RK-R35-BR : Great Instrument

Excellent intermediate+ banjo,

Quality:

everything is very high quality apart from the tuning pegs which seem like relatively cheap plastic knobs.

Has a lovely satin finish on neck and resonator, but there are a couple blemishes on the back of the neck, possibly from packaging/shipping.

Sound:

Very nice & loud sound, I would recommend changing the stock strings.

Perfect for bluegrass scruggs/three finger style playing.

Features:

The action is nice and low out of the box sitting at about 3/32" at the 22nd fret with a 5/8" bridge.

I haven't found the need for a compensated bridge yet as intonation plays well with the stock bridge (probably because of the presto style tail piece) although a more expensive bridge might provide a brighter tone.

The head was not as tight as a bluegrass banjo player might like, it was tightened to around an F (86ish on a drum dial) whereas most like it around G# (which would be closer to 90 on a drum dial). Both a drum tuning key for the head and an allen key for the truss rod comes with the banjo.