Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR Deluxe Series Reviews

Unbelievable bass for this price.

I took a bass straight out of a box, tuned it, plugged it and played it for 20 minutes without giving her a proper look. It was playable out of the box. Action should be little adjusted (lowered). Only set up I did, I lowered strings on saddle for a half turn and truss rod for a 1/4 of turn. I like the tone. The neck has very enjoyable profile and hand just slides wherever you want your hand to be. And of course she looks gorgeous. What I didn't like is a little neck dive. Any decent strap will correct that, but I have to mention it. Pickups screws are weird to adjust pickup height. Right P-pickup was a third of centimetre too high and I realised that screws were kinda weird but I adjsuted a height without any problems. Tuners feel cheap but the bass stayed in tune since I initially tuned it so no need to get picky. I think this bass proves that there is a difference between “cheap” and “inexpensive or affordable “. It's a GREAT instruments for everybody. Of course, she has few flaws but even 15 time more expensive guitar has some other flaws. I've been playing giutars for 15 years and I'll tell you this is really good bass.I will play her live.

Better than your average budget bass

This is a great instrument - I'm a guitarist who needed a Bass in my studio for laying down basslines and for that this is great - i'm pretty sure it'd hold up in most environments though - it is obvs budget but feels better than a budget instrument - check out some video's online - pro bass players rate it pretty high tbf

Quality Bass for the price

I've played better basses, but I'm really impressed with how good this is for the price.

After setup it plays normal

Great for the price

It is a nice precision bass,PJ config, with a beautiful tone and playability. For the price and starts, it is all you need to study and develope your skills.

Amazing at this price

Really impressed.

Bought as a raffle prize for a charity event, but almost didn't want to give it away!

Smooth neck, great action straight out of the box and lots of tone options.

This would easily compete with a high end Squier or Epiphone bass all day.

Happy

Product as advertised, quick shipping, arrived in USA undamaged and ready to play. I am glad I went ahead with purchase. Actually thrilled.

Great Beginner Bass

I am a guitar player who wonders how to play bass. So checked Harley Bentons and decided to go with the PJ bass which combines P and J styles. The workmanship is great and the color is not bright red,instead it is cherryish which i love. The body and neck woods are great. out of the box setup is fine. you may consider change the pickups only in the future. it is below 150 Euros so strongly advice.

I Love This Bass!

I am a beginner bass player who never heard of Harley Benton until I check out videos of good budget beginner bass and HB was one of the basses feature and it got a great review so I decided to get one.

I love the way the bass looks and feels. As a woman in comfortable shoes with small hands I had to learn how to move around the neck. The price is great even with a $80 shipping charge to the US in Ohio. Still cheaper that a Squire by $100.

The quality is great ... very well made. How do they do it at the price they charge is beyond me. You can't go wrong getting this bass.

My first bass

This is my first and only bass :)

Feels good to play, and sounds good to my ears.

Amazing and affordable

Love the color and finish, very good balance weight and plays comfortable after preliminary adjustments to lower the action to my taste, and the best is that sounds grate much better than you expect for the amazing price paid. Well crafted with very decent musical quality by Harley Benton.

Great Bass once set up

I got one of these for two reasons, I don't have a PJ bass and the price.

The bass is a vibrant red colour and the scratch plate is nice too, it has a satin neck varnish and mine had a small mark I could feel but that was easily removed.

The frets were smooth along the edge and the machine heads are ok. It took a quarter turn on the truss rod to straighten the neck and after some nut filing and lowering the action, the bass now feels like one three of four times the price.

I wouldn't do this if you are unsure of what you are doing but a professional Luthier could set this up to play as well as a Fender worth a lot more.

I found the pickup setup easy too, the J bass pickup needed to be raised a little to level out the pickup volumes but once that was done it was fine.

Now to the sound, which despite some of the reviews I have seen, the pickups are good and powerful, I used a wireless system so I couldn't judge any earth buzz.

The only problem I really found was the scratch plate was not fully screwed down but that's easy to fix, also the knobs were a bit stiff but taking the covers off and reseating them solved that.

For some reason Cheap basses get looked at with the stigma from many years ago but this Bass is worth every single penny I spent on it, in fact if you bought it for double the price it was at, it would still be good value for money, but at the price of £102, it's a steal. I bought this myself, it wasn't sponsored or discounted and this is an honest review.

Get what you pay for

Needed a bass quickly. This is perfect for a beginner, or someone like me who needs an cheap instrumemt quickly where quality in sound isnt an issue......as long as you are not expecting excellence.

Its surprisingly well finished. The pickupos and pots....er...well they make noise. Its 100euro, what do you expect for 100euro?

I think its great value. you can always change out the pickups and pots...

It is tuneable and playable. needs some adjustments, but for a quick cheap dirty option its perfect.

Great.

amazing bass. so good for the money, absolutely no complaints. great starter bass.

Fantastic Bass for the money..

Couldn't have been happier with this purchase

Excellent straight out of the box. The finish is spotless.

Didn't need to do anything except pick it up and play.

Sounds and feels like a much more expensive guitar.

Good price

It's overall a good bass for someone who's starting.

The finish isn't perfect and the electronics don't have the best sound in the world however, if you're just starting out on bass, or just need a cheap bass it does the job very well.

Amazing

Bought this as my first bass and was instantly impressed by the quality and the sound. For a budget bass, this is a great choice for any beginner

Great Value

I am really pleased with this bass. I own several bass guitars and bought this purely on a whim because it looked good and I am not disappointed with the finish. The translucent paint really sets it off. It played quite well straight out of the box but with a bit of setting-up became even better. I found the strings supplied were a bit too bright for my style of playing and so I changed them for a set of good quality tape wound. I also lowered the bridge saddles which gave a really good playing action. I will be happy to gig with this guitar.

Very impressive instrument

I got this instrument today and it was totally awesome. I tested it with my amp and the sound was excellent. I will use this for practising purposes and I hope that some day I will able to take this for gigs. I recommend to get this, forth of every euro.

mükemmel bir fiyat / performans ürünü

20 senelik bas gitaristim Bu bas gitarı yedek olarak aldım... Paketlemesi çok sağlamdı, İşçilik baya güzel, sap vintage basslardaki gibi biraz kalın ama pürüzsüz. Manyetiklerini ve elektroniğini çok begenmedim ama bu fiyata güzel. Ağırlığı 4.85 gram... ben daha hafif olacağını düşündüm ama bana göre bir tık ağır. Manyetik ve elektroniği değiştirirseniz üst düzey bir bas gitar olur.