Harley Benton MB-4 SBK Deluxe Series Reviews

Believe the hype

This bass came in right before my band practice, so I took it out of the well packed box and brought it straight there with another bass just in case there was a problem with the MB-4. I plugged it in and couldn't believe it. That classic stingray sound with a perfect setup right out of the box, shipped to the US for less than $200! It feels, sounds and looks great. My whole band was impressed and one member is buying his own HB P bass now. It just moved my G&L down in the pecking order of my bass collection. No complaints at all!

I love this bass simple!

Much lighter as I thought, I use with flats very low action, comfortable neck and good quality for this price.

Unreal for the price

What a great bass for the money. Adjusted the bridge slightly, retuned and away we went…slap, pop, pluck. Smashing stuff.

nice bass for a verry sharp price

this bass does what it needs to do

Cheap, but with loads of cheer - Harley Benton does it again.

It looks great, mean and moody in the black. It has a wonderful gritty, growly tone. It's great to play, a little less chunky in the neck than a P and reasonably light. It's well finished, and required little in the way of setting up to make a great playing instrument. I bought it as a backup for my husband to gig with, but he loves it so much it has become his main gigging bass and he takes his Fender Geddy Lee Jazz as a backup to this! Really can not find any fault with this instrument, and for the price it is astonishing value.

I like it

When I first seen this bass, I instantly liked the look. I bought it to be my experimental platform for flatwound strings, and intended to change the pickup straight away. But the stock pickup sounds fine to me, and an overall quality is very good, so I decided not to modify anything.

For this price it is really hard to beat.

Update - I installed a push pull for a series-parallel connection of the coils. This humbucker has 4 wires, so you could easily do it. It has the same color wires as seymour duncan, so just look for the wiring diagram on seymour duncan website, called Jazz Bass series wiring. As it seems, it was wired a parallel before, hence the output was average. Now it has also an additional "real" humbucker sound. Highly recommended and easy mode.

Too Good for the price

I was debating if was gonna buy it . But when that actual thing came i was shock it works perfectly straight from the box. No problem plays well sounds wells good quality bang for the buck

Big Bang For A Small Buck

This thing is well worth the money I paid. Easily a $500 - $1000 value here.

Great value for price

A well built electric guitar for this price. It features an odd kind of split volume humbucker but... Why not?

Mine came well intonated, only had to tune the strings. On the other hand, the back of the bass has a small region where the wood is a bit rough, as if the polish wasn't perfect. But I really don't regret my buy and I'm having a lot of fun with this bass.

Great product and good price

Very nice to play and touch, looks good!

Amazing bass how sweet the sound.

Cant say enough good things about this bass. Looks amazing the finish is flawless. Set up was good straight out the box. A little intonation tweak and it was spot on. The pickup and strings are awesome too. The sound is just out of this world. Cant fault the bass in any way.

Very Nice For The Price

I have been playing bass off and on since 1970 I am retired now at age 66 I own 4 top end basses just out of curiosity I purchased this bass and was not disappointed quality of this bass is outstanding plays and sound very good . I came back to make another purchase.

Stings Like a Ray, Makes Great Music...Man! A Winner On All Fronts!

Forget the "at this price point" malarkey, this is one fine bass at any price! Astounding Harley Benton can offer such appointments, solid build quality and downright FUN playability on a such budget friendly instrument. Harley Benton's matte black finishes are something to behold, they really have it down, smooth as silk, all over darkness. Super versatile humbucking pickups and a solid hardware suite make us wonder how anyone can compete? Nice and lively unplugged, as nasty as you wanna be plugged in, simply inspirational and just plain really fun to play. Can't go wrong here.

Best value for money going.

I bought this due to wanting a stingray-style bass for a few years now, but not having the money to be able to splash out on an expensive ray34 or some other options, and I'd heard good things about Harley Benton basses.

What I'd heard was not wrong.

This bass is very well made, frets are nice and smooth, everything feels solid. The action out of the box was rather high but a few adjustments made it a dream to play.

The tuners hold tune very well, the feel of the bass is excellent and personally the visuals are fantastic.

The sound is very stingray-esque, great for funk and slap. I can't detect any hum or buzzing when playing through headphones/an amp.

The only negative is that the tone knob is rather sensitive and uneven as you turn the tone down.

The fact that this bass is £107, and being the quality that it is, is ridiculously good.

I would've killed for a bass like this when I was first learning to play.

Highly recommended.