Harley Benton HB-60 WB Reviews

Incredible value

After looking and listening to the reviews I made this purchase. It arrived in perfect condition and was actually playable out of the box. The sound is very nice, especially with a nice amp and good recording gear. Highly recommended. Believe the reviews. This thing is NICE!

Neck dive

It's an ok bass. But the neck drive for me makes in not playable

This bass is SO awesome

I love this bass and love the tone

Helemaal tevreden

Prijs/kwaliteit top gitaar, licht speelt gemakkelijk en supermooi. Wel nieuwe betere snaren erop leggen en pickups wat afstellen.

Astonishing value

Have had some experience of HB guitars (guitarist in my previous band had two, and swore by them) but this is my first purchase.

Superb build quality, way ahead of my expectations. Honestly I have seen worse on instruments three or four times the price from 'major' manufacturers. As always, that logo on the headstock costs you a LOT of money.

Plays very well with a good variety of sounds from the Gretsch-a-like pickups.

Only slight issues would be the rather quirky layout of controls, and the Hofner style floating bridge which I've never been a big fan of, but certainly does the job.

amazing for its price

Lovely bass with all its quirkiness. 4/5 that can easily be 5/5 with some small modifications. I kept mine like it is eventually.

Cracking bass guitar (and not just because of low low price!)

I love a semi-acoustic electric guitar or bass. Wanted one of these for a while and when I saw they were available again I snapped one up. Out of the box, it looked great.

Couple of very minor quality issues - had to tighten the knobs a bit (easy job with a small allen key). One of the pickups is a bit rattly in its housing so I'll fix that at some point. I may also get a tune-o-matic bridge put in, but not in any great hurry: existing one is not a problem if you accept its inherent limitations.

Some personal adjustments: I put some flats on it, and it sounds fantastic. I need to file the nut a bit so they sit a bit better but to be honest, after six months I've got used to it. Neck is a bit fatter than I usually like but that's personal preference not a quality issue. I've also got used to that too. I sanded some of the gloss finish off the neck so it's super smooth and silky. Adjusted truss rod slightly to suit my preferences.

But no complaints. For a £200 guitar this is amazing, and in itself, I really, really like it for the soulful/60s thump style I bought it for. If you're thinking of trying a semi-hollow body, get one of these. Terrific guitar.

Absolutely impressive, it's just GORGEOUS!!

I seriously can't believe it. It's not perfect but oh god is it nice. Sounds very smooth, although I recommend putting some better quality strings, it's plays easily, and for the price I'm still impressed. Goodjob HB once again!!!

Harley Benton HB-60 WB Awesome

This bass is awesome. Arrived perfectly set up and sounds great. Might buy another one.

HB-60 awesome bass

Construction on this bass is perfection, smooth fretboard, great finish

Great instrument

Nice instrument looking like a much more expensive brand.

Nice bass , nice hollow body tone!

Overall a good bass , not great. Mine came with some pretty high action and the fret work isn’t very good.. I took some sandpaper and sanded the edges of the nut because the nut edges were very sharp! It needs fretwork done to smooth them out.

However the overall construction seems pretty good, The tuners aren’t the greatest also. However I do like the pickups and overall sound of this bass , slap some flats on it and this thing can thump with the best of them!

Conclusion: The price reflects its flaws, but with some work invested this bass can be a very nice instrument to play and own! Love its hollow body tone! And bonus … It’s a very nice looking bass, love its classic vibe!

Over all… it is a good purchase.

First of all let me start off by saying that this bass is an absolute looker. Always wanted a semi hollow bass but never wanted to drop a lot of cash on one. This one is amazing!!!! That said, there are a few things to consider. First, the cons. I knew that right off the bat that it would “neck dive” like crazy so I purchased a wide strap that fixed that issue. I highly recommend getting flat wound strings due to the nature of the bass. It’s totally for show for sure. I am used to playing jazz and p basses so don’t think along those lines. Think violin bass. Definitely needs fret work done as they are pretty sharp. The intonation is slightly off due to the floating bridge and you can’t adjust each string. Now to the good stuff. WHAT A FUN BASS TO PLAY!!!! I can’t put it down. Being more of a short scale bass allows me to fly up and down the neck. I have been playing more reggae/surf rock/rockabilly and it’s perfect for that. Like I said, over all it is a good purchase for my arsenal.

Incorrectly Wired

Two volume controls work fine, so much so that whoever wired it put a third one in instead of a tone control. So no way to adjust the sound at all.

Superb bass

It needed the following work:

Replace the strings as the ones they come with are poor (I went with D’addario ECB81M which have a warm tone that suits the bass and flat wound so smooth to play).

Nut needed to be filed down a good bit for all strings to sort the action. Once done plays nice near the nut.

Pros:

Great sound

Beautiful finish

Cons:

Strings

Poor action out of the box. Work needed on nut.

A bit of work needed on the nut but once done it plays and sounds amazing for the price!

A true masterpiece

The craftsmanship out into this work of art has left me without words, I'm addicted to playing the bass guitar and find myself always learning on it.

I think this bass is incredible and very good feel and rhythm with it

But it came with a loose knob it gives a constant but faint buzz very nice acoustic sound and a 3/4 length neck that's top heavy but I still think it's a great buy

Poor set up

Amazing looking bass however it would set up poorly. The strings were a huge distance from the neck fretboard. I could get my finger underneath them. Not easily fixed on a model like this one due to the bridge

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER

I just received my HB-60-WB today. 4 days from Germany to Illinois USA. Outstanding. This bass is perfect fit and finish. Setup, All flawless. Amazing hollowbody sound which will no doubt be more amazing with flatwounds. I must say that I am for once impressed!

Hb 60

Great bass, smooth bottom. Old school vide..Records great.