Does it come set up and ready to play? (Aside from tuning)
796596
Mine was already tuned. Aside from maybe a minor adjustment to tuning it's ready to go.
796597
I ultimately bought this very banjo from a local shop rather than through Amazon. My guess would be that it's not perfectly in tune out of the box. Banjos being wood instruments fluctuate with temperature and frequently go out of tune even in the course of playing them. Watch a professional banjo player and watch them tune their instrument in the middle of a show when no one else has to. Otherwise there is nothing to put together.
796598
Yes, it's beautiful and ready to be tuned. Just grab a set of finger picks and start playing! It is the sweetest-sounding banjo I've ever played. I'm a banjo teacher and I highly recommend this instrument.
796599
Yes. When I bought mine on Amazon, it came with the banjo already strung. You just need to buy finger picks.
796600
Sorry J, you did say "aside from tuning" and managed to glance right past that. So yea, no assembly required!
1091442
I think it does stay in tune well. I bought it at a store, not online. I had to tune it at home. The next day, I checked and it was still largely in tune. The factory set up was pretty good. The salesperson said to play it a while before I paid for it to be set up. So far I am happy with it. The salesperson said the factory set up on Yamahas is usually pretty good. I have no reason not to believe that at this point.
344887
The guitar sounds lovely and very easy to tune. I haven't done any slide, but I´m sure it will sound great. If you're learning this guitar is good choice. I've checked another one which is very nice and a lot more expensive (A Luna resonator electroacosutic)
552756
I let mine play for a while and it matched up after some time. Does yours work yet?
472198
yes it comes pre-stringed with a tuner. In my opinion, this this feels like a toy and kind of sounds like one too. I think if a person wants a really good quality built & sounding instrument, you need to spend several hundred dollars. This is the second under a $100 mandolin I have bought off Amazon. I returned the first one due to quality, or lack thereof. They market these as actual great sounding and playing units but they are not. They are inexpensively built with inexpensive materials and they will never hold a tune for this reason. Good product for kids but pony up and spend a few hundred on one for an adult.
1037194
Is your Config right? Do you have your volume up? Do you have the right cue selected?
472197
yes it comes pre-stringed with a tuner. In my opinion, this this feels like a toy and kind of sounds like one too. I think if a person wants a really good quality built & sounding instrument, you need to spend several hundred dollars. This is the second under a $100 mandolin I have bought off Amazon. I returned the first one due to quality, or lack thereof. They market these as actual great sounding and playing units but they are not. They are inexpensively built with inexpensive materials and they will never hold a tune for this reason. Good product for kids but pony up and spend a few hundred on one for an adult. yes it comes pre-stringed with a tuner. In my opinion, this this feels like a toy and kind of sounds like one too. I think if a person wants a really good quality built & sounding instrument, you need to spend several hundred dollars. This is the second under a $100 mandolin I have bought off Amazon. I returned the first one due to quality, or lack thereof. They market these as actual great sounding and playing units but they are not. They are inexpensively built with inexpensive materials and they will never hold a tune for this reason. Good product for kids but pony up and spend a few... » Read More yes it comes pre-stringed with a tuner. In my opinion, this this feels like a toy and kind of sounds like one too. I think if a person wants a really good quality built & sounding instrument, you need to spend several hundred dollars. This is the second under a $100 mandolin I have bought off Amazon. I returned the first one due to quality, or lack thereof. They market these as actual great sounding and playing units but they are not. They are inexpensively built with inexpensive materials and they will never hold a tune for this reason. Good product for kids but pony up and spend a few hundred on one for an adult. « Show Less
807457
Yes it is, but not anywhere near tuned. It took quiet awhile to slowly tighten up the strings to the right pitch. But once it was tuned, it only took a couple more little adjustments to keep it there. I bought this for my son, a beginner, last Christmas, and he and his girlfriend have been very happy with it.
1860876
It's ready to play, I purchased it from a store. You get the guitar in the cover with a 1/4 inch chord, all you need to do is tune it and plug it into an amp.
1803051
It is assembled. It is not tuned. I suggest you purchase an electronic tuner for acoustic guitars. I can also recommend Free online beginner lessons from Mary Schwartz. He is excellent for beginners. Check him out on You Tube.
117522
Yes it does... this is a great guitar for the money... set up and played well right out of the box
191830
Mine wasn't set up. I took it to a local music shop and they did the set up for free.
1142183
This comes ready to be played. Headphones or some form of amplifier are required. We purchased this with the intent of using headphones due to sounds issues and it has worked great.
1575799
Not really it's all practice quality material need to be careful it's very easy to break and needs to be tuned a lot.m this is a product only to see if you even are interested in playing. I can say the case was nice.
1085760
Mine was pretty well set up. A week ago however, I noticed the High E, 3rd Fret was buzzing and not staying in tune. Took it to local guy and he adjusted the truss rod. All good now.
1929232
It comes with everything to start playing almost right away. It comes with a version of Ableton live lite.
2100453
Hi, this instrument has to be tuned before you can use it. We could not play it out of the box. Thank you- Becky