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

A 5 string bass for silly money

It looks like an instrument costing 5 or 6 times as much.

For it's size it doesn't hang round your neck like a paving slab being nicely balanced. The sound is excellent tho obviously governed by the equipment it is plugged through.

Wow!!!

For the price this bass is great! fit and finish is A+! Paint is flawless! no sprouts on the frets,plays fine out of the box, no set up needed.Painted head stock adds a nice touch, don't know why I waited so long to get a fiver, all-around a great bass.

Stingray sound at 1/8th the price

After watching reviews on this I decided to get one

(for the price) I wasn't expecting much. but to my surprise a very solid giggable bass out the box. I was concerned this was a passive bass and had no preamp (doesn't need one) let me tell you this bass has so many tone prints and passive I'm overwhelmed and happy I bought it. Yes,i would recommend it. Im a professionalisms bassist and own 17 basses that cost so much more but I gig the hell out of this bass. Batteries? no worries its passive (I can't tell cause it reminds me of a Ray)

with the split coil pickup I can get a pbass,jazz,and musicman tone. It looks beautiful.nice neck, frets are leveled and no sharp edges. No flaws in the paint, neck joint is tight as a clams butt lol. bridge and tuners are ok, no neck dive. My only gripe is that there is no truss-rod wheel at the base of the neck, which is not that big of a deal.

Good sounding Bass!!

This is just a nice experience.

Arrived very soon (4/5 days), setup was already good...i made only some fine adjustments and changed the stock strings.

The bass is really good, feels good on my hands and sounds awesome considering the price.

I do recommend this instrument, you can't go wrong with it.

I made a test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHz5QovvMU

Amazing bass

From when I first saw it in person I fell in love with the look of it. The finish is amazing and the matching headstock adds so much professionalism to the look of it.

Soundwise it sounds really good, with the split-coil humbucker I can make a variety of different sounds by changing the volume of both coils, and the tone pot adds even more versatility to this instrument.

The pickups are passable and will work well in any recording session, they are passive pickups so they will need more gain and will sound less full in my experience anyway. But at least you wont need to worry about buying 9v batteries

The only downside I have to this instrument is that there were a few frets that needed some work and the action needed a bit of an adjustment, but that it the case for most new guitars/ basses.

I do like the addition of an alan key case with alan keys to adjust the truss rod and the saddles, along with a guitar cable.

Overall this bass is a must have for intermediate bass players and people who want to dip into the world of 5 strings and for a project template to work on. Like changing pickups etc.

very good 5 strings bass in this price!!great tone and nice sound.

great mid range bass for the money

The bass is great the sound of the bass is great, neck is a bit wide,plastic on the pickup is already burst, finish and other staf is ok.

If you compare this bass to the g&l tribute l2500 this HB is better. For the money you pay can't buy better bass. Before this bass arrived I'm thinking of changing tuner, pickup and bridge but there is no need you will spend more money for not better tone and

playability. Playing it thru KEMPER and sound amazing.

My first 5-string. Love it!

This is my first 5-string after owning two 4-strings. Love it. The only thing is, that the E string is kinda dead sounding, and the strings are close together. It will take some time though since the bass arrived just yesterday. I love the sound of it. The two volumes really make up a good sound. I would recommend!

Update: Oh my god! This bass is so damn versatile! I’ve used it for show choir competitions, general practice, and making songs with FL Studio 20. This bass can be dynamic when you want it to be. I had to change the rating because I just love this bass.

You will not be disappointed

You cant get any better bass for the price.

Hard to find better 5 string bass for this price!

I'm a guitar player and home studio guy and I needed a bass guitar for recording and this guitar is awesome for it's price. It sounds good, it's comfortable to play and it looks good. I was really surprised by the building quality of this 130 euro bass. It's totally worth it, if you are starting out, for a backup bass, or if you are just a guitarist who needs a bass to track his demos!

Incredible!

I play on this bass more than three months and I can say definitely - this is a really good bass.

I received the package in ten days / I live in the Canary Islands /

What a pleasant surprise, the bass was even tuned. I immediately changed the strings and I went to my friend who have 80's "Ibanez Musician".

Tested the both instruments with different amplifiers, recorded several slices directly without compression or EQ and then compared the records.

Of course Ibanez has a pure balanced sound, though the price is about 10x. But what surprised me "Harley Bentone" enter more easily into the mix :-o

A few days later we played live in a small club /150 persons/ Many of you probably will not agree with me, but there I felt the same "Ibanez" jutted somehow insolently and I wasn't happy at all.

I have a similar experience with a very expensive keyboards. / I'm a producer, also playing live keyboards and bass, sometimes guitar /

For those who think that a good instrument must be expensive one, I would say - it depends.

The expensive instruments requiring high-quality recording studio or a big stage very good sound engineers.

If you're a bassist who plays in a bar, hotel, a festival and use midrange devices - "Harley Bentone" is a bass for you. You will not find better, even for more money.

Highly recommend. Thank you Tomann.