Harley Benton PB-20 SBK Standard Series Reviews

Epic bass for starters

Learned to slap, noice for the proice

Perfect

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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 .

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.

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!

Solid Bass

bought this as a starter bass to play around with, does its job well

Alright

My first ever bass guitar, sounds nice but there's not many features as you can expect for this price.

Superb bass for the money

Can't believe the quality of this bass.

Superb value for the money.

Quality control could be better - sound is acceptable

I decided to start an instrument as I have been a producer for more than a year now and the bass is the most I like out of half a dozen I tried.

I produce mainly hiphop so I settled with a P-bass, this P-bass because of the price and the colour scheme.

The sound without any amp is very dark, muddy considered by some but I don't mind as I am using an amp for most of my practicing and all of my recording -digitally. It stays in tune very well, didn't change slightly in pitch after 3 hours of noobie practicing. The setup on the strings isn't too bad considering the price but the open E and A strings buzz when plucking hardly, I might take it to a professional luthier if this ever annoys me.

What takes a star off for me is the quality of the body/quality control of these basses. One of the fret markers was missing when it arrived so I had to put something else in there, some silicon sealant was just right. The pickguard has some issues as well, there are some bubbles above the red finish and some scratches too. Not too bad but makes me question the quality control of Harley Benton at the 130 euro price range.

Great budget/starter bass!

A lovely bass for anyone who doesn't have much money or is just getting into the hobby. My only complaint would be how heavy it is, so be sure to get a padded strap :)

Quite happy with this one

This is the second bass guitar I've owned, and I'm very happy with it.

For the price I am pleasantly surprised. Even the strings where allright.

I couldn't get the string height as low as I wanted it, but it is pretty close.

Great bass at a great price!

The finish is flawless and it sounds amazing! I really recommend this instrument for beginner and intermediate players.

Solid

Solid bass guitar, sounds great. Pretty heavy

My gripe is that the nut of the fretboard is hard, sharp plastic which will hurt if you accidently slide too far. Will take an emery board to it to smooth it out but it's a bit of an oversight.

PB-20 SBK best bass ever

Εconomical bass but it is so good that it beats more expensive basses! It's one of the best basses I've ever bought!

It came in very good packaging and without damage

Perfect and Affordable!

This is a really good and cheap bass if you want to start playing or recording