Harley Benton MB-5 SB Deluxe Series 3-stars Reviews

Sweet Bass can't beat it for the money

This is a awesome deal can't be beat very well made feels good my only an 1 only o ly gripe is the lower sound output that's it everything else 💯🎸

Harley Benton MB-5 SB Deluxe Series

Good quality for the price, very happy with this purchase.

Nice build quality and finish, but...

For the price, this is a perfectly adequate bass. The neck feels great and the paint and finish are surprisingly excellent. The sound, however, leaves a lot to be desired. The pickup lacks depth and clarity, and if either one of the coils is soloed, there is tremendous single-coil hum. It would be worth spending $30-$40 more for a better pickup and electronics.

The Best Entry level 5 string you can get for its price

I bought this bass as a replacement - leave at the studio bass, so that I don't put strain on my recording bases traveling every day on a motorcycle for band practice sessions.

Construction:

It feels like a very solid instrument, and that's probably because it is one. I'm genuinely having second thoughts about leaving it at the studio every day.

Sound:

It sounds just about right at its price range and passive pickups.Not extremely Good but not bad either, no surprises here.

The tone/pickup controls provide a variety of tones but mostly in extreme settings, in between pot position sound variations are hard to distinguish.

Overall Quality:

+Very solid construction / parts

+A great 2nd / practice / replacement V string bass

+A very good value for money buy for beginners who want to start playing a V string, or newcomers who want to jump right into it.

- Sound not what I thought it will be, yet not bad

I wonder how good it will sound with active pickups!