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lamu44
Published on 02/17/10 at 07:04
Value For Money :
Correct
Harley Benton HBB400TBK 4 string electric bass
= 1x JB & 1x PB pick-ups, active electronics = attention, pull the plug when you stop playing on pain of a tree quick unloading of the pile ... I have done
= Maple neck rosewood fingerboard With
= 24 frets, scale: 86cm
= Basswood body
In terms of features, on paper, nothing shocking, I would say downright good for the price.
UTILIZATION
When you unpack the box, it is quite surprising, already, she is beautiful!
Then it's really light for a low level and balance, I have not found that the handle was falling too.
Afterwards, it gets harder ...
A tour on the finishes first:
It really ends with the feet (at least for my model).
-A few drips here and there (it is not serious, not too visible)
The rear-cavities for the battery / electronics do not correspond to the screws of covers for the top 2 screws are screwed into the void, and one 3mm traviolle screwed into wood (same for the small cache, a screw on Stripped 2)
"When we remove the cache trussRoad, surprise: the extrémitée the cavitated is dug comma-shaped, somewhat to the" just do it "nike, ripping a large deep well what.
The handle is it nice?
It is a bit too thick, it must be said that at the base I play the guitar therefore necessarily have to get used, but after a good time while traveling, especially as it glides rather well despite the growth in end of the shaft (still a problem finishing).
on the other hand basic action is much too high, and the strings too loose, it frieze is not terribly playable.
So changing strings and adjusting the trussroad mandatory (indeed can not adjust the string height on the bridge ...) and manages to have a nice result with obstinacy.
Basically, the first test, not at all pleasant to play, the limit of the return.
After a week of settings (which is not my specialty at all) you get something quite playable.
I of course take account of the crap found in the note, because if someone who has never touched a guitar bought it, not that it happened to go it alone.
SOUNDS
I did not want to use that base to accompany me with a sampler, but I was surprised in the right direction in sound. The pickups make good on my Superfield, the knobs are not for decoration and really work on the sound.
So I even tried a few recordings of models with and it helps out quite well.
I did however not look what happens with effects.
on the other hand, after 3 months, "crackles" can be heard quite annoying at times, may be questionable welds, which will no doubt do again ...
OVERALL OPINION
I play for 3 months and have tried an old bass jim harley before.
The pros:
-The sound, I like quite surprising given the overall quality.
-The look, if you look too closely, it is rather beautiful
The price-
The -:
"The fact that it is unplayable out of the box
-The finishes made by a Chinese student of 8 years, I almost feel guilty seeing it ...
Value for money:
Correct no more. In the light of other comments, I regret not having returned my model for an exchange, I may have fallen solely on the preset and delivered without a finish totally borked.
Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?
I do not think so, too at galley level adjustment, and I think at the interview, because I'm not sure the electronics take very long without checkup.
However, if the breast does not reject you, and if you're lucky on the model that is delivered to you as I do, why not, because for the price, the sound is.
= 1x JB & 1x PB pick-ups, active electronics = attention, pull the plug when you stop playing on pain of a tree quick unloading of the pile ... I have done
= Maple neck rosewood fingerboard With
= 24 frets, scale: 86cm
= Basswood body
In terms of features, on paper, nothing shocking, I would say downright good for the price.
UTILIZATION
When you unpack the box, it is quite surprising, already, she is beautiful!
Then it's really light for a low level and balance, I have not found that the handle was falling too.
Afterwards, it gets harder ...
A tour on the finishes first:
It really ends with the feet (at least for my model).
-A few drips here and there (it is not serious, not too visible)
The rear-cavities for the battery / electronics do not correspond to the screws of covers for the top 2 screws are screwed into the void, and one 3mm traviolle screwed into wood (same for the small cache, a screw on Stripped 2)
"When we remove the cache trussRoad, surprise: the extrémitée the cavitated is dug comma-shaped, somewhat to the" just do it "nike, ripping a large deep well what.
The handle is it nice?
It is a bit too thick, it must be said that at the base I play the guitar therefore necessarily have to get used, but after a good time while traveling, especially as it glides rather well despite the growth in end of the shaft (still a problem finishing).
on the other hand basic action is much too high, and the strings too loose, it frieze is not terribly playable.
So changing strings and adjusting the trussroad mandatory (indeed can not adjust the string height on the bridge ...) and manages to have a nice result with obstinacy.
Basically, the first test, not at all pleasant to play, the limit of the return.
After a week of settings (which is not my specialty at all) you get something quite playable.
I of course take account of the crap found in the note, because if someone who has never touched a guitar bought it, not that it happened to go it alone.
SOUNDS
I did not want to use that base to accompany me with a sampler, but I was surprised in the right direction in sound. The pickups make good on my Superfield, the knobs are not for decoration and really work on the sound.
So I even tried a few recordings of models with and it helps out quite well.
I did however not look what happens with effects.
on the other hand, after 3 months, "crackles" can be heard quite annoying at times, may be questionable welds, which will no doubt do again ...
OVERALL OPINION
I play for 3 months and have tried an old bass jim harley before.
The pros:
-The sound, I like quite surprising given the overall quality.
-The look, if you look too closely, it is rather beautiful
The price-
The -:
"The fact that it is unplayable out of the box
-The finishes made by a Chinese student of 8 years, I almost feel guilty seeing it ...
Value for money:
Correct no more. In the light of other comments, I regret not having returned my model for an exchange, I may have fallen solely on the preset and delivered without a finish totally borked.
Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?
I do not think so, too at galley level adjustment, and I think at the interview, because I'm not sure the electronics take very long without checkup.
However, if the breast does not reject you, and if you're lucky on the model that is delivered to you as I do, why not, because for the price, the sound is.