Harley Benton Solid UkeBass Mahogany

Great quality for the price

this is how I got my start playing bass and eventually made my way up to playing metal and rock, has great sound quality and if it's plugged in to an audio interface it's hard to tell the difference between it and an electric (there is enough of a difference to make it worth using in certain genres) and generally is a great way to learn and practice bass

Harley Benton UkeBass Mahogany

The instrument is great. The tuning holds and sounds amazing. I highly recommend it. Sounds very good with the cable as well, but I prefer recording it with a mic.

Great quality for the price

Honestly, for the price I cant knock this at all.

Nearly awesome, but great at the price

Mine came with 2 flaws, a sharp nut that damaged the strings and also, the binding on the neck was humpy bumpy because 3 frets were not cut back enough. It plays and sounds great, looks great and the electronics are super too.

Tuning issues

Higher frets are out of tune and with no possibility to adjust the bridge you have to make the best of it. Nevertheless it is so much fun to play.

Lots of fun

Lovely little Uke Bass, loads of fun and nicely put together. My son loves it too for tinkering with

Good enough for the price

This was my first ever u-bass, I have always played electric bass and I didn't want to spend too much money in case i did not like it. I am reviewing this after a year and a few hundred hours with it.

- I enjoy the double-bass-like sound very much.

- While you can play (on your own) and even record acoustic, it is much better through and amp, especially the low ends.

- The body feels lower quality but not "cheap".

- Rubber strings take some getting used to if you haven't played with them before, but only a few hours.

- Same applies to a shorter scale of course.

- No major issues with sound although there is the occasional buzzing or creaking.

If you can splurge or somehow justify the money I would definitely go for a more expensive model. Now that I know I enjoy it, I want my next model to be at least 4 times the price and hoping the materials and sound quality will be roughly 4 times better.

If you cannot, don't want to, or just want to get a feel for u-bass when starting out this is more than acceptable an instrument considering the price.

Great Uke Bass for the price

It is perfect overall. I had to polich the frets and oli the freadboard and the bridge. I also chagend the screwes on the back plate, as they were too small and started to screw into the cover plate.

Feels good, great price/value. But someone messed up the fret markers...

Overall great. I enjoy playing the instrument even without amplification. Feels nice, sounds nice, intonation OK.

But how is it possible that the fret marker for the 9th fret is on the 10th fret instead? Noticed only after receiving the instrument, and seems like it's not just my unit (product pics here show the same flaw). Not sure how it's possible for an error like this to happen.

I changed this on my instrument with DIY method (stickers) but I probably wouldn't have bought it had I noticed this on the pictures.

Sweet Ubass

I play it more than I thought I would. Excellent instrument- highly recommended!