Gregor you & your team really do a terrific job in detailing a new product ( Bass, pedal(s), amps...... ect ) in a short amount of time. ie: This bass in ~4 minutes. BTW: Luv'd the opening rif by Lars on this bass as it highlited this bass instrument's tone. Thx for the solid review.
Eight point eight feet XD Love the colors. Personally, I could totally do without that J Pickup. I never use it on my PJ-74 VW and I favor the aesthetics of a 'pure' P-Bass with a single split-coil.
Funny because I just bought a stingray special and I also own a bbp34 and when I picked up the bb last night to play I was like damn this thing feels like a bag full of bricks.
@@alexmller3714 You can probably easily fit a dual concentric knob for that (1 volume + 1 tone/blend). I would most likely just disconnect the bridge pickup though, but that depends on if I like the tone the pickups blended or not.
I'm eyeing up one as well, & like N J, I'll probably nix the bridge pickup. So hard to find the right short scale setup, don't want want to blow my money on a Fender with a switch instead of a blend, & Squier only offers the classic mustang pickup with the classic mustang bridge, even though the string through is tempting. Why is a shortscale so hard to find?
I just got my Harley Benton 6 string bass and I have to say, it's amazing. I have played lots of other basses over the years and I cannot believe how quality this bass is. Low action, no buzzing, pickups are decent (although I will switch them out, and get locking tuners, but totally fine as they are), and just plays and sounds great. Zero issues with imperfections that I can find anywhere on the bass. This is my first Harley Benton but I will definitely be getting others to play around with. They are awesome instruments!
Just ordered one and the shipping details say the package weighs 7,52 kgs which are about 15 homeruns. I am scared and prepared to send it back unless the package itself is 5 gallons heavy
9.85 football fields for our metric denying viewers 😂 You guys crack me up! I’m THIS close to buying this bass in gorgeous shell pink, man! Only thing withholding me is a €350 sire miller V3-5 (2nd gen) in tobacco sunburst. I know colour and visuals shouldn’t count, but this HB is so much more visually appealing to me… Any tips which one would be better for a guitarist looking for a recording bass?
9.8 lbs for a Harley Benton is quite reasonable. Given their price I'd be fine with that. But I owned one for a short time that was close to 12lbs, couldn't even play it comfortably sitting down because of the pressure on my leg. There was another for sale recently in my area in the US, that was 11 lbs. If Thomann could get the weight of these under 10 consistently I'd probably have 5 of them, they are awesome for modding and such, and the fit and finish is unreal for the price, but my past experience with how heavy they can get leaves me very hesitant.
Harley Benton is all cool, but I wonder why most bass channels never review warwick basses... And while your at it a fender roscoe Beck signature bass review would be much appreciated!👍 Keep up the good work 👍🙂
I've talked to Warwick a few times, but they make their own videos and say that's all the online videos they need. I have a team to pay, so I can't simply order a bass and make a demo for free. Fender is also not particularly easy to work with.
@@basstheworldofficial well let me say one thing, that's one dumb marketing strategy for Warwick, with all due respect. Maybe when they wake up it's too late... Thanks for the explanation!
While I think this channel is a bit biased in Harley Benton's reviews (I'm not judging btw) I think that the weight issue is a subject which has a very personal evaluation system: For example, I usually tend to prefer a thicker wood (ex: alder) cause it makes me feel like I'm holding an actual instrument, while lighter and less "dense" woods make me question my satisfaction in terms of resonance and overall feel. I played much heavier basses in my 'career' and so I know that sometimes they can even cause shoulder and back pain BUT the problem can in most cases be reduced, if not solved, by a good strap which is something we usually overlook. The importance of a wide and high quality strap is never brought up enough imo, which should be instead considered in the equation. I also think that sometimes we tend to discredit 'low' range instruments like this one because we have to justify ourselves paying thousands of bucks for a branded instrument, so we bring up the weight issue Lots of branded instruments weight more than HBs but we don't actually talk about it hence why I think it is more of a psychological issue than of a real one
Agreed. I think the heavier weight indicates a higher-quality instrument. I know that that's objectively incorrect, but that's my personal bias. I'm suspicious of ultra-lightweight basses.
@@jeanclaudebossonney7520 Dude, I’m a middle-aged guy. Far from young. 🤣 Unless you’re touring 300 days a year, a pound isn’t going to make a difference-at least it hasn’t for me as a lifelong bedroom bassist. 😄
I really hope you're able to cover the mustang style PJ short scale model they just released, with one volume knob and no pickup selector.... it has to be a QC mistake.
Is the neck the same on both the JB and PJ?, I favor the PJ pickups, but would really like the slim neck from a Jazz, if this has the same neck, we've got a winner
Most people who are buying these guitars are beginners and an inexpensive is the amp their going to buy too. Do t get me wrong ilkie this brand but it's not fare to play out of a really great amp anything would sound d good out of that. A ten dollar bass would sound good .. just keep it real that's all to the market it is selling to. Thanks love your swoh.peace
I am a pro player , 40 years in the business and bought this one, just to have a nice looking simple bass to noodle around and give a shit about scratches , upgrades e.g..just simple as it gets...no worries...no hazzles...
I'm not talking about the bass , I'm talking about the amp ND cab your using. I think you can take any bass no matter the price range as long that it is set up ,payable you know what I mean ,and play it out a really good equipment it's going g to sound good. I trust your opinion about the bass your talking about I just like to see these kids who ate going to pick an instrument up to play that they get the fare sound of the instrument before they buy it . That's my opinion an only an option, nothing in concrete so to speak. Thanks, vinny. peace
That weight is still not terribad. I've got an ash Harley Benton Jazz Bass that is almost 13 football fields. I once left it unattended, and when I returned, it had small planetary objects orbiting around it.
the hype certainly is real - i bought the gotoh Jazz PJ on the back of your review, and it was actually pretty disappointing, the neck especially. baseball bat and you can feel the seams of the skunk stripe. it reminds me of my first ever bass a £50 columbus.
Seems you had a faulty one, ive had a few hbs and all of them have been pretty good. At least when not including a fusion t which has pretty crappy electronics, but its other wise pretty solid
I have the Harley Benton Stingray and while It does sound great for the price, I basically had to spend almost what I paid for the bass to have the frets fixed to make it playable. Once fixed though, the bass does play great so maybe mine was an isolated case.
To all the HB haters in the comments... (work for Fender...do you? 🤔) I've had about 7 HB's to date, and every single one has been pretty faultless. But...I've only been playing 50 years, and owned literally hundreds of guitars (I dealt in guitars for many years)... So what do I know? 🙄 Actually... I know brand-snobbery when I see it. 😏
Agreed. I've played lots of basses over the years and my Harley Benton blows many of the "higher end" ones away. I will definitely be getting others HB's as they are very inexpensive and look and play great. I just prefer locking tuners and SD pickups but what they come with are totally fine.
I have 3 HB’s now. Bought my first MVJ4 Gotoh in purple because of the video on this channel. Then bought the blk/blk JB75 and a HB35 Plus in Lemon. All previously owned guitars are packed up. I’m going to be ordering the one from this video as well. Great instruments. I was a brand snob when I was young, glad I grew up.
Being a person who cant afford really any instruments above 300€, hb is a blessing for me, but i do see why people are sceptical of them. Id say that receiving a poor quality from aby brand can be off putting, its just worse if youre already sceptical of the quality and most of your experience is with more expensive instruments
Im convinced that with these specs and prices, its probaply really hard to up the qc without significant additions to the prices. I want to see better qc on these basses, but for the price, i think thats pretty hard to ask
I think its cool that they can make these amazing instruments at such a price...my only gripe is, can we get one with more of a P bass neck profile, thick and chunky like? I get people like the J bass profile, but its just not my jam.
@@Dariotoma Sure, higher price range, but the hype is real, youtubers go crazy about them, apparently they sell like hot bread... although I still haven't seen one played live even though I'm an active pro bass player in Spain. ;)
I had bought a V3 Gen 2 about 3-4 years ago. There might be a hype raging on nowadays, but that does not change the fact that you get twice or more the bass than you pay for. Just the preamp it comes with will put the "pro" brand preamps to the shame. You pay more than the bass' price and you won't get a variable mid with most of them
True!! Those extra “dimes” you spend on getting one of these, compared to a Harley Benton, will really pay off. That preamp also makes the Sire a 1000 times more versatile than a HB. I been using a (1st gen.) Sire V7 with the alder/rosewood config. as my main bass for 1 year now and played huge gigs with it countless times. Never fails.
Ein echter schöner Bass toller Sound…aber beim probespielen hörte ich sehr schnell ich bin nicht gut genug um so spielen …spare das kleine Geld und höre auf zu spielen…
To be honest I only encountered the hype on your channel, which is sponsored by thomann;) But to be fair, I think these Instrument are a good bang for your buck :)
Harley Benton are all over RU-vid, have been for a few years now. Thomann have to put their money where their mouth is, otherwise their HB brand wouldn't be as well received.
LowEndLobster just ranked a Harley Benton bass as his best bass of 2022 and Patrick Hunter also seems to generally like them and there are other channels as well
@@D14V0R05 My average J and P basses from other manufactures are between 8.6 and 9.5 lbs, all alder/maple/rosewood. The 9.8 in this vid is fine and reasonable, but I've come across many HB's in the 11 to 12lb range. For comparison, I have a 6 string that's alder/maple/rosewood and it's just a touch under 9.7, so consistently doing a 4 string in that range is more than doable. I'm sure the weight comes from multiple laminates for the body, like 5 or more. I'd almost prefer they use basswood at that point if it would lighten them up.
Nice bass, but I'm very disappointed. I would've liked the same one, or simple P-Bass Gotoh, but with a normal P-Bass size neck. I'll pass on this one.
No, 11 to over 12. I had an enhanced J model a while back and it was a freaking boat anchor. For the price I would have been very happy with something in the weight range you described.
I have owned this bass (a pink one) for about a year now an i'm not really sure what are you trying to say with your comment?? The bass i have is a good quality instrument and most reviews i've seen have had similar experiences wit the bass. I'm pretty sure though that they discontinued these basses because there was no way they could make something with specs this high (gotoh tuners, baked maple necks) long term.
In my experience they are absolutely not worth the hype. They're sending out the hand picked best examples to RU-vidrs and the ones I've seen out in the wild are garbage. The ones I've put my hands on personally have all needed to be finished being built. I don't expect factory set ups to be incredible but they could at least be in the ball park. Frets just weren't done at all. Several have had wiring and grounding issues. Lots of finish flaws as well. If it's too good to be true, it usually is.
I have to disagree, they absolutely do not send us hand-picked basses. Not sure when you've tried your last HB, but your comment reads like an experience from the very early times of HB.
I just gotta comment here- mine has been absolutely flawless. Zero issues anywhere with frets, or anything else. I wonder if the one you tried was just a lemon, because the one I've got is incredible. I've got nothing but positives to say about mine!
Thats a no for me, hb has been pretty good to me, at their worst theyre great mod platforms and at their best they have felt like theyre padding a good bit above their pay
I don't like them. It's not that their instruments are bad or anything, it's because they rip off everything that doesn't runs fast enough, and sell it for a price that doesn't even makes sense. They literally flood the market and haven't one single original instrument, only cheap knock offs.
I hear you but the presence of these cheaper options doesn't take all those other basses off the market. It gives hobbyists like me soooo much more options for fun. Anyway nearly every single guitar company copies each other. Just last night I was looking at Thunderbirds and what do you know, there's like 10 different companies making them other than Gibson
@@asdf2593 all true and valid points. It's more of a personal thing, I think. I'm from Germany and try to avoid Thomann products as best as I can. So you won't convince me to buy any of their stuff anyway. ;-)
