Harley Benton JB-75MN NA Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

An awesome bass for a very good price!

When I got this bass I instantly fell in love!

First off, the looks. The bass looks stunning (especially for the price), the body is made out of 3 pieces, but the pieces are beautifully matched and if you told me it was a 1 piece body, I would have believed you. The finish is great and the pickguard looks decent too. The neck looks great too. The inlays and binding look like they're painted on, but you couldn't really tell unless you took a very close look. I love the satin feel of it too. The pickups have a great variety of tones and sound great and chunky. The tuners are surprisingly great too. The only thing coming close to a con for me would be the weight. I don't play standing up so it's no issue for me, but I can see that if I played a gig with it standing up, my shoulders and back would get a bit tired.

The only thing I'm going to do to improve this bass is applying some shielding paint in the electronics cavity to reduce the amount of noise the single coils make when only one of them is on.

Amazing bass for the money

I play guitar and write tv soundtracks and was just looking for a cheap bass to noodle around on for writing. But the JB-75 MN bass exceeded my expectations on all counts. The wood is beautiful, the frets were clean (no sharp edges!) and the intonation was perfect right out of the box. Open strings and harmonics at the 12th fret were dead on with my tuner. No adjustment necessary. And it's such a pleasure to play. It totally brought out my inner Larry Graham! It's incredible that you can get an instrument of this quality for the money. The UPS customs clearance was no big deal either. $11 Cdn extra for brokerage, delivered to my door. The only problem with instruments this good at this price point is that it's very hard not to keep wanting to add to your collection. Absolutely would recommend.

I use it to record bass for my demos. Works well, cheap, nicely built.

Excellent

Quite possibly the best budget bass I have ever played. For the price, the neck is exceptional and the build quality is excellent. The only thing I would change would be the pickups but they are still very good for the price. Would highly recommend this bass.

Bought as a present

.. and I'm not a bassist. But as a guitarist I was very impressed with the build quality of this instrument and it's looks too. The setup was spot on - which surprised and disappointed me as I was looking forward to making some intonation and height adjustments. The biggest complement came from a bassist friend who checked the instrument out - "..I should have bought it myself" he remarked. So a great buy and smiles all around.

Very impressed!

I've tried a few Harley Benton models now. There's a hit and miss element for QC that is widely acknowledged. The one I received is amazing. Sounds exactly as you'd want a Jazz Bass to sound.

Excellent bass

This is a very good instrument for the asking price. When I brought it to a local luthier for a proper set up, he couldn't believe that it was sold for such a low price. Well, perhaps the bass could use a pair of better pickups, but honestly, the default ones are pretty good as well. Playability-wise, no faults, love the feel of playing this.

When it arrives, either spend time properly setting it up, or, if you are like me, have a professional luthier look it over. You get a lot of value with this guitar. Would recommend to virtually anyone who wants to play the good old 4-string J-bass or at least have a backup 4 string.

This is very good quality instrument

I am a guitar player and i am using it as bass for home recording through vst.

pros :

- intonation is perfect

- action is good

- frets are good

- sounds very good

- no issues, no breaking parts, no malfunction

- best value for money

cons

- nothing

Amazing Bass.

The bass is for my personal use, recordings, gigs, overall for everything.

The bass for the value is amazing, not only the build quality is incredible, the looks are fire. tuners are solid, knobs are not cheap, the pickup is cool, the only one thing that is disappointing but fixable is something that is said about this bass a lot. the buzzing, there is buzzing of the strings on the frets, but some adjustments in your local guitar store will fix it, overall amazing.

2 years old

Its just over two years since i purchased this bass.

It was my first bass so i didnt want to invest to much incase it wasnt 'right' for me.

I was amazed at the quality of it when it came out of the box, it has a lovely warm vintage j bass sound and has plenty of adjustment to tget the tone you want.

I still have the orginal strings on it ( i did change them, but put them back on as i thought the sound got too bright for me) it does need adjustment to the action quite a bit as it moves with the weather but that seems normal. I have a 1989 mexican fender telecaster that needs more attention than this.

I've tried a few other makes (fender, ibanez, yamaha) and types of bass but this holds it own and I really enjoy playing it. Maybe I just cant get over my first one :)

Its still looks as good today as when it came out of the box and to me sounds even better.

I will purchase a Squire P bass soon just to have both options, but as a first basss that you will want to keep around I would really recommend this one.

yes yes yes

it's incredible!! the feel, the sound, the price, the looks...

LOVE IT!

Much better than a squier :P

very happy

Great for the price you cant go wrong for a cheap Bass thats made really well abit on heavy side on weight but if want to Learn on a budget i would recommend you wont be Dissapointed

Exceeded my expectations!

This bass really exceeded my expectations!

I was looking for а low budget 4 strings J-bass for recording the bass tracks of my tunes at home, so I didn't want to invest in some high class bass, but I also didn't want to compromise on the sound and playing. After reading some reviews and friends opinions I decided to go with Harley Benton because this bass fit to my budget, and frankly speaking I didn't expect too much. However, this instrument totally exceeded my expectations!

After directly unpackaging and plugging the instrument, without any tuning except the strings, I was very pleasantly surprised because:

- the intonation is perfect

- the action is perfect

- frets are perfect

- the sound is very good

- no issues, no breaking parts, no malfunction

- this is a Professional instrument,

- probably the best value for money!

My Favorite

Absolutely the BEST Value out there, I own Fender, Gibson, and ESP basses all great but this Harley Benton speaks to me when in my hands. Get One Now.

Great Jazz bass

Excellent for the money. Can't be beat. However the bass is VERY VERY HEAVY, should consider a different wood for the body.

Amazing JB-75MN

The Electric Bass arrived very gently and clean.

The sound of it, is amazing, mixing with all different distortions sounds really good.

About to play, is really comfortable, easy, and you can not stop to play and rock.

I am really happy with this Electric Bass, quality/price.

The only thing I could complain is, The Electric Bass is a little bit heavy, and it is tired to carry it to much time, but for using on the studio, it is perfect.

Thank you! You should buy this one!

Best bang-for-buck bass out there

After being a guitar player for 14 years this is the bass that has possibly converted me. I am unbelievably impressed by it, the reviews on youtube do not lie to you at all.

Very easy to play neck as a guitarist, I've adjusted the truss rod and bridge a fair bit and everything adjusts properly and with a quality-feel to it.

The tone died off about 4 months after I bought it as I played it to death, I was contemplating getting new pickups but after restringing it, it's alive again! Instead of upgrading to another bass, I will just change the pickups in this one when the time comes. If I still love it as much then I may upgrade to a hipshot bridge too because the body, neck, electronics and hardware on this model are exceptional.

Cheap bass that sounds and plays as if it were 3x more expensive, definitely worth upgrading the pickups at some point but again, they are exceptional at this price point and I expect the overall quality of this bass will be raised substantially by new pickups. You will not be disappointed.

You couldn't ask for more

Nicely made, sounds very well. Is very heavy, but you knew this already. For the price it's an awesome bass!

Schöner Bass für beginner

Sauber verarbeiteter Bass für wenig geld, perfekt für gitarristen, die mal etwas Abwechslung brauchen.

What a nice purchase

If you already own (or have owned) a P Bass with rosewood fretboard and want something brighter, something for slapping, something for disco and funk, this guitar is for you. It is noticeably brighter, fits in well and finds its place among the other instruments. Slightly heavier than a few other bass guitars I've had in my hands, but it will not hurt your back.