Harley Benton HBJ-25
5-String Banjo

Latest User Reviews
Great banjo!
Absolutely in love with this banjo! Amazing price - quality. The design is beautiful and it sounds great. Highly recommend!
Good beginner banjo
Good for beginners. Good instrument for a low price tag.
Unbeatable for the price!
For an absolute beginner that's just looking for a training instrument, you just can't beat the price of this one.
It's okay.
It's alright as a beginner banjo, and I guess the price reflects that. I have recurring issues with fret buzz on the two lowest strings that was not present when I first got the instrument and seem to be due to issues with some frets coming partially loose.
Solid Banjo
Bought this 4 years ago, sturdy instrument with quality material.
For a first timer instrument this is more than perfect, you get the same experience while learn with no hardware related issues. Good resonance and sustain. Allows you to get into the several styles of Banjo picking that exist.
Yes there are better sounding, smoother and naturally expensive Banjos out there that will behave in a superior matter, but this one is my ol'reliable and will absolutely recommend this to anyone interested in starting fresh into a very nice community and instrument.
p.s. - The head (the white circle) of the banjo is solid white material, which means you can paint it and make it more personal for you. Just use a marker, heavy paints will affect the sound.
Sounds and looks amazing!
Very good loud and clear sound, very good build quality and looks amazing!
Great
Loverly banjo for the price. Came assembled and not a lot other then that was very fast delivery!
Cool banjo
It’s just a nice and cheap banjo. Bought it for my girlfriend as a gift so we could jam and have fun (she plays the violin and i play guitar and bass). It sounds great and is a lot of fun :)
Blown away by the quality of the banjo considering the price
Harley Benton have produced an amazing banjo for an unbelievable price. Other than tune it and change the strings over the last year I have had to do nothing to it. The fit and finish is excellent. The fretwork was perfect and no sharp edges. The woods used look and feel really nice and like I said it was playable straight out of the box.
The only one negative comment about the banjo I have is that the tuners were not the best. It was quite difficult to tune and went out of tune easily but for the money you can't complain.
I would definitely recommend this banjo to any aspiring players out there on a tight budget. Exceptional value for money.
Exceeded expectations
Cheap instrument but of great quality. I recommend it without problems to my friends.
Technical Data
- Manufactured by Harley Benton
- Released in 1999
- Average price : $162
- Bluegrass Series
- Body: Sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum)
- Neck: Nato
- Fretboard: Blackwood (Pinus radiata)
- Hardware: Chrome
- 24 Brackets
- 22 Frets
- Head: Remo
- Scale: 670 mm
- Nut width: 29 mm