Harley Benton B-30BK-FL Acoustic Bass Series

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Acoustic bass with pickup

  • Fretless / fretless
  • Design: Super Jumbo with cutaway
  • Top: Spruce
  • Back and sides: Sapele mahogany
  • Neck: Mahogany
  • Fingerboard: Roseacer
  • Scale: 815 mm
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Built-in pickup system with 4-band EQ and tuner
  • Double action truss-rod
  • Roseacer bridge
  • Cream binding
  • Chrome die-cast machine heads
  • String gauges from facttory: .045 - .105
  • Colour: High-gloss, black
Available since December 2019
Item number 476021
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Strings 4
Lefthand Model No
Colour Black
Top Spruce
Back and Sides Mahogany
Neck Mahogany
Fretboard Roseacer
Scale Mediumscale
Pickup System Yes
Incl. Case No
Incl. Gigbag No
Neck Width 43,0 mm
$135
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4.3 / 5

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Amazing bass for THE AMAZING price.
JakeC 23.01.2020
adding more on the 7th of Feb.
I got back home and had some more time to spend on my various amps, and I am changing my rating of this instrument for its sounds to full 5 stars. This bass is crazy good for the price.
And I didn't use its onboard tuner until now, and now I realized it's a chromatic tuner, not like some cheapest crap tuner that only let you check for an A note.
The basic sound with its 4 EQs all flat in the middle, it's a bit too crispy. high frequency too boosted. easily adjustable.

People give a lot of credit for people who have a lot of experience with so many instruments, so I gotta start from there though it will make me look like a shallow rich punk, which I'm not. I'm just a regular man who doesn't even have a car because I spent too much money on music.

I have 12 years of musical experience, mainly as a bassist, and I have owned and used too many basses(and more) from Cort to Fodera. I have made myself an acoustic bass guitar, and I own a Fodera fretless bass, but I always wanted a fretless bass guitar that sounds alright. I understand that because of the structural nature of an acoustic bass guitar(too small body, too short neck), it's difficult for it to sound big and good enough, but this Harley Benton's price and my trust for Thomann forced me to buy one. Also, Warwick Alien started to look too expensive after seeing this..

The only downside of this instrument is the slightly unstable head machines. The bass itself is made very sturdy, The looks is acceptable even though I'm more of a Dreadnought fan. fingerboard looks clean and well dressed. I haven't used the built in pickup and preamp, but it has a 4 EQ knobs, built in tuner, 1/4 inch output jack and an XLR output jack. And that all costs only 170 euros! about 200 dollars? I bought a huge gigbag for this bass for extra 30 euros, and I consider it all costed me total of 200 euros.

I'm so happy I have a good and affordable acoustic bass I can bang around everywhere! You know how good it feels to know that you can easily get a replacement.
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Quite Happy
Justin Rich 09.12.2021
I waited a few days before writing this review to ensure it would be accurate.

I'm more than satisfied with this bass. For the price, I seriously doubt you can find a better instrument (even used).
It came well packaged and very playable out of the box. There were a few minor finishing problems (paint between the sound hole & neck not finished, fretboard needed lemon oil treatment & the 12th fret marker looked a bit odd) but nothing that affects it's playability and overall quality.

Others have mentioned that it's not very loud (acoustically) but I find it could easily compete with a 6 string acoustic at normal volume. I may even install a sound-hole cover to reduce it's acoustic volume.
Basically, it sounds as good as it looks... And it does look very nice, as I've received several complements on it.

I would recommend this bass without hesitation.
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Eeeeeh
Gregzaby 08.12.2022
-Battery needs to be disconnected when not in use, otherwise it runs out. Its like it doesnt has an off switch.
-Fret marking (dots) are completely random and I had to mark them myself.
-Rod is moving with every play during summer when humidity and temps change, so I set it up myself very regularly
- It plays low and has nearly no resonance

Overall, pretty good instrument if you wanna take it to the beach to play with friends while banging here and there and not giving a F.
Not for studio and recs
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Great Bass I use a lot
Valterreis 14.10.2022
I really like this bass. The sound is perfect and the electrical part is also good. Only the body I take great care because the lightness may not resist strong impacts. But this is common to acoustics. some more some less.
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