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Not premium quality but still playable.
I have to admit this is the first fretless bass i own, but I've tried many of them and none of them sounded as bad as this Harley Benton. There are a few annoying things that I don't like and of corse some cool features. Let's start with the cool features:
- It's very very cheap and that allows many people to play this instrument
- Active electronics are working nicely, at this price range you probably won't find basses with active electronics
- Downtuning is possible and the strings don't make that buzz which I expected, the action is quite high but you can easily set it as you like
- Balanced weight and comfortable body
And now I'll say what I don't like
- The notes on the thinner strings have a REALLY bad sustain and I generally noticed a bad sustain (this might be just for my bass)
- It doesn't stay in tune for long
- Equalization is BAD since there's always too much bass and less mids/treble of course you may work on the amp/pedal eq but still the eq of the bass on his own is NOT balanced.
- Too much space between the string and the pickup (personal preference not satisfied)
- The neck gets scratched pretty easily by the preinstalled roundwound string, I really recommend to use flatwounds so as not to ruin the whole fretboard but that affects the tone adding more bass and again there's the equalization problem
To sum up everything, the experience is not satisfying but we have to consider that the product is very affordable.
- It's very very cheap and that allows many people to play this instrument
- Active electronics are working nicely, at this price range you probably won't find basses with active electronics
- Downtuning is possible and the strings don't make that buzz which I expected, the action is quite high but you can easily set it as you like
- Balanced weight and comfortable body
And now I'll say what I don't like
- The notes on the thinner strings have a REALLY bad sustain and I generally noticed a bad sustain (this might be just for my bass)
- It doesn't stay in tune for long
- Equalization is BAD since there's always too much bass and less mids/treble of course you may work on the amp/pedal eq but still the eq of the bass on his own is NOT balanced.
- Too much space between the string and the pickup (personal preference not satisfied)
- The neck gets scratched pretty easily by the preinstalled roundwound string, I really recommend to use flatwounds so as not to ruin the whole fretboard but that affects the tone adding more bass and again there's the equalization problem
To sum up everything, the experience is not satisfying but we have to consider that the product is very affordable.
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6 string fretless entry level
Per l'utilizzo di questo basso di fascia economica "entry level" consiglio una configurazione con corde chiaramente lisce. Il manico è molto morbido e confortevole. Non sarà un precision bass nella nitidezza e pulizia del suono, ma per chi vuole fare il salto da un 4 corde standard ad un fretless questo basso è perfetto grazie al rapporto qualità/prezzo! io lo uso in casa e fuori come muletto. Mantiene perfettamente l'accordatura. Lato meno versatile sta nella regolazione dei potenziometri: volume, bassi medi ecc.. Non preoccupatevi se il potenziometro del volume si può staccare con facilità. Per un prezzo del genere è un basso che va benissimo per quasi tutti gli utilizzi amatoriali e semi professionistici. PRO: manico duttile conn una morbidezza tale da rendere gli spostamenti agevoli!. Facilità nell'accordatura e meccaniche sufficientemente adeguate a quasi ogni utilizzo. CONTRO: potenziometri. Quello del volume si stacca facilmente quando si passa in modalità attivo/passivo, ma tutti e 5 non sono facilmente intuibili nel settaggio. Ad ogni modo se vuoi approciare con un fretless questa è la scelta più giusta! Di sicuro non sarà un basso che dimenticherai in cantina! Consigliato!!!
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