Harley Benton PB-Shorty BK Standard Series Reviews

Bargain Bass

Quality for the money is amazing. Sounds great with flat wounds on. Has neckdive because of light body but doesn't bother me. Produces a nice tone.

Good bass

lovely and cheap bass for beginners i love playing with it. has a good sound for its price!

Inbelieveble for its price

I'm a beginner, but it is amazing that Harley Benton provides affordable basses in such decent quality.

Harley Benton PB-Shorty BK

Bass is good! The price corresponds to the quality. Sound, premium bass. The quality of work and materials is good. There is one drawback: the bass guitar has poor balance. The neck constantly falls when playing while sitting. Otherwise the bass does its job! Well done Harley Benton!

Small bass for that price - amaizing dream :)

Budget friendly PBass Shorty

For beginner bass players, especially youngsters or people with small hands, a full scale bass can be daunting. This inexpensive short-scale version of the classic Precision bass is an excellent alternative.

All the basic and time-tested features of the Precision bass are there, from the punchy tone of the split-coil pickup to the simplicity of the single volume and tone controls. The finish is classic, the build is sturdy and no-nonsense. What more could a starting player hope for?

I recommend this bass for beginners, but also for players looking for an affordable alternative to the Squier Mini-Precision bass. The bass is small, but the sound is all that you would expect from a PBass.

Very satisfied, great value for the price !

Gigable bass for very little money

This bass sounds awesome, one of my favourites to play. I changed the strings straight away to La Bella 760 FM-S so can't comment on the sound out of the box. No problems with tuners or bridge overall quality is tremedous for the money.

Normal bass

Sounds nice. Found no problem with it. Very good quality for this money.

A great modding platform

Mine came slightly damaged in the transport from mishandling, however it plays perfectly fine so I didn't bother returning it.

The pickup was good sounding, bit ballsy and punchy as P bass should be, unfortunately it was also quite microphonic. Luckily, I ordered an EMG P pickup with it, installed it, and now I have a bass of my dreams, and feel like I hacked the system. Why? Because the body is perfect, the frets too, there was no need for setup, finish is impeccable.

Is it the best looking bass out there? No, it would be way cooler with black pickguard. The pickguard is not perfect, it fits bit too tightly and it was screwed in uprecisely, and hides many missed screw holes, but I do not care with this price.

The sustain is great.

Too bad the nice original pot caps are too small for the EMG pots.

I would recommend this bass to anyone who needs a good workhorse, and a modding platform.

amazing quality for the money, so happy with it

I really wasn't expecting much for this cheap but boy was I surprised! It's a great bass! The quality and sound are wonderful for how little it cost, it's my main bass now and I couldn't be happier! Highly recommended

great for modding

Bought this to mess around with and upgrade. Lovely little bass for not much money. You could simply replace the strings on this bass and you're ready to go. Sounds good out of the box. The white pickguard doesn't look nice but it's easy replaced. Highly recommend this for beginners or for modding.

perfectly fine!

Works as it supposed to!

Silly money - just buy it

I wanted a bass partly to mess with it / modify it. Strings not amazing so change them. I'm putting fender pickups in it. So It will end up costing about £235. I wanted a P style and sound + I wanted a short scale so this is ideal. Love it.

Value for money

Its everything i could hope for, for this price, and more. It occasionally has some problems with the electronics, the volume and tone knobs. The strings it came with were very bad. Other than that, very worth it.

great Little short scale

Plays great sounds great whole lots of bass guitar for the money !!

Très bon rapport qualité/prix

Je cherchais un instrument pour la vocation naissance de mon fils, mais à un prix serré (on n'est jamais très sûres des vocations naissantes de nos chère têtes blondes...). Pas beaucoup de choix pour des short scale pas trop chères, je lui ai donc donné sa chance. Etant donné son prix, l'instrument est très bien. Il sonne correctement, les frets n'accrochent pas. Elle pique un peu de la tête, mais normal vu la taille du corps et sa destination plutôt "enfant". Je n'ai que deux reproches : j'ai dû resserrer les écrous des potars et du jack dès le déballage, et les mécaniques ont pas mal de jeu. Du coup, mon fils qui débute a un peu de mal à l'accorder. Pour le reste, elle fait très bien le job, à un prix canon.

Nice little bass

I needed the bass to record bass lines, so I opted for something not expensive, yet with good reviews. So far, I believe it was a good decision; nice fit and finish, good factory set up, pleased with sound thru HB-20B, and lightweight.

Pleasant surprise

Feels great, sounds great, looks tiny :)

A great instrument overall. Changed the strings right out, so I can't say much about the stock strings everyone's criticising. It sounds punchy as a pbass should, and it's certainly easier on my guitarist fingers.

The usual HB issue of fret endings wasn't to be found on this particular one. It was well-filed, and was a breeze to play after setting up.

Bang for buck, but not very good

This is a very cheap bass guitar, so it´s kind of a mixed emotions review. First off, the strings are so crappy it´s unbelievable and has so low output that they are totally not usable and you HAVE TO change them. The neck had a really bad back bow, so had to release the truss rod more than 2 turns to get it in the ball park. I have also lowered the saddle to the max and would like to lower it even more, but it´s not possible as is. The pickups are not great, but they are OK for the price. The frets cuts your hand, so I had to round basically all of them of on the sides. All in all it´s OK, but you would have to know how to setup up a bass/guitar to have any fun with this instrument, as the delivered setup is totally unplayable.

Great value

Bought this for my 16 year old daughter to learn Bass guitar. Seems to be great value and very good build quality for the price. Shorter neck and lighter weight is good for a beginner.