Harley Benton Valuestrings Bass 45-105 4-stars Reviews

Allright!

I bought a set just to try them and they are ok. Sound ok, feel a little bit rough and stay in tune. Sound is not too bright, I like that.

I like the normal d' Addario's better, but they cost 3 to 4 times what the Harley Bentons cost. I will buy these again. Price/quality is very good.

Cannot be wrong for the price

Good strings for the price my amateur ears can't really ear a big difference but my wallet can.

Just for backup

Its not even descent.

You get it because its cheap or for backup.

Very good sound

I use these strings for my bass exclusively. They sound great. The only bad thing is that they don't keep the good sound for long time , but who cares. The price is very low.

Cheap

A pack of bass strings for 4 euro? Sure, goes to my basket.

Another good HB string.

Although Ive mentioned this in previous HB string reviews. These strings cannot be beaten for the price for either a gigging musician on a budget or for students. At this price you can also afford to restring your instrument more often.

Great bass strings

Fitted to my '78 jazz bass they sound very good with a nice feel. At this price you can't really complain about them - even if they don't last long they're still fantastic value. I'll be buying again.

Just right

Bought a secondhand bass guitar a few weeks back. It still got it's old strings on it (I guess they were about 8 years old, they were truly nasty).

Put some fresh Harley Benton Valuestings on them and it's really starting to shine now! Great sound, no nasty/corroding spots on them or anything.

I don't see why you wouldn't try out some of these, especially for the price!

Great sound for little money.

Replaced my factory strings which feels quite old with this cheap harley benton strings. The strings feels quite nice, and well packaged. It is not as bright as the factory strings (warwick bass) but for this price it is quite good.

Pros: Price. String surfaces feels okay.

Cons: darker sounding (compared to my warwick factory string)

Good Value even with the postage!

So I bought a stack of these for abot £4.50 a set (including the £10 postage).

I thought what the hell, if they're awful, I'll just pop them on some of the home use basses lying around.

I've waited untill they've been properly gigged before passing comment. I have used them on a couple of rehersals last week as well.

Tension/Feel

They're pretty slack but I quite lack that, they're also fairly rough on the fingers to start with but that sorted itself out after a couple of hours and they didn't feel any worse than other branded nicklewound strings that Ive used (rotos, La Bellas, Legacy)

Sound

Nice and bright to start, 2 rehersals and a gig later still zingy with lots of snap, how long they will last is the big question. Im not a sweaty player so we'll see. I did notice a dead spot on the bottom G (3rd fret E string) and Im hoping thats the strings and not the neck! They gigged fine, no one complained and even the guitarist who hated the Harley Guitar strings I got him was surprised how bright they still sounded.

Value

Well obviously good value

Overall conclusion

Early days but quite promising. Are they as good as my old Hard Rocking Steels? No. As good as the legacy (from strings direct), yes.

They're good enough to cut through in the racket we make and at that price I think Im going to give them a chance, even if they start to fade a few gigs down the road, just pop a fresh set on.

Good strings for the money

Considering the price, these strings perform quite good.

Sound is very close to other more expensive brands (if not almost identical to some). I've made an A/B test with d'addario nicke xl and there is almost no difference, besides Bentons sounding a bit fresher compared to a bit broken in d'addarios,

As with most strings, the main difference comes from feel under the fingers (tension, texture). Bentons feel a bit rougher, almost like stainless steel strings, but it does not bother me, although you would expect a bit smoother feel from nickel plated strings. The tension is comparable to d'addarios.

Other than that, the strings are okay. They come with orange silk wraps on both ends, which is a nice touch, it protects the machine heads from getting scratched. They are also individually vacuum packed, I believe it helps protect the strings from the elements when they are stored, so you don't get bad strings fresh out of the package.

All in all, they are good budget strings, and a worthy contender to warwick's red labels, which were the cheapest until the Bentons came, at half the price of warwicks.

Light feel, meaty sound

Very Impressed. I got these strings out of of the package and my immediate thought is that they'd be too light to sound any good. I was very wrong.

They sound great, with just the right amount of growl and clang when you turn up the treble. Roll off the treble and they have a lovely smooth tone.

They feel really nice under the fingers and let you skip about better than a higher gauge string.

Price wise, difficult to beat. I'm not sure if they'll last as long as the last set of strings on my bass (I'm ashamed to say I kept them on there way too long), but they seem very well made.

Decent strings!

Cheap strings, but not bad for the price!

As far as I can tell, they've performed just as well as more expensive strings - and sound pretty decent!

It'd be interesting to do an A / B test between this and some more expensive strings, I wonder what the differences would be.

Even if for whatever reason you don't like these strings, I would recommend getting a few sets to keep around as spares!

good for the price

Good, cheap bass strings. Excellent for home use and for beginers.

Good Value

I got these just to restring a non-descript bass("Rockwood") that our drummer has had forever...good value,sound just fine!

They Do The Job

These are not premium strings, and that's evident from the price-tag. However, they sound perfectly fine considering the low price. They're strong and reliable. They can be a little rougher on the fingers than other brands, but that's not much of a complaint.

Not the best strings you'll ever use, but certainly effectivr budget strings.

perfect for the price.

I bought five of these for the price of a single pack of more expensive strings. sure they don't last very long before they start sounding dead, but i'll always take five of these before I buy a single set of daddario's or fender's.

great budget strings

Can't go wrong at this price, great for setting up a bass and for home practice. Price for price there's nothing out there to compare.

would buy again at twice the price

Bass Strings Harley Benton

Really good strings and very great price! Use them almost 3 years. I am satisfied with them totally. Very cool for beginner and some studio works as well. But if you are proffesional bass player I would recommend something more expensive and its better that they would be for Drop D or below. More bright sound when you use long scale. Anyway I recomend these string as quality so price!!!

Don't let the name or price fool you!

You probably can't find any cheaper bass strings in europe!

Not the same hyped high end like many of the "bright" strings outthere, but not at all dull sounding.

Actually surprisingly good. I'm getting more!!

Highly recomended!!