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I Modded the €118 Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR Bass Guitar - Was it Worth It?

TheGuitarGeek

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In this video, I show you how I modified the Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR Deluxe Series Bass Guitar. This bass is ridiculously cheap at €118 from Thomann , but can some upgrades make it better?

Link to the bass and all the upgrade parts I used in this modification video.
https://thmn.to/thocf/50di90k8o3

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00:00 The Stock Harley Benton PJ-4 HTR Deluxe Series
03:26 Disassembling Time!
07:46 A Sticky Finish
08:37 Adding a New Decal
09:32 New Pickups and Electronics
13:50 Fixing the Fret Sprout and Finishing the Neck
15:12 The Mods finished!
15:37 Old Sounds vs New Sounds
16:16 Post-Mod Review

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𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪!
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨.

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20 Comments

@pattonPwr 2 years ago

Can you believe.. I prefer the sound from the OG pickups

@itsallaboutlee 2 years ago

I’m probably the one who likes the sound of an old pickups..:)

@BrunoLeoCoelho 3 years ago

The stickers on the body resulted in an amazing look, and the upgraded pickups sound pretty good!
But what caught me attention it's the original pickups don't sound bad, for the price, in a simple usage.

@BudgetPedalChap 3 years ago

Although, I'm a little sad we didn't get a 10 minutes neck sanding video, this is the content we came here for. For ears? Really?!

@spaceraisin. 3 years ago

More modding video please! These were the reason I subscribed 👍
4 YEARS??!

@nikolajpotanin 3 years ago

it was the strings that changed slappng sound more than something else, I assume

@marck7270 2 years ago (edited)

beautiful outcome, hat off to you for your honest self assessment

@sequentseens 3 years ago

Four and a half years. That’s amazing.

@mondmatt 3 years ago

I love your Modding Videos, could watch 'em for four years straight, really!

@Krzysztof-ev6yo 2 weeks ago

Great channel, awesome work! 👍🏽

@bigtguitars7312 3 years ago

Love your mod videos there’s a bright future for you Andy as the British Phil McKnight

@sequentseens 3 years ago

This video got very philosophical.

@saarangnarayan 3 years ago

This looks really great! The pickups especially sound sooper S M O O T H. The fact that it took you 4 years (really?!) to get around to doing it is made worth it by the sheer number of stickers on there. Honestly, I wasn't expecting THAT many but it looks so much better with that amount of stickers on there. I do think that the pickups are getting lost in the background of those stickers so maybe black bobbins might have suited better AND matched the hardware. Cool project nonetheless!

@zackymad1533 3 years ago

Great mod video, i really dig the new looks. Sound wise not much of a difference which is a good thing because the bass initially sounded ok. Thank you it was fun to watch.

@ninjarobotmonk3y 3 years ago

I really enjoyed this,
Thanks for taking the time to film it, edit it, and then share it all :)

@jeromewagschal9485 3 years ago

I love the sticker job but if it was me I'd seal it all under a few coats of lacquer...

@vasotoe 3 years ago

Slap-a-da-bass for the Michiel!!! It's a bass!! RIP Drill Collins 🥲 What a fun project...4 years...really?!?! 😛

@4stringz. 2 years ago

nice job. I LOVE that color.

@manfredworner8528 3 years ago

Wow that’s sharp 😊

@BleachedCoral 1 year ago

Looks and sounds awesome ! Appreciate the advice about not modding budget instruments although I’m about to start modding my 2005 GIO…Thanks, but 4 years really!