HARLEY BENTON PB-20 SBK STANDARD SERIES BASS 

I got to agree sometimes the cheaper basses are so good its hard to justify the higher pricer on some of the other brands

The P-bass is such a simple formula... Nothing to go wrong, as long as they're properly put together and set up.

It’s a great bass for the money, looks good, sounds decent, great starter bass, I got mine over a year ago, sounds exactly like this one

I bought the candy red one in august as my first bass (only guitars until then) and it is amazing. The frets needed a filing because the fretboard was shrinking brutal this winter. Never had that on my guitars like this. Best money spent in along time!

Got this one as my first bass and have been loving it since!

Hi Gregor, ich finde deine Videos total cool. Mach bitte noch lange weiter! 🤘🏻

I have this bass next ho my high end basses. It plays nice and light after adjusting the neck a little and a set of DR-strings. Awesome bass for the money.

I got this bass a few months back. Great instrument, plays well and sounds good too. Upgraded a couple of things (hi mass bridge, tuners, pickup) and for less than £300 I now have a bass that plays and sound better than my MIM P-bass. I have many other basses, but this cheap MOFO is the one I use for recording (and used even before the upgrades).

My favorite 'cheap' bass is the Fender Squier modified 5-string Jazz Bass... punchy as hell and clear bottom end .. LOVE IT

I've had this bass for some time now and I'm really happy with it. Ok so I changed the strings to a set of Elixir's(I'm nickel allergic) and had to set it up to my liking but totally awesome bass!

I think they will be great for gigging by upgrading the pickups. That’s what I’m gonna do! Mungo Jerry played a Benton ES-335 copy and sounded great

Wow! Simple concept. Sounds great! I would get one.🤨🎶👍🏾

Funny - had the same problem with the G string tuner on my HB fretless; just one phone call and they offered me replacement!!!! But I put a piece of a toothpick to hold it in place - besides this the Bass is grate!!! I also own this black beast and it's a ton of fun;

Let me ask you Peter I have actually bought a Yamaha bass like yours and I even bought the same pickups and I have not used any of my other (8) Basses’s. I’m so impressed by the feeling that this bass has but then I plugged it in and I got so much happier! I took it to NAMM and didn’t feel like I had inferior equipment and I was complemented by the sound by Frediricco Malaman. He told me that he recorded with one for years but got endorsed so he couldn’t play it live anymore

Thanks for sharing Gregor 🎸🎸 Liverpool UK 👍

Can confirm, this bass is so nice to play!

I'm a guitarist who dabbles in bass to mainly write basslines for demos... This is pretty much perfect for my needs.

Great sound. Love it.

I needed a good cheap P-Bass, plus that color is pretty. Ordered through affiliate link. Lets see how it goes

Just got my 3rd one. Sold my first 2 and its in competition with my musicman. Simple and sexy.

I picked up one of these last year. Great bass! I ended up swapping out the pickups for Geezer Butler EMGs, but that was because I wanted to, not because I had to.

I have it and it is great for laying down tracks in my studio. I am not a bass player.

Ηello and keep up the good work. Are there any differences from the simple PB-20? (The black & white one)

Got this Bass as my first one :) I put EMG P pickups, D'Addario Nylon strings, a home-made weird Cat Pickguard and some stickers 😏 Frets and Neck came great from the factory and had no hardware issue since I got it in September 2020 ! If anything, I had to properly link the Ground to the Bridge (bare wire against black paint, it was just not working)

Hello, thank you very much for the review, I would like to know if there is a difference in the sound quality of the P pickup from the pj74 and pb20, thanks in advance.

funnily enough i have that exact bass its got some issues on it (A string tuner is loose, A string nut hole is worn which causes a lot of rattle) but its probably user error and im getting a new nut anyway

I bought one a while back paid $118.00 and really like it!

I bought one and it was beautiful but I had to return it because when I tightened up the truss rod when setting it up it actually caused more of a convex bend in the neck when trying to balance against the string tension which was weird.

I love your accent dude. I think these basses are tremendous value.

Amaranth is purpleheart! These fretboards in particular seem to have already turned the dark brown color that all purpleheart eventually turns. It's a great wood and the novelty color NEVER lasts, so good on Harley Benton for making use of it!

I bought this bass, I had to replace the jack, but that’s it. I thought about replacing the pickup, however it sounds really good, very punchy. Great looking bass as well

I love mine! I popped some EMG Geezer pickups in mine and changed the strings, it's now almost as good as my Fender American Standard Precision... almost! ;-)

I recently bought this bass from Thomann, I have a unboxing video on my channel. Great instrument!!

How is it compared to PJ-4? They cost around the same, though the latter one has an additional J pickup. Are there any other differences?

My bass arrived today 😀 factory string tension is better in standard D tuning then E standard. In D standard not have dead tone and there is normal string buzz of new string. In standard E tuning string have very much tension. Is it normal or? Little wird.

Mine says "Progressive series" on the headstock. Is there any difference with the usual "Standard Series" ?

Harley Benton is the husband of Thomann? Nice insider info and cute couple. Peter us a pretty slick bassist. Thanks for the video.

i love mine..straight out of the box...its awesome ! cheers from Canada !

Nice bass, wish they offered at least another color option

guys i need your help. I currently looking to get back in bass playing (main instrument is Keys but i just want to play bass again :-) )...now im torned between the harley benton P and the MB4 (stingray). What would you choose? And thanx for the cool videos about those cheaper instruments. Great to hear them!

Sounds great with a Fender Custom Shop '62 pup in it.

I have this - and I LOVE it!!! :-D

Love this bass! Took it and modded it like crazy but it is sooo nice. Put in barts, a hip shot bridge, flats, new tuners, graph tech nut, and some fancy new knobs ;)

Sounds fantastic HB making some great basses

I bought a HB Jazz Bass one year ago. The first thing I did was to throw away the original strings. Since then it sounds really good.

I feel like the build quality is generally the same. It's the electronics that are cheaped out with budget basses. Cheaper bridge, tunning pegs, pickups, tone/volume knobs, pickup selectors, input jack, etc.

Does the Short scale version have the same pickup>

Sounds amazing for the money! If you really want the very typical p-bass sound, this not the one, but the sound is great anyway, even is it not so "fenderisch"...

live in the states and want to buy the bundle from the website but would the plug for the amp fit the outlets here?

Nice bass.

yay for Gregor

I've been thinking about one of these as want a reasonably priced P Bass. woudl be good to compare against Squire 40th Anniversary and Sire P5 . Any thoughts on Sire ? , thanks

I used to be a jazz bass guy but owning a precision bass as a first bass completely changed my mind..

As someone who wants to buy a bass and play through sound interface and Amplitube, would this be good bass? My understanding is that sound is not so important since Amplitube will take care of sound, correct?

I need a great 500w amp who’s best

Der Test sagte nur etwas über Preis und Sound aus! Wie ist die Saitenlage, Bespielbarkeit usw?

Harley Benton MB-4 SBK Deluxe Series or Harley Benton PB-20 SBK Standard Series do you recommend most for a beginner?

How about put a EMG P Pickup inside?

How does this bass compare to the regular PB-20?

It is good for a beginner I guess. Got one of these once, but I sold it pretty fast. There was too much I had to finetune and the mechanics were so bad that I lost my joy in putting more afford into it. Maybe a "monday model". I really wanted to like it, but it just did not kick me. Just my 2 Cents. It is not a bad bass, but you get what you pay for and I would rather get a squier model instead if I would be a starter. Then I just baught a used peavey Zephyr really cheap and now it is my backup live and for rehearsals.

Sounds great. I recently went Bass-Shopping all over NYC, and I found (3) that really impressed me: Jackson Spectra JS2, Yamaha TRBX304 and (the one I purchased) which was a little more expensive: Sterling Stingray SS-4.

I love cheap basses. I don't buy them because "they're as good as a Fender" or other brand, just because they're fun to play and sounds fun for what they are. My only issue being a UK citizen, is importing these basses from outside the UK (Inc Europe) is the import tax, so it becomes a bit more expensive and then does rival the named brands.

5 string version of that?

Man i love you german accent! Es ist so stark 😂

Muito bom esse baixo, deveriam vir para o Brasil!

Noodling on the same bass while watching the video. I gig more with this bass now and my musician is collecting dust!

Very good bass player also

U are left or right handed? I ordered this guitar in bundle and got for left hand people. It is normal???

How heavy is this bass?

Real good bass for good price, for beginners. And also good original strings. The advantage is thin fretboard, very comfortable. If you need good bass for small gigs, just change the pickup 😉

Had this for a while and loved the neck profile and feel (chunky!). I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned. The things you give up for the price, IMO: 1) Extreme headstock dive - the neck is very heavy and so are the steel tuners. It's not worth replacing them because anything better would be more expensive that the bass and probably not fix the problem entirely. 2) The finish. It looks fine, but will wear very quickly and I don't know how that would look. Also, a fingerprint/grease/dust magnet and hard to clean safely. This extends to the fretboard and neck as well. 3) Fret work. Edges were rough and hurt in spots. Could definitely be fixed if you have the tools and experience, but risks the finish. Getting professionally done would cost more than the bass. All these things could probably be said about any cheap bass, but the neck dive was particularly annoying, requiring constant force to keep the head up when sitting down. As with all cheap instruments, once you invest the time and money to fix the fixable problems, you're probably in the range of a Yamaha or used bass. However, if you truly only have $100 or want a project bass, this might be a good option. Also consider: do you want to buy something made cheaply? Consider the humans who made it and what that entails.

Mine was a disaster when I received it. They made it such a pain in the ass to send all the way back to Germany I kept it. Made it a project. Tossed the crap bridge out. Had to shim the neck because the bridge had no adjustment left and truss was adjusted. Had Lawrence pickups and pots in a drawer so I put them in it. Works now but I won’t deal with Thomann again.

Do you think it's good for playing metal songs?

One thing is confusing: you say, the bass is 3.8 kg, bondeo says in their review about this bass that its 4,5kg and if you compare it in thoman, it tells you its 6kg.

0:17 why it doesnt has a g string tuner?

a total buzzing festival when playing with a pick

nice shirt, gregor 😜

What material is the nut?

Sounds more like a P than most Fenders. Nice!

What strings are on this bass Gregor?

It’s got to sound better “outside of the box” than “inside the box” It looks good “outside the box” as well… Cheers

Sounds pretty good, but I didn’t buy this gushing review. Surely it lacks that hint of sustain which will be noticeable and make all the difference in a final mix? Still very good for learning and jamming, but save time and record with a higher quality instrument. Or switch the bridge or some hardware out to add the missing sustain…

Wish they would make a 5 string

Ich hab' irgendwo gehört, das HB die PB herstellt aus "O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum". Deswegen ist es so billig. Stimmt das?

Same words, different (better) question: Why is this good bass so damn cheap?

This is one of my favourite instruments. Easily as good as basses 5 or 6 times as expensive.

How much does this cost?

Again one with "2" pick ups.....mine has 3...same bass though..(bridge PU)

Do they have lefties?

frets are completely rubish(( couple days of plaing and they are pushed through under strings and many other problems... only if you want to by constructor and change almost half instrument then it will be good

I have a HB 51 P only weighs 35 lbs!!!!

How did they get away with using that head shape without Fender having a kitten??? It looks identical to the patented fender headstock lol

Cheap Bass? Was your first brand NEW car a Cadillac? No. We have to start somewhere and dream of having a Cadillac...

It’s a shame fender can’t patent the shape

💙👊😎

Harley benton have short scale bass ?

Well halfway through and I just stopped paying attention and noticed I was working on my accent.

🌚🖤🎶

I purchased this bass and it arrived with an improperly set neck: the action was way too high and the bridge saddles were bottomed out. The fret sprout on the treble side of the neck was 1/16" and had ruined the finish the entire length of the neck. I was a repeat customer and Thomann refused refund/return saying these are 'acceptable' defects for this bass. Please get your gear from anywhere but Thomann ... these online favorable reviews are bought and paid for by Thomann.

Sounds like a P-Bass to me - what else matters at this price ? You probably would want to upgrade the tuners anyways ... the electronics and the strings too ... and you're good to go - an incredible bargain IMO ... as a side note the bass player's got some serious chops eh ?