JB-20 SB Standard Series : Surprisingly good budget jazz bass

11 years ago

Interesting one this! First can say amazing value and a very playable, great sounding bass with honestly most of the typical jazz bass sounds and feel (from experience). Impressed with the poplar body, very nice resonance and sustain - pickups are pretty good too, finish all good. Couple of weird things - the bridge is mounted at a slight angle. Unscrewing revealed the reason, to cover previous holes caused by even more innacurate attempts at siting the bridge! The guy responsible needs telling! I bought this though as a project bass, so repositioned the bridge (old holes filled) and aligned pickups better , also levelled frets - will refinish and will be be a great bass!

Image Harley Benton JB-20 SB Standard Series

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 1999
  • Average price : $120
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