Harley Benton B-450LH BK Progressive Series 5-stars Reviews

Great bass

Great bass in lh, slim neck profile.. I put lighter strings on cos I’m a guitarist, very playable and fun axe…

Versatile lefty, great out the box

If you are a beginner and looking to be the ultimate metal Edge Lord looking to slay riffs and rescue your fair maiden with a sultry bass tone, then look no further. This bass will power its way to random metal riffs throughout your repertoire, booming with great doom through whatever you throw at it.

I personally found it a teeny bit little too hardcore for me - as I like playing everything, but no sweat! it will do succulent succulent jazz/funk riffs too. I personally like pretending I am a fatter Justin Chamberlain, and murdering his back catalogue as much as I enjoy playing twinkle twinkle little star on it.

It’s quite a versatile guitar in that aspect. Just bear in mind the look of the bass will have you screaming to your parents for a slice of shepherd’s pie for dinner in the style of iron maiden or Dillinger escape plan rather than reviewing herbful gins at your local jazz bar, whilst contemplating why jamiroquai abandoned their breathtaking ‘Zender slaps’ on emergency on planet earth so early on.

Heck maybe you can bring it to a jazz bar and blow some wigs off, I don’t know, Do it.

The guitar feels nice by the way. I have not really a clue about music apart from playing the last year, but this has a nice punchy and vibrant sound. If you are looking for something toned back, the vintage bass is probably something for you. The active pickups really give this bass a nice rounding, likewise turning it off can tone down the power if you are about to Tommy the Cat a little bit of Primus to your Gran.

So the plan, Go for it, play it hard - get on the good side of your Gran and hopefully get in her will, and use that money once you are experienced to upgrade with fang filled axe or buy another one.

Excellent instrument

No complaints whatsoever. It’s a joy to play.

Really surpassed my expectations by far

I'm a guitarist and have been playing the guitar for 10 years. I'm not really a bassist but I know a good instrument when I hold one.

And this bass is really a great quality instrument. I'll try to state what I liked about it

1 It's really versatile. you have active humbucker mode and a passive mode you can switch between the two

2 the bridge and tuners are really good. I thought I will have to change them. But they really do that job, and they look good

3 Playability is amazing. the fretboard edges are rounded which is really shocking to me because this feature is of a high end instrument.

4 Zero sharp frets. I can move my hand all over the fretboard all day and it's VERY smooth.

5 knobs and electronics are good and function 100% like they should.

6 What's nice is that they include 2 batteries (one is actually already inside the bass, the other one is with the packaging and you can save it for later)

This bass is really worth much more than it costs. It's shocking how well it's made. Thank you harley benton.

For cons there's really not much into it but I have 2 notes on that matter.

1 it's a 24 frets bass. but the way the body is shaped it's really hard going past the 22nd fret. But you're playing bass after all so that's not a deal breaker at all

2 the nut is cheap plastic. It is cut really well so it's not bad. It just looks cheap and plasticy. I hate how it looks, but it does the job very well.

great price for active bass

great price for active bass sounds good does it all

Harley Benton B-450LH BK Progressive Series

Amazing bass, mostly used for home recordings. Great sound, for it's price is really good