Your cart is empty.
Your cart is empty.4.6 out of 5 stars
- #14,105 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
- #14 in Banjos (Musical Instruments)
Product Description
Beginner-friendly Open Back Banjo
Vangoa open-back banjo produces a more mellow, softer sound, and is favored by clawhammer players (an old-time style), which has been thought to be easier to learn than bluegrass style banjo, once you learn the basic clawhammer stroke, everything else easily falls into place.
- Easiest type of banjo for beginners to play
- Portable for comfortable carrying
- Better option for clawhammer and folk
Exquisite Craftsmanship
Premium Maple Body
A traditional maple wood 38-inch banjo with a froste top head makes for a crisp dry tone without too much sustain, providing great clarity and note distinction.
Reliable Banjo Head
Frosted banjo head brings a crisp dry tone without too much sustaining providing great clarity and note distinction. 24 Chrome-plated brackets ensure a better tension distribution on the head for more accurate and precise tuning.
Beautiful Durable Rim
We cover a durable finish on all the wood parts to protect this banjo while bring out the full beauty of maple wood and feel with a very smooth surface. The edge is carefully rubbed down well, it is neat for reliable use.
Considerate Design
Comfortable Low Action
Adjustable neck ensures low action, strings are easier to press down for beginners, reducing finger soreness, and hand fatigue, avoiding injury when you're first learning to play, and building strength.
Quality Bone Nut
We carefully selected bone nut blanks are machined from bleached cow bone, much harder than plastic one. It help transfer sound vibrations better, ensuring a longer sustain and improved tone.
Durable 5th Geared Tuner
The chrome-plated precision-engineered geared mechanism has a comfortable white jade look knob, which is smooth in operation.
The 18:1 gear ratio ensures smooth and reliable tuning to get great sound.
Well-prepared for Beginners, Unbox and Play!
All-round Protection for Your Banjo!
A divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart
Bill Adkins
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2025
Bought banjo as a gift for someone else. Beautiful powder coated maple, and mahogany accents. All chrome is very nice, but the fret board has some sharp edges and frets that stick out, nothing that can't be fixed. Overall good beginner banjo.
Douglas Scott
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
I was very pleased with this banjo. I thought it was great for the price I paid. Just a starter.
rourke Flanagan
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
Really well built. Loved learning how to play all the fun tunes I remember as a child and driving my friend's ex-husband insane as he hates the banjo. 10/10
Jody Leichner
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2025
It's very nice. This banjo has a bright ringy sound, and is nice to play. It's pretty, and has a decent gig bag to keep it safe when not playing.
Cesar Peraza
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2024
This is a very nice beginner banjo, for the price, but the tailpiece is very cheaply made. There was no tailpiece bolt included, and the tailpiece just fell off deeming the banjo not playable soon after setting it up.I contacted the company, and they graciously offered to send us the missing piece and 2 sets of banjo strings for our trouble! Nice company to work with!
Banjo
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
This is a well constructed banjo an absolute steal at this price- plus the extras the tuner works great, the strap is very good and the case is very good, the value is amazing. Now I will talk about somethings for more experienced players and things the manufacturers could do to bring this banjo to the next level if they are reading, I am going to list a few things that should be done for very low cost at the manufacturering level (I am guessing around 10 to 15 dollars per unit) would put this on the next level 1. The fret gauge should be increased 2. The position of the 5th string tuner -this I really can't do anything about but could be fixed at the manufacturer with no cost the problem with the position is I use my thumb for a C chord and when playing with the capo on the 2nd fret ( in key of A, very popular) I cannot fret the 4th fret on the D string with my thumb see picture the blonde fret board is the Vangoa the darker one is my Deering Sierra it should line up with the 4th fret. 3. The L bracket for the tailpiece that attaches to the coordinator rod this hole needs to be redrilled to lower the L bracket so the tailpiece sits firmly on the retention hoop see picture. 4. The tuners - they stay in tune but if you are sharp you have to down tune close to a half a step then tune up from there. The cheapest planetary tuners on the market for the 4 tuners on the headstock would be better than what is on there and if you want to upgrade the hole will be drilled for the right size and you won't have 8 tiny screw holes in your headstock ( I am doing this anyway). I bought this as a project doing these simple things wound make this banjo alot more attractive to more experienced players. Even with these issues still a extremely great deal.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on August 24, 2023
Great value for all you get and a really nice unit
Leonard J.
Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2023
I've play finger picking guitar for years and bluegrass fiddle . I wanted to try my hand at Banjo . This BanjoI bought is better than what I expected . I can see people who never set up a instrument before would have some problems ,it is not the banjo it is a learning curve thing. I am very happy with this banjo on all levels.No problems
GP
Reviewed in France on January 20, 2023
sauf sur l'accordeur qui fait tout sauf banjo
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2022
Great value, well made and sounds great.
Erick
Reviewed in Mexico on May 29, 2022
The media could not be loaded.
tmal
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2022
Was looking for a starter banjo for my 23 year old son who is a musician and kind of a snob when it comes to his collection of stringed instruments. The Vangoa banjo was the perfect thing. The description on their page is spot-on so be confident in how the instrument is described there. First of all, it is a beautiful looking instrument (I wish I had thought to take pictures of it when my son was home—sorry—the photos on Amazon are accurate and the instrument is even more beautiful in person!). It has a rounded, polished, wooden back which is removable if you like a more open sound for certain styles of music (this feature was not at all common in some of the more expensive banjos I looked at). It has pearl-like pegs, an ebony neck and the body itself is very solid with added aesthetic details that contribute to its expensive look. Another added bonus for the price is the ability to plug this banjo into an amp. It also comes with a bag full of goodies—tuner, picks, strings, a strap and more. I was very impressed by customer service. I got a note right away from the company asking if I was happy with the instrument and the email contained some extra manuals and instructions they thought might be helpful. I get the feeling that if there was any problem they would help correct it as soon as possible. We are not banjo experts but we are a musical family and recognize rich tone and a quality instrument. There was no buzzing, nothing tinny or awkward about the sound and after 2 weeks of playing it, my son reports back that he is obsessed and absolutely loves it. He says it is easy to tune and play, It remains in-tune and it is a fine, solid, great—looking banjo. Bonus: you absolutely cannot beat the price. Very satisfied customers here!
KinetiK Labs
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2021
Came well packaged, I did not have any issues. A very nice looking instrument.Comes with everything you need to setup your instrument and get playing.The head on mine was already pretty evenly tightened, I only made a couple of 1/4 turns near the tail piece after removing the resonator.The 5th tuner is closed and geared, but the 4 main are open back geared, so be careful to keep them cleaned over the years.I haven't tried the pickup or 1/4 inch output yet, letting the strings stretch before checking the truss rod, which needs minor adjusting to resolve some 1st fret buzzing.Overall I would say great value for sure. Its not a Deering Goodtime, but I think the action is good and the sound is crisp and loud with the resonator.
Recommended Products