Dean banjolele?

Has anyone owned or heard of the Dean banjolele?

http://www.deanguitars.com/query?upc=814064028258&utm_content=42eb588a51f9a0c42e5cea9ce46cb613&utm_campaign=SharpLooking&utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email

Nope. This instrument has five strings, though. I can barely handle the four in the usual instruments of the -lele department.

If you get one, can you share a review?

That's not a banjolele, it's a five string mini-banjo. Gold Tone and Saga offer similar instruments:
http://www.sagamusic.com/products/product-details.aspx?item=SS-10P
https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/goldtone/catalog.php?cat=travel-banjo

The was a little bit of discussion of mini banjos in this thread:
http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/showthread.php?109166-steel-strings-on-a-banjolele

FWIW, Dean and Luna are the same company.

It's a banjoette. Mini steel 5 string banjo

5 string travel banjo, but I've often speculated on tuning one gGCEA. Someone here has to have tried that. One way to get a "banjo uke" with metal strings.

Thank you. I stand corrected. I'm not considering a small banjo yet.....having too much fun with 4 strings. But if I do, I'll probably ditch the steel strings, I hates em.

Nickie said:

Thank you. I stand corrected. I'm not considering a small banjo yet.....having too much fun with 4 strings. But if I do, I'll probably ditch the steel strings, I hates em.

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A fun thing about banjo. Banjo is unlike guitar (or uke) in that you can swap between nylon and steel strings on the same instrument. Bracing concerns make it so steel strings destroy a nylon string guitar (more tension) and nylon strings sound dead on a steel string guitar (not enough energy to drive the top). With a banjo, you can swap out the steel strings for nylon, and other than making sure the contact points (Bridge, Nut, tailpiece) are set up for wider and softer strings, the same instrument can support either string type.