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Best bang for the buck
I needed a bass guitar quickly as my old one was quite beaten from years of playing. I am a guitarist most of the time, but I do play bass a lot and I needed a functioning bass for a specific studio project. I always loved the 51 stlye P basses and the price of the Benton is hard to beat, so I pulled the trigger.
Honestly, I was expecting an ok instrument and was sure I will need to get myself something "better" down the road, but to my surprise this bass suits me like a glove! Great P bass sound, lovely fit and finish and after I put on some flats it turned out as a killer bass.
I bought it and I used it on a commercial record about a week after the purchase with great results, so I guess that speaks enough about the quality of the instrument.
Pros:
- great playability, very comfortable unfinished neck
- great P bass sound from the single coil
- Fit and finish is very good for the price
- It was set up pretty solid out of the box
- For me it is a better fit than some of the squier basses that are double the price (prefer the unfinished neck on these, but your milage my vary!)
Cons:
- upper fretwork was not perfect (specially on the treble side), but nothing too bad (easy fix, had sharper frets on my gibson to be honest...)
- some minor cosmetic issues; there is a bit of glue residue wher the neck meets the body on the side of the fretboard, but it's only visual as it is "flat" and I can't feel any raised areas.
- the neck is chunky. and I mean CHUNKY. It is one of the chunkiest necks I've played, but I happen to love it. If you want to fly over the fretboard or prefer thinker necks, avoid this one.
- tuners are not the best, although they hold tuning well and turn ok, but it's the only thing that might need replacing down the road.
Honestly, I was expecting an ok instrument and was sure I will need to get myself something "better" down the road, but to my surprise this bass suits me like a glove! Great P bass sound, lovely fit and finish and after I put on some flats it turned out as a killer bass.
I bought it and I used it on a commercial record about a week after the purchase with great results, so I guess that speaks enough about the quality of the instrument.
Pros:
- great playability, very comfortable unfinished neck
- great P bass sound from the single coil
- Fit and finish is very good for the price
- It was set up pretty solid out of the box
- For me it is a better fit than some of the squier basses that are double the price (prefer the unfinished neck on these, but your milage my vary!)
Cons:
- upper fretwork was not perfect (specially on the treble side), but nothing too bad (easy fix, had sharper frets on my gibson to be honest...)
- some minor cosmetic issues; there is a bit of glue residue wher the neck meets the body on the side of the fretboard, but it's only visual as it is "flat" and I can't feel any raised areas.
- the neck is chunky. and I mean CHUNKY. It is one of the chunkiest necks I've played, but I happen to love it. If you want to fly over the fretboard or prefer thinker necks, avoid this one.
- tuners are not the best, although they hold tuning well and turn ok, but it's the only thing that might need replacing down the road.
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Great Starter Bass
I only wanted a Bass to record some parts into logic and compose some bass-lines with, for the price this Bass is great quality and you definitely get your moneys worth. You can alter so much in post these days that it this bass really does the job for me.
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Great bass for the money
My dad bought this in early 2019. Gigged every weekend for a year, up until lockdown at the end of March. Has held up as good as anything 10 times the price.
Very well made, for the money
Pickup sounds good
Weight is very good, quite light feeling, for this style of bass. Much lighter than if it was made of alder, or ash.
Holds tuning perfectly.
Fretwork is good. Intonation is great
Highly recommended
Very well made, for the money
Pickup sounds good
Weight is very good, quite light feeling, for this style of bass. Much lighter than if it was made of alder, or ash.
Holds tuning perfectly.
Fretwork is good. Intonation is great
Highly recommended
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This bass has a cool 50's vibe!
This bass is a very good version of about a '54 P bass. It is very accurate in detail with the exception of only one thing I can find(will explain further down). It is extremely hard to find anything left handed to begin with but I've always wanted this style of bass and not have to have it custom made. This is a fun bass! The modifications I have made are: A Seymour Duncan SCPB-3 Pickup (nothing is wrong with the Roswell Stock Pickup, I just wanted more output on stage as I use it for some oldies work here in Nashville). I have also added the original pickup covers for these basses that came on them in the 50's and they fit perfect and look perfect! My only con(not really a con) is that I personally think it should come with a white pickguard on the sunburst finish and then it would look period correct! Great bass and fun to play!
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Best bass for the money!
Better than Affinities of whatever because of the Roswell-pickup which really makes a difference! I like the chunky neck which is very adjustable. Harley Benton+Roswell beats everything for that price.
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