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Excellent experience and customer service
Pure quality 👌 in harley benton bass guitar 🎸
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Amazing.
Another Harley Benton bass in my collection. Again I'm surprised how good instrument you can get for the little money. Ready to play straight out of the box. If you are a beginner there's no bad choice with Harley Benton. If you'll looking for a litttle bit more - it's a great platform for any modifications. Easily, you can compare this bass (and the others HB's) to twice more expensive instruments. Keep up the good work. I will definitely buy more in the future.
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Really loving the 'Harleybacker'!
Having read the numerous,varied reviews of the RB-414 I ordered one, fully expecting to have to give it a full set up to get it playable, which I was happy to do (and have the tools and experience), as I really like the look. For a instrument in the sub £200 range, you should really expect to have to tweak it a little to get it exactly to your taste.
It was delivered remarkably quickly,well packaged and in perfect condition, no sharp or unlevel frets, truss rod, intonation, action all set up beautifully. I have played this for about a week now ,to allow for climate/humidity changes, with no adjustments necessary.
My main amp is an Ampeg head and 2x10 cab and with just a variation of the gain and tone you can get a very acceptable comparison to the 'Lemmy' or 'Chis Squire' sound,or whatever sound you want. Plug it through an amp modeller and you would barely notice a difference to the real thing.
As others have said the bridge pickup is pretty good (you can get a nice growl out of it), the neck is not so good,but still ok. It has also been mentioned that on the middle pickup switch setting, if you turn either pickup volume setting all the way down it turns both off. You are, however, still able to back either pickup off in order to get the mix you want. If you want to back either pickup off completely just flick the switch! It can be rectified by rewiring...but I won't be bothering.
The only thing I probably will change is the nut, it deserves better than the plastic nut it comes with.
It appears that I struck lucky with mine as I've had no problems with it, the setup was very good straight out of the box and the overall finish is faultless...I'm really enjoying playing the 'Harleybacker' and will be happy to gig it as well.
It was delivered remarkably quickly,well packaged and in perfect condition, no sharp or unlevel frets, truss rod, intonation, action all set up beautifully. I have played this for about a week now ,to allow for climate/humidity changes, with no adjustments necessary.
My main amp is an Ampeg head and 2x10 cab and with just a variation of the gain and tone you can get a very acceptable comparison to the 'Lemmy' or 'Chis Squire' sound,or whatever sound you want. Plug it through an amp modeller and you would barely notice a difference to the real thing.
As others have said the bridge pickup is pretty good (you can get a nice growl out of it), the neck is not so good,but still ok. It has also been mentioned that on the middle pickup switch setting, if you turn either pickup volume setting all the way down it turns both off. You are, however, still able to back either pickup off in order to get the mix you want. If you want to back either pickup off completely just flick the switch! It can be rectified by rewiring...but I won't be bothering.
The only thing I probably will change is the nut, it deserves better than the plastic nut it comes with.
It appears that I struck lucky with mine as I've had no problems with it, the setup was very good straight out of the box and the overall finish is faultless...I'm really enjoying playing the 'Harleybacker' and will be happy to gig it as well.
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Plays like a you know what
I love these I have the red and the black ,gig with them ,never an issue ,I barely touched the set up out of the box ,amazing .
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DEFNITEY AN EYE CANDY BASS.
I am certainly not going to make any comparisons to any other bass that may or may not look or sound like.
A good Quality Instrument that needed little to no setting up. as soon as I pull the Bass out of its case ( Harley Benton Light Case-El-Bass ), did people start Dribbling and a Drooling. Fellow bass players love the wide range of sounds and im sure more RB-414 will heading to these shores.
Frankly looks much better in your hands than in the pictures.
would strongly recommend.
A good Quality Instrument that needed little to no setting up. as soon as I pull the Bass out of its case ( Harley Benton Light Case-El-Bass ), did people start Dribbling and a Drooling. Fellow bass players love the wide range of sounds and im sure more RB-414 will heading to these shores.
Frankly looks much better in your hands than in the pictures.
would strongly recommend.
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Great bass guitar (n.b. I'm a noob)
First of all, about my skills, to put things into context - I'm a 2/10 bass player and a 4/10 guitar player.
Now I can say: WOW, what a great bass!!
I was worried that it would have just that growling tone. I wanted good fat tone, and also a nice slap tone along with the growly one. Turns out - it has it all! Unlike the guitar, where I never touch tone knobs, this thing can produce a wide range of sounds just by using them and the pickup switch.
I'm using the bass for home recording. I don't have bass amp, and I probably won't get one. I've connected it to a mixer and then into HiFi, and the sound is great.
The finish is great too. I bought it for the looks. There are two minor flaws, and it took me 4 days to notice them. Fret ends are very nice (actually covered by that white plastic line, so I guess it will be a mess if you try to refret the neck, but why would you do it...). Unlike my new twice more expensive Squier strat that has a neck like a chainsaw.. I love it.
Now I can say: WOW, what a great bass!!
I was worried that it would have just that growling tone. I wanted good fat tone, and also a nice slap tone along with the growly one. Turns out - it has it all! Unlike the guitar, where I never touch tone knobs, this thing can produce a wide range of sounds just by using them and the pickup switch.
I'm using the bass for home recording. I don't have bass amp, and I probably won't get one. I've connected it to a mixer and then into HiFi, and the sound is great.
The finish is great too. I bought it for the looks. There are two minor flaws, and it took me 4 days to notice them. Fret ends are very nice (actually covered by that white plastic line, so I guess it will be a mess if you try to refret the neck, but why would you do it...). Unlike my new twice more expensive Squier strat that has a neck like a chainsaw.. I love it.
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I will NEVER buy another Harley Benton guitar. Here's why...
I own 6 and don't have anymore room! 2 DC customs, BM, 335, RB Bass and a TE-90. All great instruments, if they were 4 times the cost. YOU CANNOT go wrong. For you US buyers, the shipping cost from Germany is $75, for one instrument or 2. If you buy 2 guitars instead of one, you are essentially getting it for half price. Order them now, You won't regret it!
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Couldn’t have asked for more
This bass is a mind-boggling value. It required some minor setup to get the action and intonation just right, but it played quite well right out of the box. Very nice fret work and the tuners were surprisingly good as well. I swapped in a set of flat-wound strings and now it plays beautifully, and sounds surprisingly close to a 4003 with plenty of character and tonal variation. I am well pleased.
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A Beast
Kind of blown away. At this price you can't complain. Some minor issues out of the box like fret buzz but nothing too unexpected for travelling half way around the world. Neck took some time and truss rod adjustment to settle in.
Looks great with nice details like the binding.
Can get lots of different sounds, bridge pickup has got a great punch to it. Every time it comes out of the case it's still in tune.
Looks great with nice details like the binding.
Can get lots of different sounds, bridge pickup has got a great punch to it. Every time it comes out of the case it's still in tune.
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Amazing bass
Gorgeous bass guitar, plays nicely, sounds good and looks beautiful! Terrific value. 10/10 :)
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