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Great Bass Guitar
Let me start by saying I am in the United States and the shipping was fast. Received it in 3 days. Opened the carton and this thing Harley Benton bass is beautiful, nice satin black finish. The volume and tone pots feel solid and tight. The machine heads are good quality and the reversed headstock looks amazing. To my surprise right out of the box this thing played great. Didn't need to adjust anything and played good. Surprisingly it was in tune. The neck feels and plays great. Neck is smooth and fast. Again the satin black finish really catches your eye.
Plugged it in to a amp and to my amazement, this bass has a awesome sound. From a nice solid rock sound to a full out metal sound. The pickups have a really great range of tones. And again the playability is comfortable and smooth. Great job Harley Benton!
Thanks Thomann for your service and a great addition to my bass collection.
Plugged it in to a amp and to my amazement, this bass has a awesome sound. From a nice solid rock sound to a full out metal sound. The pickups have a really great range of tones. And again the playability is comfortable and smooth. Great job Harley Benton!
Thanks Thomann for your service and a great addition to my bass collection.
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A Happy Ending, Eventually.
First off I want to get this out front, I LOVE this bass. It looks and plays amazingly but I had an issue with the electronic's on the bass right out of box. As soon as I plugged it in and touched the volume pot I knew I had issues. But through the magic talking to customer service and taking it to my local electronic's repairman (Thanks Clay!) I am happy to report this bass is rock and roll thunder machine!!
The issue I had was with the volume knob ( which was a push/pull knob) it was severely bent and the active electronic's were very noisy due to a broken solder joints. I thought this was odd because the bass was in flawless condition cosmetically. Replacing the knob and cleaning up the electronic connections yielded a proper sounding bass with OODLES of tones courtesy of the active electronics. The neck thru the body design gives you the feel of solidness and gives incredible sustain. The bass does have some neck dive but that's the cost of looking cool while playing this bass.
This is my 7th Harley Benton Bass/Guitar and this has been the first issue I have encountered with the brand. Will it deter me from future purchases, Nope. Another home run Harley Benton/Thomann
The issue I had was with the volume knob ( which was a push/pull knob) it was severely bent and the active electronic's were very noisy due to a broken solder joints. I thought this was odd because the bass was in flawless condition cosmetically. Replacing the knob and cleaning up the electronic connections yielded a proper sounding bass with OODLES of tones courtesy of the active electronics. The neck thru the body design gives you the feel of solidness and gives incredible sustain. The bass does have some neck dive but that's the cost of looking cool while playing this bass.
This is my 7th Harley Benton Bass/Guitar and this has been the first issue I have encountered with the brand. Will it deter me from future purchases, Nope. Another home run Harley Benton/Thomann
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Looks can be deceiving
As mentioned by loads of other people, this bass looks awesome. But unfortunately that is the only redeeming quality it has. The electronics were and are abysmal. The volume pot still had about 50% output when turned all the way down. The pickups were and are very noisy. Initially I thought it was a case of bad grounding, but that wasn't the problem. What the problem is, no one seems to be able to figure out. I took this thing to two different guitar repair shops and neither of them could solve the issues. So far I have spent about 200 Euros on having the thing fixed, which is more than the bass costs. So unless you really don't care about reliability and sound, I would give this one a pass. The only reason I haven't returned it is because I wouldn't want anyone to pick this up as a b-stock.
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Our First Harley Benton- Excellent Introduction!
We've been meaning to order from Thomann for some time. Finally took the plunge. So glad we did. The order process was smooth and the bass arrived in only 10 days to Australia in perfect condition. Double boxed too.
The bass is amazing!
The matte black finish is perfect, the frets are smooth. It looks killer!
I love the neck profile. Suits my playing down to a T. Sounds great played either fingerstyle or with a pick.
Lower volume pickups than I expected however they are clear as crystal, no buzz or humm. Extremely clean.
All in all, an excellent introduction to the Harley Benton brand.
This is unfortunate for our wallet however, as we will definitely be return customers. Thanks guys.
We are looking forward to our next one already!
The bass is amazing!
The matte black finish is perfect, the frets are smooth. It looks killer!
I love the neck profile. Suits my playing down to a T. Sounds great played either fingerstyle or with a pick.
Lower volume pickups than I expected however they are clear as crystal, no buzz or humm. Extremely clean.
All in all, an excellent introduction to the Harley Benton brand.
This is unfortunate for our wallet however, as we will definitely be return customers. Thanks guys.
We are looking forward to our next one already!
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Amazing.
I have been playing guitar for many years and I purchased this bass because I wanted to venture into that side of the "strings world".
This instrument is truly a gem. It plays great, it feels great and it looks great. Flawless finish, good sound, tuners work really well.
One might think it is actually a far more expensive piece.
I haven't had such a good time playing music in a very, very long time. It was absolutely refreshing.
Strongly, strongly recommended.
This instrument is truly a gem. It plays great, it feels great and it looks great. Flawless finish, good sound, tuners work really well.
One might think it is actually a far more expensive piece.
I haven't had such a good time playing music in a very, very long time. It was absolutely refreshing.
Strongly, strongly recommended.
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Black Beauty
Deep round thumping sound in a slick black package. Well worth every penny
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Axesome
The only bad point is it looks so good it makes me look ordinary :-)
I can only just reach the E-tuner and it often has snow on it but 3 strings in tune is 75%?
I only have a HB 40W 10ins combo so I can't really do justice to the axetraordinary axe.
I might change the tuners as they are a little stiff and don't feel great but is a stunning bass with a great sound
I can only just reach the E-tuner and it often has snow on it but 3 strings in tune is 75%?
I only have a HB 40W 10ins combo so I can't really do justice to the axetraordinary axe.
I might change the tuners as they are a little stiff and don't feel great but is a stunning bass with a great sound
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Solid Instrument with an issue with quality control
Everything plays well after some adjustments, but there is a lot of noise from the pick up's. Other than that the finish is good but there is a crack near the top post of the 3 point bridge. Enjoying the instrument but is really unfortunate.
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Pretty good bass for an amateur
Sounds great, really good pickups, also the volume knob can be used to switch from active to passive pickups
The build is great and the matte black finish is amazing but it already acumulated small scratches around the control knobs (I guess that's just me being a little less careful than usual), otherwise plays really great (only one small issue i had at the beginning is sitting and playing, the bass has no contour lines and whatnot so it made my rib sore in the beginning)
The build is great and the matte black finish is amazing but it already acumulated small scratches around the control knobs (I guess that's just me being a little less careful than usual), otherwise plays really great (only one small issue i had at the beginning is sitting and playing, the bass has no contour lines and whatnot so it made my rib sore in the beginning)
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Not a bassist but i think its an ok instrument.
Sounds ok.
I have this one tuned to drop A with some thick strings and tunning has been ok.
I had to file the nut of course but overall decent.
I find that the pick ups sound very similar the active to the passive mode, but yet i must add that Im using it through out a multi effect pedal and not a real bass rig.
Im ok with the sound. It could be better i guess, but yet for this price I assume that it cannot be a dingwall.
I have to mention that this bass has a neck dive.
I have this one tuned to drop A with some thick strings and tunning has been ok.
I had to file the nut of course but overall decent.
I find that the pick ups sound very similar the active to the passive mode, but yet i must add that Im using it through out a multi effect pedal and not a real bass rig.
Im ok with the sound. It could be better i guess, but yet for this price I assume that it cannot be a dingwall.
I have to mention that this bass has a neck dive.
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