovely

Came very well packaged in the box but the bag/case was covered in mould and had a tare inside. The banjo it's self was in fantastic condition. Great little extras that come with it. Worth the money but shame about its case/bag.

Great product and was gratefully received as a present

I spent a long time looking for a small banjo. Ultimately I picked this one because I just loved the look of it. I saw the reviews, that there may be some issue with the neck, whilst others had no issue - I decided to chance it.It arrived this morning and I was SO excited!! Only to be very unexcited moments later when I unwrapped it and found the headstock completely snapped off.The outer box was entirely undamaged, the inner box had a slight concertina effect going on at the end as if it had been dropped. I was suspicious that at some point in transit it had been damaged and then the banjo box put inside a bigger box which then arrived undamaged.A look at the larger box showed the return address on the label as the UK, but this shipped from the US, there was no evidence of international travel and no "fragile" stickers on the box. My impression is the UK carrier damaged it and then just put it in a new outer box - thanks yodel.Anyway...it seems beyond any repair that won't cost the earth so it has to go back for a refund. It's such a lovely thing I really wanted to be able to write a good review. The listing has gone now so I can't even get a replacement. All in all, I'm just sad about it, particularly as I don't really think it was the fault of the seller.Edited April 2023I sat with my broken instrument with a view to getting someone to mend it, it seems headstock breaks are quite common with stringed instrument. The cost of sending it back was too big. It would have cost about £100 to fix.On the off chance I looked the other day to see this on sale again - at a lower price, with next day delivery so already in the UK, and Amazon returns. So I decided to try again.I just received a completely intact banjo. Happy finally.

The neck truss came fully wound out causing the fret board to come away from the neck and bend,rubbish returns policy from Amazon as I would lose £50 to send it back and that’s not enough to re order and hope a good one turns up,I have ended up fixing the problem myself and now I just have to wait for the glue to dry 🙏 looks good but does it sound good? I can’t wait to play her 🙏❤️

Very nice for the price I couldn't be happier

Installed the bridge and was playing within minutes. Placement guide works great. Sounds a bit tinny, open up the back and put a pair of light socks rolled up between the rod and the bridge. Make sure it isn't jammed to tight. Replace the back and giver. To tight will sound less like a banjo. Tuner is a bit tempermental. Great strap. Awesome gift.

I first bought a Vangoa mini banjo, possibly made in the same factory, with a scale two inches shorter and a total length 2.5” shorter. But several of the frets were slightly misplaced, so it couldn’t be tuned properly, and I returned it. Then I bought this. This one is a keeper, but I made it better. I’m going to respond to some comments other people made, as they don’t always know what they are talking about, and you can probably use the guidance. My other banjos are handmade professional banjos, so I know what a great banjo sounds like. I didn’t expect that level of tone here. However, I also do set-ups and repairs on stringed instruments, and I was able to improve this one quite a bit.1. The resonator is NOT PVC, but it is a hard black plastic of some sort. That is fine. The great inventor Lloyd Loar from the Gibson company actually made guitars from a similar plastic, and they sounded pretty good. Most resonators on professional banjos are made of laminated wood—that is, plywood. The resonator has a big effect on tone, but what it is made of is less important. In any case, this one does make the banjo sound louder from the front, but I got this for light-weight traveling, not playing in a concert. The resonator by itself weighs ten ounces. I prefer the sound without it, so I’m leaving it off. One guy complained that it was hard to reach the screws, but I noticed that he was using a thick four-in-one screwdriver instead of a proper longer skinnier Philips head screwdriver.2. The ad says the pot is NATO, which is a wood, but mine is plastic. Doesn’t matter very much. You can paddle a canoe with it without damage in a pinch. The shape is maintained by the flange, which is metal. This may also improve the tone a little. Professional banjos often have thick, heavy wood pots and also a tone ring that may weigh three pounds. Not meant for backpacking!2. Tuning. The scale of this banjo (nut to bridge) is 19.75”. That’s the standard distance on a standard banjo to where the 5th string is attached. So instead of open G, like regular banjos, this should be tuned to open C. That’s what the ad says! So I immediately tuned it to open C. But banjo strings are supposed to be quite low tension. These strings, tuned to C, seemed way too tight, and they didn’t sound right. So I tuned down to A, then open G, normal banjo tuning. Now the string tension seems to be more like what I’m used to. G D G B D. No, this isn’t with heavier strings. Standard banjo strings.3. Head tension. When I tuned this up, it sounded a bit like a sitar, sort of generalized buzziness. Not acceptable. When I removed the resonator, I found that one of the banjo hook nuts wasn’t even attached, and the others were tightened just barely enough to hold the head on. The promised tool for tightening these nuts wasn’t in the box, but I have one already. I tightened all the nuts at least a half turn, aiming at the same tension on each. The sitar sound disappeared! The tone was much improved. Assume that you will need to do this.4. Action. Once the head was tightened, the action on this was very good, and there was no buzzing. However, while the distance of the strings above the first fret wasn’t TOO bad, it was way higher than it needed to be, and this made the banjo harder to play. Here’s the thing: The action at the first fret does not need to be any higher than the action at the second fret when you are using a capo on the first fret. Any more, and you are just making life harder on yourself. But if the slots are just a shade too low, that string will buzz! I have the right tools, and I lowered the first fret action to where it should be. This made the banjo much easier to play. If you don’t know how, do spend $20 getting a guitar tech at a music store to do it for you. It’s worth the investment in playability. Also two of the strings pulled off the tiny dents in the bridge meant to hold them in place, so I used a file to cut all the slots in the bridge a tiny bit more. For the first and fifth strings, I also angled the slots toward the tailpiece. This solved the problem. Oh, I also rounded over the outside corners of the nut and the bridge with a little file and sandpaper so they wouldn’t dig into me. A sharp edge biting into my finger interferes with my concentration. Just took a few minutes.5. Tuners. The tuners aren’t expensive, but they will do, and they are very light—nice in a travel banjo. Some people here think the solution is to install banjo planetary tuners, but it isn’t. The real problem is that the strings weren’t put on properly, so they aren’t really locked in place and are slipping a little. Go on YouTube and find out how to properly lock strings when installing. If you do, one or two wraps of string is plenty, and they won’t slip, and they stay in tune much better. These may be cheap guitar or uke tuners, but they are still 1:12 tuners, compared to 1:4 planetary tuners, which tune up fast, but are hard to fine tune. I’d much rather have open-back guitar tuners than heavy sealed tuners, and I’d rather have guitar tuners than banjo tuners. So stop complaining and learn to put on strings properly.6. Strap. Yes, it’s a cheap uke strap, but it’s fine for this travel banjo. Most banjos don’t have any strap buttons. This has one on the neck, which is nice. Some complained that this strap only has a string to tie it to a banjo pot hook. But that’s been one of the standard methods for decades! You didn’t know? If you don’t like that, figure out where you want the strap to be, unbolt the closest pot hook, pull it up, insert it through the hole in the strap, and bolt it back together. (See photo of the strap on my beautiful Bart Reiter Whyte Laydie banjo.)7. Extras. Extras are nice for beginners. That may be what makes a sale. If a wrench is a little rusty, big deal. Just wipe it off. No problem. These things happen. The strings may work. I just throw them away and use a new set. I would recommend GHS Professional Banjo Strings PF 160 Medium for this banjo. They are are slightly heavier than the light gauge strings most banjo players use, but the neck is shorter here, so they may be a better choice. You can buy them here on Amazon. I had trouble with the tuner that came with the banjo. Barely usable. I tossed it. I use the tiny Planet Waves tuners. Not real easy to read, but tiny. The plastic picks that come with the banjo are the right size for a five year old. Actually, they don’t sound too bad. However, I recommend Ernie Ball Picky Picks for all fingerpicking because of their sharp ends give a souped fast attack and sound best. Thumb picks: Fred Kelly Delrin Speed Pick, Medium, is the best I’ve found for banjo and dobro. Someone complained that the picket on the gig bag isn’t big enough to hold the tuner and other supplies. Really? It’s meant to be sleek, not a backpack. Leave your tuner on the headstock where it belongs. Leave the wrench at home—you won’t often need it. Find a little coin purse on here to hold your picks. Maybe use some Velcro to attach it to the strap. As for the little pocket, just keep a spare set of strings in there. That’s all you need.In short, with a little work, a serious banjo player can for a tiny expenditure have a decent enough instrument to take on vacation that will fit nicely in an overhead bin. The tone is quite bearable. For a beginner, especially a child, this isn’t a bad place to start. This is under 3 lbs., while a professional banjo may be 10 to 15 lbs., plus the case.

I wasn't too sure given the price, but I took a chance. I used to play banjo and know what they are supposed to feel like. I wanted an open back and took a chance on this one. Everything is great. The neck angle is fine. The action is comfortably low. I can play all the way up the neck without buzzing. My goal was to see if I wanted to pick up the instrument again, so I didn't want to invest much. This surpassed my expectations. The neck is smooth to my hand. The fret edges are filed smooth. The tuning machines hold well. There is a plastic measuring piece that sits on the neck so you can figure out where you should set the bridge. The bridge is one of the heaviest I have seen, but it does the job and sounds good. So that is the point. They don't tell you to put the angled side facing the fingerboard, so it took me a moment to remember that. That is to keep the bridge from tipping as you tune. There is a set of extra strings that was wound up so tight and unmarked I just tossed them. It would be hard for a beginner to figure out which string goes where. So if you are a beginner, pick up an extra set or two of strings to keep around. You will likely over tighten an pop a string. It happens to us all. The gigbag is a nice fit and they include the tools you might need to adjust the tension of the neck should you need to. But I did not need to. The tuner works. Overall it is an excellent beginners banjo. Throw the picks away. They are laughably bad. But I sort of expected them to be. I did not open the strap. So no comment on that.

I was looking for a banjo sound but is like a ukulele. Great little instrument