Harley Benton B-30BK-FL Acoustic Bass Series Reviews

Looks great

Looks great however upon tuning it the machine head failed. I was really disheartened as it was a Christmas present. And as I play at church it was very much an inconvenience

Not worth it

I've purchased 3 Harley Benton instruments, and my advice to you is to buy the highest-end products they have. Those are the only products worth spending money on. I've purchased one high-end and two low-end (cheapest) products. This would be one of the low-end ones. It's not worth the already incredibly low price. The dots on the neck seem to have been placed at random, so you either have to sand them off, or do what I've done, place a strip of tape on top of them and make your own, correctly placed, dots. That's not the worse part. I've played the bass less than 10 times since purchasing and the tuning machine on the G-string is already broken. It won't tune all the way up to G without popping and slipping back down. If I want to fix this issue, it will require buying new tuning machines which will be not much cheaper than the instrument itself. Also, when plugged in, it's incredibly hot. You almost have to stay away from plugging it in and just use a mic.

Eeeeeh

-Battery needs to be disconnected when not in use, otherwise it runs out. Its like it doesnt has an off switch.

-Fret marking (dots) are completely random and I had to mark them myself.

-Rod is moving with every play during summer when humidity and temps change, so I set it up myself very regularly

- It plays low and has nearly no resonance

Overall, pretty good instrument if you wanna take it to the beach to play with friends while banging here and there and not giving a F.

Not for studio and recs

Great Bass I use a lot

I really like this bass. The sound is perfect and the electrical part is also good. Only the body I take great care because the lightness may not resist strong impacts. But this is common to acoustics. some more some less.

Quite Happy

I waited a few days before writing this review to ensure it would be accurate.

I'm more than satisfied with this bass. For the price, I seriously doubt you can find a better instrument (even used).

It came well packaged and very playable out of the box. There were a few minor finishing problems (paint between the sound hole & neck not finished, fretboard needed lemon oil treatment & the 12th fret marker looked a bit odd) but nothing that affects it's playability and overall quality.

Others have mentioned that it's not very loud (acoustically) but I find it could easily compete with a 6 string acoustic at normal volume. I may even install a sound-hole cover to reduce it's acoustic volume.

Basically, it sounds as good as it looks... And it does look very nice, as I've received several complements on it.

I would recommend this bass without hesitation.