Harley Benton JB-75 vs MIM Fender Standard Jazz Bass! 

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We sound very similar regarding playing and basses. I got the Bass VI, because it was interesting, but I knew it was just to mess around. And it was so good (designed after the Fender type, not the Squire), that I got a fretless from HB, and this is a superb instrument -- solid, inspiring under the hands, terrific fit and finish. And tone for days, with all the fretless magic. While I'm curious about the longevity these have, their apparent playability really is beyond any reasonable expectation. I'm waiting for an extended multiscale from them.

... touché, my wise countryman. I'm a bit over 30 years of playing bass, a bit more than that on guitar. I have owned, and thoroughly enjoyed a few Fender basses, mostly American made P basses and P Deluxe with a PJ pickup set, but never a Harley Benton. I have to say that the comparison of these two instruments was striking, and whether through my phone, or through my computer, my DAW,, and my monitors or monitor headphones, they sounded remarkably similar, and very difficult to choose a clear preference between these two. They both seem to be good platforms for a mod project (I just did a very minor mod job on a neighbor's Squire bass, installing an EMG Geezer Butler P bass pickup, and the proper pots and output jack, minor work on, and installation of, a vintage Fender pick guard, some minor fret work, a proper set up/truss rod/clean up, and he and his bandmates absolutely loved it (the first time any of them heard it was as they were beginning a show about 2 hours after I returned it to my neighbor). I started working on these instruments the very next day after I received my first guitar, a Japanese made Kramer Focus 4000, at age 14, when I replaced the stock Kramer pickups, with a set of Dimarzio's, which were then replaced 2 weeks later, with a set from Seymour Duncan. I'm not sure which pickup models I installed, but I'll find out later this week, as they're still in the guitar, I still own it, and I'm going to be doing a fairly extensive rebuild. I'll be keeping the original Floyd Rose vibrato, and those Duncan pick ups (probably). I'm going to be doing a slightly less extensive rebuild of the first bass I ever bought with my own money, an also Japanese made Ibanez CT, which was the second bass I ever owned. I recently replaced the active PJ pick up set with an EMG PJ X set along with the EMG bqc system, and paired this with the 24 volt mod, and THAT sounds GREAT. I'll be keeping those pickups and all of the electronics in that bass, but I will be replacing the rebuilt original Fender style bridge. All of this rework, rebuild, and the instructing of all of the replacement necks for both the guitar and the base will be shown on the youtube channel, and website for the custom guitar and bass building business which my wife and I recently started. I will post an announcement of the RU-vid channel and website going live on this comment board, on a later video, if it is acceptable to Patrick, as well as a few other RU-vid channels, and hopefully working with RU-vid channels, and working with patrick, to get out information about not only the custom instruments which we build, but also a wide variety of existing models, with a huge variety of standard available options, as well as a very extensive variety of in-house, handmade Bridges, bridge and saddle components and assemblies, aftermarkets components for many widely available new and vintage parts (like necks, bodies, etc.) and components (proprietary design bridges and saddles,replacement saddles for existing bridges and trems. locking nuts and parts for them, tuner keys and knobs, made from a huge variety of materials, made in our shop, though we also work with a number of local artists and artisans to create extremely beautiful custom and one off components and original creations out of a huge variety of materials), all of which we will unveil over a relatively short period of time over the next three months or so. We will build to order just about anything a guitar or bass player, and in time a drummer, could want, but we do not build gimmicks. We build everything, as I said in house, in our USA shop, aside from a few items for which we work with local artists and artists to create. We work with only the best materials, and our exotic and domestic hardwoods are hand selected by myself and my wife and are about 90% sourced from vendors and suppliers employee sustainable growth and sustainable harvest practices. We, at the present, as stated in our operational statement, and mission statements, donate 5% of every dollar we make, before taxes, before expenses, not profits, 5% of every dollar we make we donate to certain selected and fully vetted verified charitable organizations, charities which are very close to our heart for certain reasons. Also, as stated in our operating statement and mission statements will increase from 5% of every dollar to 10% of every dollar going to these charitable organizations.

I think the Fender sounding really compressed at times.

@@Metalbass10000 LOTS OF TEXT

If you need to mod a guitar, it wasn't good enough to begin with.

@@Crodon Not necessarily true. Its a very common (and acceptable) practice to buy a cheaper bass where they skimped on the electronics/hardware and replace all that with aftermarket parts that *you* want. You can make an instrument that suits you... and you can do it over time, changing it little by little instead of dropping $$$ all at once... or having to wait till you have that scratch.

@J. J. Flabenowitz to each their own. I don't begrudge someone buying and keeping it stock. I like messing with guts. :)

@@Crodon no, but that's the point. If a $150 bass with $250 pickups can sound like a $1000 bass, I'll take the $150 bass.

@J. J. Flabenowitz no, they're not. You're just likely unable to modify your own instruments so put down those who do. I've heard modded Squire jazz basses sound better than American Fenders.

outstanding,.....I purchased the very same bass and it is a beast right out of the box.

I put the old strings back on the HB after recording the audio and then filmed everything after that. So while the video has different strings, the audio I recorded had both basses using the same set of strings!

@@patrickhunter thanks for answer, mate!

@@patrickhunter sure...

@@imfunnyman85 I'm sure he's not hard pressed for strings, fucking RU-vid detectives.

i'd get the harley benton if i was on a tight budget and then upgrade teh pick ups to some high gain EMG , or Seymour duncans later down the line.

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How are you getting on with it? Would you recommend?

@@plooopymops not him but I absolutely would. It's probably the best cheap bass that Thomann makes. It sounds awesome stock but I'd imagine it could sound even more awesome with some high-end pickups in it. I hear that Roswell supplies a lot of OEM parts for a lot of people, including Fenders, and it's not a huge stretch of the imagination to think that the pickups for both of these basses were made in the same factory to very similar specs.

Bassed

How is it 2 years later?

@@danibiyarslanov I sold it for a very good price. It was even too beastly in many situations. Now I'm playing a V9 that sounds great too. But I miss that neck.

Good idea that.

In this video the Harley Benton sounded a bit louder and clearer. I agree with you.

Benton it's heavy? How much?

@@chinelitomx 5,5 Kilo

It does look cool, doesn't it?

It look fugly, try seeing the video in higher def, it’s extremely scratched up on the front like it was tied to a car and drug behind it for hundreds of miles.

@@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III I think that's the point, he sanded it down to that color

IMO, the original Violet Blue wasn't bad either.

Possessing a Fender that's unlike any other Fender is cool!

Irfan Spirtovic 93.56%

You're torturing Patrick.

@Irfan Spirtovic it wouldn't be that dumb, if that would show, that you can buy a 140,- HB, add original Fender Pickups for ~150 and get a brand new Fenderish JB for under 300,-

both pickups sucks dude, the diference is the wood fender has alder much better than basswood

@@diegodefante Pretty sure these Harley Bentons are made of Ash and not Basswood.

Haha i thought about Spectre media with Glenn Fricker. But as a bassplayer not sure thats the way to go.

Hey, I just got a JB-75 and thinking of getting tapewounds. What brand and gauge did you go for and did you have any grounding issues?

@@gvasilev92 - Hi, I went with Rotosound tapewounds - 45 - 115 (I think). I have since sold the bass, not because there was anything wrong with it, it’s a great instrument, but I needed the money.

Rework neck by urselves ;-)

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Looks like they're still good friends.

You could drill everything under the pick guard and up under where the knobs are, and you could drill the headstock too but it looks horticole

@@alexkna8808 I was thinking of filling it with epoxy resin and respraying it.

Innasoul Φ Music Φ does epoxy weigh less than wood? that's news to me...

Thats such a plus for me, I love heavy basses.

Great quality considering the price 🤷‍♂️

@@Empyrean55 Seems to be the case. I'm gonna have to look into shipping costs. I'm in the States, and from what I understand, they're in England, right? So it might be just as cost effective to just go out and buy a Mexican Fender.

John Conti I believe it’s a flat rate of $35 to ship to the states from Germany

@@MrDokek That's not bad....that's really, really not bad. I believe I also saw some Stingray style ones on the website. The plot thickens.

Totally. Was thinkin that myself

@@Ryzanu thats a lie. Those prices only started in the 80s. 60s and 70s you could get any fender instrument that you found no matter how vintage it was under 400 dollars. Shops and people would rarely sell a guitar or bass over 300 dollars back then. The quality stigma of American Made instruments was not a thing in the 60s or 70s. They were considered just the same as your squier or harley benton. Hell, japan and korean instruments were considered the high end instruments before american ones were.