Harley Benton PB-50 SB Vintage Series 3-stars Reviews

Looks great, needed some help...

I understand this is a very affordable bass, but still a little QC would have been great. I'm pretty sure this neck should not have made through given the fret work as well as the truss rod.

Had about a mm of overhanging frets on about a dozen frets. Several frets were not properly seated into the board properly, needed to be reseated and then leveled/crowned/polished.

Nearly impossible to get the neck straight. Had to remove it and clamp it in a back bow position, then tighten the truss rod as far as it would go to get it to straighten out with 45-105 strings, and even then it wouldn't hold in that position.

Ended up putting on 40-95 Ernie Ball cobalt flats, which had lower tension than the Diaddario 45-105 round wounds.

It took some work, but now it plays as good as it looks. The stock pickup sounds amazing!!

If you are ready/able to do some work, it can be a good bass. Or maybe I just got a bad example.

cool looking

The sound is very good after putting flat wound strings.

Needed saddles adjustment.

Strap holder screws fell apart after a couple of months of non intensive use (the wood is poor quality).

personal advice: neck is very thick

Factory Item

Well. What would You expect under £100? In my case: Missing varnish on the fretboard. 2. Unleveled frets. 3. Very high action at the nut side.

But the good side: Amazing quality body, very well painted - looks gorgeous. After leveling frets and shaving the neck - very chunky neck BTW, filing the nut - feels like my USA Fender... With an strings action just over 2mm on E string over 12th fret! No random buzz, no buzz at all...