Harley Benton MV-4PJ Gotoh SP

Luces y sombras

El bajo, tal y como anuncian otras críticas y como podéis ver en mi review en Bass Advisor (Youtube), es de un rosa que no tiene absolutamente nada que ver con el de las imágenes. Es mucho más bonito. La construcción es impecable, con un binding mejor que el de los Sire. El remate de trastes podría ser mejor, pero no está mal.

Peso: 4,58kg con un balance bastante bueno. Está un poco en el límite, pero hay por ahí unidades más pesadas.

El sonido de la pastilla P es muy bueno, no sería necesario cambiar dicha pastilla. La del puente sin embargo es aberrante, afea el sonido cuando suenan ambas a la vez, y sola es inusable. Considerando lo que cuesta una buena pastilla de puente, creo que es una muy buena inversión. Bajo recomendado, sobretodo si te llega uno no muy pesado. A echar la lotería!

Blown away by this gem

Let me sum this up by saying this instrument is worth much much more than the price. If you are on the fence just get it you won’t be disappointed.

The fit and finish was immaculate, packaged well and in great condition. Neck joint was tight, fret ends were clean and setup was good out of box.

The colour is not as warm or ‘peachy’ as the images. This is not a problem just be warned it is more of a cold shell pink. It’s a beautiful colour and actually makes the pickguard look better than the pictures.

The neck is perfect, the caramelised maple is smooth and fast, binding and block inlays make it feel like a truly premium instrument. If a company offered to make me a custom bass tomorrow I would tell them to not worry about the neck and just fit this one on. The slightly jazz width taper makes it very easy and comfortable to play.

Gotoh tuners and bridge speak for themselves, they are look good and do the job well.

Only part that doesn’t get 5 stars is the electronics. The pickups roswell have a lovely tone and output but the j pickup is a little weedy on its own and much better when used to accent the p pickup. The electronics are a little noisy, this could also be where my setup is around monitors but I will definitely need to get some better shielding and maybe fancier pots and some metal knobs. Not difficult mods but maybe needed in the future.

I’ve played much more expensive instruments and can safely say this looks and feels the same. Fantastic as it comes and can be made a forger instrument with a few small quality of life mods.