Harley Benton HBO-850 Bass Black 4-stars Reviews

Amazing Bass.

An overall amazing bass, the sound and feel of this bass is the best out of any acoustic bass ive ever played. The look is slick and a certain conversation starter. EQ works well, sounds great plugged in. Loud enough to be heard in a small acoustic band. General great bass for the price!

Love it

Awesome Bass for the price

The tuners are of bad quality, E string tuner broke the first day.

Very high action on string set up.

Great for amateurs!

I play music as a hobby so it works perfect for me. I don't know if it would be a good option on a professional basis :)

A very good option for beginners

For the price range, I can say that it was a great surprise.

When I tried it for the first time, I has some buzz on the 5th and 6th fret for the 2nd and 3rd string. After adjusting the truss rod I got it working just fine.

The wood overlay over the body was quite rough, so I used a very thin sand paper to smoothen it out, and the result was just fantastic. Now it is so smooth that many times I am using the holes to rest my thumb while I play.

The tuner doesn’t work that well, but since I use my phone to tune the bass, I do not find that a negative point, but I do understand that it may be a problem for some people.

The inlays on the neck are just beautiful.

The sound of the bass is great and after you get used to the round body back, it feels very comfortable.

For a beginners bass, I would never give more than 4 stars, and I can tell you that this bass goes up to the max. If I hadn’t fix the buzz by adjusting the truss rod It would be 3 star bass; and by sanding that body overlay gave the finishing of the bass a near 5 star.

Overall, and if you are just looking for a bass to start, I do recommend it.