Harley Benton PJ-75 VW Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

My mind was blown away when I heard how clean this bass sounded.

It's a good product.

1. I received the goods in good packaging (I live in South Korea)

2. The quality of the product was fine and the pick-ups worked well.

3. The pick-up knobs also worked well.

4. It is stable because there is no noise even if I don't touch the bass guitar strings.

5. The weight is light.

6. I like the sound of the product, too.

7. It's easy to play.

8. It took two weeks to deliver such a good product.

9. Overall, it's a very good product.

10. I'm willing to buy it again.

※My next target on the premises is to purchase an electric guitar.

I'm looking forward to it.

Thank you.

my main bass!

I've had this bass for the better part of a year, and gosh it seriously delivers. there's no other brand that does PJ-configured 5 string basses that i could find! it seriously does that classic p-bass sound great, and that J pickup is nice and pangy. sometimes you need to turn down the j pickup a bit to get that fuller rounder sound, but i don't mind that at all. matching headstock is a big plus too.

It works, it sounds like a bass. Fretjob is very nice.

Incredible HB PJ-75 VW

It has unbeatable tone thanks to Roswell pickups. The woodwork is brilliant. It sits right in my hand. Love this guitar. Nothing else to say.

Can't believe something so cheap would sound so good

I love this bass! I've heard lots of stories about how great these basses are so I decided to try one out myself. I got it for noodling at home and occasional recording.

I plugged it in an played it along with two songs...one with just the neck pickup and one with the neck pickup at full and bridge pickup at about 40%...and I was floored in both cases. It has a very meaty, full mid tone that both sits very well in a mix but also stands out. Mixed tones are also fantastic, and the low B string absolutely sings. This bass is very hot, and I'm still kind of surprised it's not active. It just sounds lovely.

It's very playable, and the fit and finish are well above what you'd expect for a bass in this price range. The neck is a thick baseball bat of a neck but it's also very stable. Once the bass was acclimated to the temp in my house, all I had to do to finish setup was to tune it and set the action. Neck relief was spot on.

The only con I'd have so far is that it has a fair bit of neck dive, but that can always be offset by a thicker strap. I absolutely recommend this bass to anyone.

Gigworthy!

Astounding Build quality! Near perfect setup! And It's pretty! Been playing bass for half a century.I was a full time pro but now I am a weekend warrior type. Gobsmacked 4 different ways. Took delivery Saturday. The outer box was destroyed. Ripped torn and bent like a strung longbow. Inner box was bent as well . Amazed when I took the bass out it was in near perfect condition. It did take a really hard lick on the lower strap button. bent the button and the screw and cracked the finish around it. Cosmetic damage no one will ever see. Build quality is astounding at this price point. Blackwood fingerboard is sweet. Looks like ebony with a more open grain. The skunkstripe looks like blackwood instead of the specced roseacer. Looks very nice. Fit and finish is excellent. I give the setup an A-. Neck relief and intonation are spot on. Had to raise string height on the A string just a little. Then there is the sound. Think lower register of a Steinway concert grand piano. That's what I like!!!!! Only con is poor quality volume pots, Since I play with everything wide open on the bass this really isn't an issue for Me. Can't wait to take it to rehearsal and try it through My gig Rig. Cheers! ( Okay did that, Bass has ballz. Good clarity from low B to high E. This is a very gigworthy instrument.)

I bought this bass for recording purposes. I am a guitarist, but nowadays I need to lay down the bass lines by myself. Furthermore, playing on the base is fun. I chose this model after checking hell a lot of reviews on the web.

The built quality was a surprise in this price range. I have a minor lacquer flaw on the side of the guitar, It seems the there were too much poly therefore the surface is uneven.

Fret job is very good, no sharp edges and also the blackwood fingerboard looks stunning. Machine heads are working perfectly and also the bridge does its job.

Setup was almost correct. I had to do a minor truss rod adjustment with intonation plus string height.

However I like the sound of the PUs, my first improvement is going to be change them. I have a feeling that this guitar can sound much better with a bit hotter pickups.

Sustain is nice and long and the jazz and p style PU combination give s lot of different sound options.

I am happy with my purchase.

Better than expected

I bought this Bass blind only going by word of mouth and It blew my expectations definitely buying more from this brand

Great bass just needs teasing out.

Long term review!

Initially out of the box, super impressed a really nice playing instrument, gigged within 3 days.

But..... Changed strings then started running into a little fret trouble, some had come a little loose and needed a reset. However my luthier did not fix all of the issues and it still had a horrible high fret and buzzed like hell!

But 2. Set about sorting it myself with a complete fret level, crown and polish....my my what a difference...super feeling bass.

Replaced bridge with high mass fender 5 string bridge (had to shim neck to make it work) .... Again much better, better balanced and stable.

Then I rebuilt the tone circuit with high end capacitor and good pots and that made an enormous difference tonally, really warm and full sounding bass, plenty of adjustment.

Changed the horrible pickguard (at great expense) it's really now an awesome bass and a project I'm proud of.

Out of the box I'd say it was a low quality bass with great potential, tonally it was a bit nasal and there were the set up issues and possibly quality issues with the frets..but I've bought far more expensive basses with similar issues.

Spend a bit of cash and some time on it and you get a really lovely instrument out of it a great pj and the b string is lovely and clear, perhaps not same as on a 35" bass but perfectly adequate.