Harley Benton HBZ-2004 Deluxe Series 5-stars Reviews

Excellent bass for the money.

I just wanted to try an active bass before spending big money on something mid range or high end so I thought I'd try the HBZ. Man what an eye opener. Right out of the box the quality was obvious. Decent weight and nice to play. Looks lovely with an excellent finish. Better than what I've seen on some name brands. Sounds great too with a nice punchy tone. Doesn't eat batteries either. I don't need to buy another active bass now, this one will do me for years to come.

Great bass for a great price

I was looking for a bass to complement my studio setup.

What got me into buying this one was the combination of its low price and yet great design. What can I say, it looks even better than on the pictures. The body looks very natural and due to the matte finish you won't see any fingerprints or stains on it.

The bass is very easy to play, in fact it is the most smooth bass I've ever played concerning string height and fret size. The movement of the controls is just right and they even lock in in neutral position.

This is definitely an instrument not only beginners might consider buying. Just ignore the Harley Benton logo and you'll be surprised how well this bass sounds, looks and feels.

A beautiful bass.

I bought this as a present for my other half. She's a classically trained cellist and I'm a guitarist, but her secret passion is the bass guitar. She sometimes tinkles on my Crafter bass which I use for recording, so I bought one of these for her birthday last year based on the reviews.

What can I say. It's beautiful! Really. Neck-through body, fantastic craftsmanship (on the copy that I got anyway), straight neck, good setup right out of the box - action and intonation - and even came strung with D'Addarios and it was in tune!

You really can't get a better bass for your money at this price - even from just a features point of view, but the fact that it's such a beautiful looking guitar too is a real bonus.

Really impressed.

A lot of bass for your money!

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this bass. I needed a new bass and it seemed the best bang for the buck. Plays easily, sounds good and very versatile controls. Looks really nice too. Without a doubt there is better basses out there, but I don't think you can beat it for the price. You'll have to pay several times the price to find something better. I think you'll even have a hard time finding a better bass for this price if you buy second hand stuff. I'm impressed!

Only thing I miss is the possibility to go passive in case you have no battery-power. This should not be a problem for me, but it would have been really nice to have that possibility. This is really a minor thing though.

Looks beautiful?

?and sounds great, too. Managed to fool a couple of people into thinking this was a 1000-pound bass. The wood is suprisingly high quality, the pickups aren't that great but I swapped them out for some Bare Knuckles and it has a great tone. Definitely recommend this to anyone.

Buy this bass!

Being a beginner bassist, I was on the prowl for my first 'professional' bass guitar, and when I first saw this I was amazed at the design, and at that price it seemed almost too good to be true. Once it arrived, I was impressed with the sleek body and thin neck, with some quality strings with it... There was only problem.

Yes, there is one thing, the electronics cover plate is badly fitted. Although this was a disappointment, especially given that it passed a QA inspection, I did not think it merited sending it back, as I can fix it myself.

The wood finish is as good as it looks in the pictures - solid but light, well balanced, a joy to play, genuinley impressive, great handling and playability with a thin fast neck... Everything about it oozes quality, and at this price, it is a steal!

E-Bass - wonderful sound

I ordered this one just on the looks! I just felt it was the one to get. The box arrived and soon as it was in my hands and plugged in. The bass has a great sound. The wood is dense and gives a rich tone, the neck is narrow, well contoured shape easy to hold. Just what I wanted, the 24 frets are a dream to plan upon.

The pickups are mounted slightly tilted, this allows for big magnets and spacing between them, this gives an overall good clear active sound, with good definition between strings. The tonal range is very good. The sound is modern, suited to jazz, jazz-fusion, rock, as it gives a very good range of tonal sounds and a wide output range to suit many needs.

The active pre-amp gives a high output, tonal range is good. The wiring I found needed a fix, easy to fix. I found most low cost guitars I buy need the electrics fixing. A guitarist has to be prepared to adjust and fix a low cost guitar to get the best out of it.

This is a bargain, the price is low, yet this is a high quality guitar. It is easy to adjust the truss road to get the correct intonation.

I have upgraded the bridge with a 'Schaller 2000' to be able to adjust the string spacing, and to make fast string adjustments to suit the playing style changes that I need to do.

A high quality bass, with the basics in place. Upgrading of the bridge gives a total cost that I had in mind.

Dream bass for sure.

HBZ2004

When I first got the bass, it didn't work at all. Thankfully it was just some loose wiring and once I'd fixed that, it became one of the best basses I've played.

Every part of the bass is good, the way it was put together lets it down though.