Harley Benton HBMA-50 Mandoline VS 3-stars Reviews

Budget mandolin for beginners.

I bought this as a toy and not an instrument. But for the price is good. I like the sound. Quality is good but not great. It doesn't have any issues and it gets the job done. But its not for mandolin players in my opinion. Its more for people like me who want to experiment with different instruments, without spending a lot.

It is okay for the price

This mandolin for it's low price certainly isn't bad, but even with a professional guitar shop setup it's a pain to tune and mine had pretty awful intonation. I recorded two songs with it and sold it again.

It's not bad, you just get what you pay for.

sound ok quality not bad

bought this as a gift for my brother the set up was bad and the action really high for beginner this will be an issue plus its hard to stay in tune

Fun little instruments with quality problems

I know, it's a super cheap Mandolin, but the strings came rusty and one of the tuners doesn't sit right. Also the tuners are super tight. I didn't expect much and it's fun but quality wise it's just bad.

First of all, this Mandoline looks really great! But it came in with really rusty strings and covered by dust. It was kinda dirty and not in good shape. Instrument itself for this price is good, but at first i was really put off by the state it came in, almost like B-stock which lied in some warehouse for long time, but it was cheap so i was not dealing with it.

Sound is probably good, i cant really tell, never had any other mandoline, but i guess for someone who wants any mandoline or who wants to just try it, its good starting point. But dont expect something amazing, but thats understandable for this price.

You get what you pay for

For just under 60? you definitely get your moneys worth but that's pretty much it. My first impression was disappointment. The stock strings it ships with sounded horrible and I was barely able to tune it when it came out of the box. After changing to some pretty cheap 15? strings and adjusting the bridge a bit the sound quality was much better.

Sadly, my mandolin shipped with some dents and scratches including a sharp STAPLE sticking out of the first fret on the neck which would prick my finger when playing. That's not okay but just slightly not worth the effort of sending it back..

I'll recommend this for people who want a rough-and-tumble Mandolin for taking on trips and adventures.

If you are a beginner I'd recommend looking a bit higher up on the price list, it'll be worth it!