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This Bass CUTS Through a Live Mix // Harley Benton SBK Deluxe

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The best of both worlds! The PJ-4 from the Deluxe series combines the thunderous rock sound of a split coil pickup with a single coil pickup in the bridge position to deliver a package of powerful, bone-dry bass tones. Dialing in both pickups equally using the passive electronics gives you an extremely useable, all-round ‘scooped’ tone that sounds great in any style! A bolt-on maple neck, a 20-fret roseacer fretboard and a basswood body: The PJ-4 is every inch a classic, that’s matched by a luxurious satin black finish.
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20 Comments

@rnewman612 3 years ago

Did anyone else get excited when he said he was gonna have a tlc show but realized it was a hoarders joke 😅

@maniacalmusician2025 3 years ago

as for the 'tonewood' thing, there's a video on YT of a guy that started with a guitar body, and bit by bit he took away THE ENTIRE BODY! He was left with strings and a pickup strapped from 1 table to another table and it sounds EXACTLY the same as the guitar body! google it!

@ConanLibrarian667 3 years ago

If someone thinks that an instrument is an investment and not mainly a tool to show your musical skill and craftsmanship then we are mixing up two different things. Musician thinks about music, collector thinks about money spent and received later on.
It's just a piece of wood with strings attached, the person playing it is what makes it rock or suck.

@maibanez 3 years ago (edited)

i used to have many expensive basses, but i always came back to a old cheap epiphone p bass, and my heart broke when it broke

@markbass354 3 years ago

wow very nice bass Marc now I need one

@OnTheOne. 3 years ago

The upside of a cheap HB is you can teach yourself to modify /work on a bass without worrying about messing up a $2K Fender. So swap out the output jack and teach yourself to solder. Work on using a fret file without fear of causing Leo to turn over in his grave.

@nickthompson3339 2 years ago

I started bass about two years ago. I’ve bought several HB models and this is my favourite but not the most expensive! I have since replaced the pups with EMG Geezer Butlers, the pots and wiring from a Crimson Guitars kit and the tuners with Hipshots. The bridge is next on the list and it’s had a complete setup and fret dress by a local luthier whose opinion is that it’s as good as any Fender he’s had in! That’ll do for me!!!

@themiddle-agedmediocrebass479 3 years ago

I bought the P-bass version of this as a cheap hotel room bass when I'm travelling for work (nervous about taking my Fender American Standard P-bass on the road). After popping some EMG GZR pups in the Harley Benton, it's a fantastic bass and my go-to now for D-standard and Eb tunings (also fitted heavier gauge strings). Honestly, for the money you can't go wrong... it's a great starting point to upgrade parts on at a later date. 👌 🤘🤘

@rickoszpar9513 2 weeks ago

I've been using Harley Benton basses and guitars over the past 10 years. I prefer them over my Fender. Especially as a working musician, I'm not worried about them getting damaged. I do have a Squier PJ, but I had to modify everything on it to get it my way. My good studio basses get kept in pristine condition.

@eddybass68 5 months ago

i have the harley benton pj75 and LOVE IT!!! the hb basses sound awesome

@pensnut08 3 years ago

I have two Squire basses (4 and 5 string Jazz Basses) with maple necks. What I did was swapped the tuners out (Hipshot) and the 4 got the extender key as well. Both got Hipshot bridges and the nut on both is brass. SD Quarter Pound PUPs (My Geddy Lee Jazz also got those) and I upgraded the volume and tone pots. The sound is INCREDIBLE! I would play the Squire 4 string live exclusively except for the weight... Imagine a VERY early P Bass... And it's more than that LOL....
I used the Squire for recording (for the first time) and the owner/engineer of the studio came into the booth and I said "What's up?".. He said "I just had to see if that really was a Squire like you told me.. It's tone is amazing!".

@scottm7720 3 years ago

Well said at the end. Regardless of price, I got to be inspired to keep picking it up.

@geraldp494 3 years ago

Sounds Great

@Klaus80804 2 years ago

For a beginner, it's amazing what you can get for little money these days. And for a professional or semi-professional, a Harley Benton bass is always an excellent backup bass. I don't want to drive to a gig with two vintage Fender basses, but I don't feel comfortable without a backup bass either. Because if a show has to be interrupted just because one of the strings breaks, that's really embarrassing.

@oldmanstillcan 2 years ago

Valid points. I'm just returning to bass playing so I think I may check one of these out.

@Miithekid 2 years ago

I was thinking about buying this bass as my first bass

@MrRooster3000 1 year ago

Good strings they sound great

@jabaak5708 2 years ago

Thinking about getting this as my first bass for jazz/funk

@dawnthepitz 3 years ago (edited)

here is my mentality regarding inexpensive gear,

the gear should not be too cheap enough where it makes you wanna buy another that does a similar job (basically something that already covers most of what you want from a gear), and it shouldn't be too expensive enough that you won't take it out of the case out of fear that it will be broken/stolen or something...