Harley Benton PB-20 SBK Standard Series

Electric Bass

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Latest User Reviews

2 years ago

Epic bass for starters

Learned to slap, noice for the proice

2 years ago

Perfect

Just perfect for the price range, todays basist are lucky to have those kind of instruments on this price range.

2 years ago

I was surprised at how good a bass I got for the price!

It was my first bass. I never exceeded its capabilities, and I never missed any features with it. It came very well packaged, and it was ready to play out of the box. I really enjoyed learning to play the bass on this bass, and when I finally decided to sell it, I sold it almost as much as I had purchased it initially. The bassist who bought it from me was a more experienced musician and bassist. When he reviewed it prior to buying it from me, he noted that it was indeed so much more than you would have expected from a bass at this price! Kudos!

2 years ago

Awesome Bass

I got this as my first bass guitar. It looks good and sounds great. The quality is superb.I would definitely recommend this as a first bass guitar to learn on.

2 years ago

Great Mod Platform, Not So Good Stock

The good:

- Looks great

- Does everything you'd expect a P bass to do

- Cheap enough to mod and not worry too much

The bad:

- Poor action from factory. The action is way too high beyond the 12th fret even with the saddles slammed as low as they can go. Had to shim the neck to get it playable.

- Poor bridge placement from factory. In order to intonate properly with the stock bridge as fitted, I have to tighten the screws all the way. The bridge could do with being moved 10mm or so lower down on the body to give more play in the adjustment.

- The strings aren't great. This one's luckily a simple fix.

- The stock pick ups are a bit thin. Again, another relatively simple fix.

Bottom line:

Although I had more negatives than positives, this is not a bad bass. A great looker that, with a little work, will be a great bass. This is okay for a non-beginner like myself, however a total beginner may be disappointed with it and not be able to articulate why or fix it themselves.

2 years ago

Great starter base guitar for beginners at a wonderfull price. The neck comes in an unfinished form, I had to take it to a luthier to polish it and trim edges. The doses both were unglued and fall inside their cases and hat to be put in place and fixed

2 years ago

Crazy quality for the money

Teacher of my kid who plays bas was amazen by the quality and sound this guitar produces for that money. Great buy

2 years ago

BUY NOW

Unbelievably great value. Harley Benton have knock the ball out of the ballpark.

Good for a first Bass for your child. For the enthusiast, also good for the guitarist looking for a budget bass. A joy to play . Yes it a P bass, and what Harley Benson have done here is design and manufactured a wonderful Bass for any level. ... Simple a Quality BASS, at a Wonderful price.

Watch out for the nose dive.. That said, Just get a wide strap, which I did. Also get a good set of Strings. I put a set of Black Beauties on mine.. Set myself up for under £200..

NOTE TO PARENTS.. Its the perfect gift for Christmas or birthdays .

2 years ago

An Absolute Delisght

Have had it for a year now, never detunes much, pristine bright tone, comfortable to play, light, badass looking. I have more expensive instruments and I still come back to the SBK for songwriting and jamming. This is the definition of a good product.

2 years ago

Prijs/kwaliteit goede bass

Goede bass voor een starter en bovendien zeer budgetvriendelijk. Ook de licentie op de software van Native Instruments (Guitar Rig 7 LE) is mooi meegenomen. Je hoeft geen versterker of effecten te kopen, nu ze op je PC in Guitar Rig te vinden zijn. Ook fijn dat je kan opnemen wat je speelt, zodat je snel fouten erkent en je gitaarspel kan bijschaven. Aanrader dus!

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2019
  • Average price : $140
  • Body: Basswood
  • Bolt-on neck: Maple
  • Fretboard: Amaranth
  • Fretboard inlays: Dots
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Scale: 864 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • 20 Frets
  • Double-Action truss rod
  • Pickup: 1 PB style split coil
  • 1 Volume control and 1 tone control
  • Classic PB-Style machine heads
  • Black hardware
  • Ex-factory stringing: .045" - .105"
  • Colour: Black, matte
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