Harley Benton B-35BK Acoustic Bass Series Reviews

Harley Benton B-35BK Acoustic Bass

bass is quite solid for the price. the sound is good and it will easily do any job for you. finger up!

Affordable and very good

Very, very good for that price. I only had to adjust the neck, easy and quick operation.

Great bass for the price

This is my third acoustic bass, which I use for practising at home and for jamming in my buddy's basement. This is definitely the best! I've already sold one other. I would love to give it five stars across the board but there were a few unfortunate deficiencies.

PROS:

- overall look is lovely

- nice binding, rosette and stripe down the back

- acoustic volume is better than my others, especially the E-string

- amplified sound is nice & seems even across all strings

CONS:

- the strings were unbelievably squeaky; I had to immediately replace them with D'Addario tapewounds; now the sound is awesome

- the fret ends are quite rough; I'll need to do some sanding

- there are a number of finishing flaws that aren't obvious from any distance but do indicate quality control issues:

- extra glue seeping from binding on the back and where the neck meets the body on the front

- the binding is nicely highlighted with two pin stripes but in a few places, there are short bursts of three stripes

- the edge of the sound hole is rough

- the hard coat is blobby by the sound hole where it meets the neck

Despite the CONS, I love this bass and hope it will hold up for many years.

Best acoustic bass under $1,000?

For my money, yes. I've tried plenty, owned a couple, and none have brought a smile to my face like this black beauty. Good for jazzy faux-double bass sounds, but I really like the way it blends in with different styles.

A nice folksy platform to go under hammered dulcimer and harp.

A smooth organic tone that blends in with singer-songwriter guitars the way that dirty electric bass blends with heavier music.

And on the topic of heavier music, I like to use acoustic bass for the "clang" side of a dual-mono bass sound. It adds a very different sort of percussive element to the low end.

So yeah. This has replaced much more expensive basses in my playing rotation.

Plus, it's fun to play.

I was skeptical on the Harley Benton thing before. I get it now: this thing SLAPS.

great product

Great product for a great price. Bought it for a friend of mine who is playing every night at a local club and has not complained not once.

Bought this for my son, so far it's very good, sounds really good and there is nothing about it I can say it's bad or below standard, so far so good and I'm happy with it.