This is a fun ride….

[Ed DeGenaro]

So I have 4 bass students back to back Fridays.
And the 80€ Harley Bento school bass was eating up my hands.

So I got this one for 320 bucks.

What a pleasant surprise.

Second time I ended up with one of their cheapies and really dig it.

The other one…

 

[la szum]

Nice! Fretless!

I seriously think fretless basses are one of the best sounding stringed instruments of all time.

 

[DrewJD82]

Shit, that's pretty hard to say no to at that price. I definitely want to get my hands on a fretless but it'd be stupid of me to buy an expensive one. I gotta check these out.

Edit- that's pretty crazy for that price-

• Fretless
• Body: Ovangkol
• 7-Piece neck-through-body neck: Ovangkol / maple / nato
• Fingerboard: black walnut
• Nut width: 45 mm
• Scale: 864 mm (long scale)
• Pickups: 2 ceramic bar single coils
• Active tone control with 2-band EQ
• Controls: Volume, pickup balance, bass, treble
• Black hardware
• Die-cast machine heads
• Bridge with 5 individual string saddles and 16.5 mm string spacing
• Colour: Natural, Matte

 

[la szum]

I was just investigating a bit further myself, @DrewJD82 ... and found this.

Great minds......

 

[norminal]

What’s the brand?

 

[DrewJD82]

What’s the brand?

Harley Benton

https://www.thomannmusic.com/harley_benton_hbz_2005fl_nt_deluxe_series.htm

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Bronco fretless conversion for the funks!!!!

 

[la szum]

7 Piece Neck Thru. Pretty sweet.

 

[Sleezy E]

Wow, looks nice

 

[bikescene]

Nice bass. A 5 string and fretless is quite a combination.

 

[norminal]

Harley Benton

https://www.thomannmusic.com/harley_benton_hbz_2005fl_nt_deluxe_series.htm

Shit, $299 USD??? I’m half tempted to grab one.