Harley Benton HBMA-50E Mandoline BK 4-stars Reviews
Not bad at all to noodle around with.
I purchased this just to tip my toes into the mandolin world and see how I liked it. Ultimately, it is a cheap mandolin, but it does the trick if you want to try mandolin out without sinking a bunch of money into it. I'm happy enough.
Nice mandolin
Bought this for my home studio to put on tracks. Great price and sounds good.
Good for a beginner
Good sound considering the price (nice and bright and not very tinny), neck and strings fell nice in the hand and under ones fingers. Keeps its tune very reliably. However, the tension on the tuning heads is far from even and can be a little off putting. Furthermore, the action felt a bit high and took some getting used to (compared to a guitar - not sure if its a general mandolin thing or specific to this instrument). Despite these slight minuses its been a lovely instrument to introduce me to the mandolin and great for messing about with. Also, it’s portable and cheap (aka easy to travel with). All in all I’d definitely recommend this to a beginner.
Very Nice!
This is a handy little instrument for a first time Mandolin buyer: good price and nice sound.
The sound is good and for the most part the quality of the build and the features were well made - all in working order.
Many hours of enjoyment.
Only drawback were the strings - broke almost immediately. So, good buy and very nice instrument, but be prepared for poor stings.
Great product for a low price
By buying this product you will be getting great value for the price you have paid. The only thing wrong with this mandolin is that the string quality is terrible but after the stings are replaced it really is a top quality instrument
very cheap but good
This is the second mandoline that I bought and is half the price but better sound quality that the other one that i own. Be careful when you tune because most probably one of the strings will brake.
