Harley Benton Beatbass VS Vintage Series

Przez długi czas szukałem gitary basowej, która okazała by się idealną do powrotu do grania na tym instrumencie. Moją uwagę przyciągnął korpus wzorowany na basie ogrywanym przez Paula McCartneya z zespołu The Beatles.

Gitara ma świetne recenzje użytkowników i wcale nie bez powodu!

Zaraz po wyjęciu instrumentu z opakowania dało się zauważyć dbałość o szczegóły. Gitarę cechuje bardzo przyjemne i głębokie brzmienie, które zapewnia pudło rezonansowe. Struny nie są ustawione wysoko przez co unikamy efektu zmęczonych dłoni.

Jedyne czego mi brakuje w tej gitarze to fabrycznie założonych strun typu flatwound.

Często można natrafić na opinie, które sugerują, że bas nie nadaje się do slapu. Fakt nie jest to dźwięk taki jak w basie typu Jazz ale jak najbardziej gitara nie ma problemu z takim graniem.

Głównym problemem gitary jest to, że ze względu na lekki korpus jej główka "nurkuje" w dół.

Instrument idealny dla początkujących jak i bardziej zaawansowanych graczy.

POLECAM :)

To mój trzeci z kolei bas. Squier Precision Bass oraz Squier Jazz Bass. Oba to najwy?sze modele tej firmy i teraz ten. Skromny Harley Benton Beatbass. D?ugo waha?em si?. Ma?o znana marka ale niewysoka cena. Kupi?em.

Pierwsze mi?e zaskoczenie. Starannie i precyzyjnie nabite progi. Ich ko?cówki doskonale wyszlifowane. Nic nie wystaje. Nic nie haczy. Bardzo dobrej jako?ci klucze olejowe. Staranne wykonanie pud?a gitary. Wzorowo po?o?ony lakier poliuretanowy. Nie ma si? do czego przyczepi?. Akcja strun i menzura dobrze wyregulowana fabrycznie czy te? przez sprzedawc?. Jedziemy dalej.

Brzmienie. Tutaj to ju? du?o zale?y od preferencji basisty. Od wyrazistej górki do mi?sistego, t?ustego do?u. Da si? to bez problemu ustawi? pokr?t?ami i prze??cznikami gitary. Sygna? przetworników mocny. ?adnego brumu nie s?ycha?. No ale wiadomo. To dwa humbuckery daj? taki efekt.

Reasumuj?c. Doskona?a gitara w swojej klasie za niewielkie pieni?dze. Jedyna wada to, ?e w czasie gry ze wzgl?du na ma?? wag? pud?a leci na g?ówk?. Polecam!

All good reviews of this bass are truly well deserved.
I first bought the fretless version and loved it so much that I immediately ordered the fretted one too. Yes, at first they both needed some love applied. Mainly the truss rod adjustment and the bridge height and placement. Minor things.
Here I must admit that the build quality is impressive. I found no flaws of any kind in fit or finish. Far above I could expect in this price range. I was a bit worried about the tuners quality, but these work just ok.
To sum up.
If you need a modern sound, this is not necessarily your instrument.
If you have a retro rocker soul you gotta love this bass.

I've bought a few HB's over the years and this was the biggest surprise. It's not perfect, I'll explain below, but what you get for the price doesn't make sense, it's that good.

It's beautiful, it looks amazing. Let's face it, you're probably buying this for the image, it's not top of the list for 95% of Bass players. The finish is great, the binding is spot on, it's what you hope it will be.

The tuners are ok (that's good in Harley Benton language). The pots aren't scratchy, the switches are good (a little confusing at first), I had no fret sprout and the strings it arrived with were ok but will get changed in a week or two.

I knew it would need a setup and it got one. What did I have to do?

The fretboard was dry, unbelievably dry. It took me a bit of time to lemon oil it three times. Once it was done, it looks good. The end of the fretboard is roughly cut and finished and will need tidying, but it looks ok. The frets were a little rough and needed a good polish but there was no sprout so that only took 30 minutes. The intonation was ok so I marked it up, allowed for a little adjustment, and removed the bridge for a body polish. The neck was flat, way too flat, so I added a little relief which also lowered the action as it came really, really high. I tightened up the tuners although I will replace them soon although I really don't need to, they're fine. Finally, I lubed the nut (not like that) as it's plastic so a little lead is a good idea.

Once done, I tuned it up and left it for a few hours to settle. Now I can't stop playing it. There's a lot of neck dive, all violin basses do this, you'll need a strap, remember this is a hollow body bass and it's unavoidable.

I've always thought Harley Bentons were underpriced, this one doesn't make sense. It's that good.

If you can do the basics I listed above, get one. It's not even worth sparing a thought, just buy one. I promise you won't be disappointed.