Harley Benton HBMA-50E Mandoline BK 3-stars Reviews

Poor quality control lets the customer down and pickup feeds back easily.

The quality of the mandolin itself is very good but the pickup/electronics made this unusable. The pickup is very low output and poor production/quality control had resulted in the mandolin being unusable. Bad soldering had caused a very loud hum. There is something very wrong with the manufacturer's quality control. The issue was sorted, by me, after time and effort and very careful work but most people won't want or be able to do this. After sorting the pickup is prone to feedback easily so be aware. It's probably a better bet to buy the acoustic version and fit a good transducer. Very disappointing, the mandolin should have been fit for purpose and it was just unusable.