Hi! The build quality is not perfect, but it's not bad by any means. I suspect the manufacturing flaws may vary from item to item slightly. In my case I found that the frets are little ruff at the ends (sticking out a little at the edges of finderboard), and sanded them a bit with a 240 grit sandpaper. Never gave it to a professional lutheir, maybe he could find more flaws but I found no need to adjust anything other than those frets which I basically fixed myself. Maybe some time later. I would recommend it unless you mind people pointing at you saying "wtf, that's a Harley Benton" :) And just in case, there is a review of my HB guitar on my channel, where all the bass parts are played with this bass (although it's off-camera), check it out if you're interested how can it do in the mix.
The string spacing changes from head to bridge, by my measurements it appears to be 11mm on the 1st fret, 17.33 mm on the 22nd fret, 19.6mm on the bridge.
Привет!!! наконец то я нашел русскоязычный анбоксинг бренда Харли Бентон))) Просто хочу заказать у них гитару, а спросить даже не у кого - что это за магазин такой Томман? Вопрос по сути такой - когда твоя басуха пришла в Россию - платил ли ты какие-либо налоги на таможне??? Подскажи пожалуйста)))
Привет! К сожалению, я не заказывал басуху в Россию! Я живу в Риге, и т.к. Латвия находится в Евросоюзе, налоги уже считаются заплаченными. К сожалению, я не знаю ответа на твой вопрос, но это на самом деле интересно. Я помню, что на форуме guitarplayer.ru была тема про Томман, попробуй спросить там, ну а если выяснишь - буду благодарен, если оставишь тут комментарий. Также в Риге был случай с возвратом: друг заказывал микрофонный преамп и решил его вернуть т.к. он имел некоторые проблемы. После короткой переписки с Томманом они выслали специальный бланк, с которым он пошёл на почту и бесплатно отправил его обратно, а ему потом вернули деньги за заказ. Но как оно было бы с Россией, тоже не совсем понятно. Такие вот дела.
Ну это понятно. Повторюсь, поищи на форуме гитарплеер.ру, там есть тема про Томанн, там и про налоги, и про доставку, и про проблемы с палисандровыми накладками :)
Не знаю, как Томанн шлет товары в Россию нынче, но раньше это было недешево (можно поискать темы на басстриме). Шлют они курьерской доставкой. По налогам не подскажу, я, как и Дан, из Риги. В ЕС НДС платится один раз по месту продажи. Для стран вне ЕС, они должны отнимать НДС и тогда по получению товар надо растаможить. Хотя возможно, они поступают как Амазон, который берет налоги страны получателя при покупке и далее остается только получить заказ.
Hi! This is a very abstract question :) I'd put it this way: I see no points why this bass would be bad for metal. It is convenient to play, versatile on sound with the active eq, and has killer looks to my taste.
This is actually a public rehearsal studio where we (the owners) play ourselves and let the other bands come and play for a fee. Currently I play in an "office band" (you know, guys from IT company gathered together to have some fun playing some covers on the internal corporate parties, etc.) as a vocalist, and I also jam with my fried on a regular basis. But nothing serious. Oh, and also on the language question in your other comment - yes, it's Russian :)
omg we dress almost the same way. denim jackets all the way! and they say we slavs only wear adidas edit: I like the bass, I owned the 5 string version, incredible value for the money
THanks for a nice showing of your unpacking . ( Love the sound of your language, is it Russian ? ) Im using my wife,s login. But I wanna get this bass later, and take of the frets and fill it in with hardglue with ashes, for fretless. Think it will make a great fretless as well, since the fretboard has this Ebonol, who has a slightly more midtonie sound to it. And as ive seen from reviews , the quality is on a prolevel. So it shouldnt be more than your playing to make it sound well. The woods are hard so the sound is not mellow, wich make it good for studio work as well. For metal ? Shurely !! has good mids for Cut through, it has active Eq so you can surely add more sub bass for your liking. I have allready a good quality Fernandes 5str with EMG picks, so this one 5000NT fretless, and i will be ready for anything, and can only concentrate on making music. nb: hope wifey soon gives me permission to buy it. THink this one is good because of the better woods in this one than the cheaper HB, i have three of those allready , they work also well, as a mid range quallity. Perfect to have stocked somewhere, so you dont have to bring bass all the time, if your playing in a choir, or something.
Thanks for commenting! Yeah I think that Harley Benton suited well for the experiments as it's inexpensive. I'm not into the fretless sound myself, I like the fret clank and stuff. But I think it would be a fun project. Good luck! :)
![Seriously The Best Budget Bass Out There! - Harley Benton BZ-4000 [Demo]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UHPBZy6MRDE/mqdefault.jpg)
Привет из 2020 ! Надеюсь бассуха ещё жива ;)
С басухой всё хорошо, спасибо :)
Strats weight 3- 3.5 kg, you can find ones that weight less that 3kg easily.
les paul weight ~4kg+
a bass weights ~4+ too
Thanks for the subs, good video.
You're welcome!
Thanks for the subtitles! This is a beautiful bass that I am considering to buy. Are you actually in Russia?
You're welcome! No, I'm in Latvia.
How is the build quality? do you recommend it for intermediate level players?
Hi! The build quality is not perfect, but it's not bad by any means. I suspect the manufacturing flaws may vary from item to item slightly. In my case I found that the frets are little ruff at the ends (sticking out a little at the edges of finderboard), and sanded them a bit with a 240 grit sandpaper. Never gave it to a professional lutheir, maybe he could find more flaws but I found no need to adjust anything other than those frets which I basically fixed myself. Maybe some time later.
I would recommend it unless you mind people pointing at you saying "wtf, that's a Harley Benton" :) And just in case, there is a review of my HB guitar on my channel, where all the bass parts are played with this bass (although it's off-camera), check it out if you're interested how can it do in the mix.
Thanks for the reply. Whats the string spacing in this 4-str version? I need min 19 mm. is it so?
The string spacing changes from head to bridge, by my measurements it appears to be 11mm on the 1st fret, 17.33 mm on the 22nd fret, 19.6mm on the bridge.
Привет!!! наконец то я нашел русскоязычный анбоксинг бренда Харли Бентон))) Просто хочу заказать у них гитару, а спросить даже не у кого - что это за магазин такой Томман? Вопрос по сути такой - когда твоя басуха пришла в Россию - платил ли ты какие-либо налоги на таможне??? Подскажи пожалуйста)))
Привет! К сожалению, я не заказывал басуху в Россию! Я живу в Риге, и т.к. Латвия находится в Евросоюзе, налоги уже считаются заплаченными. К сожалению, я не знаю ответа на твой вопрос, но это на самом деле интересно. Я помню, что на форуме guitarplayer.ru была тема про Томман, попробуй спросить там, ну а если выяснишь - буду благодарен, если оставишь тут комментарий. Также в Риге был случай с возвратом: друг заказывал микрофонный преамп и решил его вернуть т.к. он имел некоторые проблемы. После короткой переписки с Томманом они выслали специальный бланк, с которым он пошёл на почту и бесплатно отправил его обратно, а ему потом вернули деньги за заказ. Но как оно было бы с Россией, тоже не совсем понятно. Такие вот дела.
В том то и дело... В Россию хочу заказать)) У нас почта то "толковая"
Ну это понятно. Повторюсь, поищи на форуме гитарплеер.ру, там есть тема про Томанн, там и про налоги, и про доставку, и про проблемы с палисандровыми накладками :)
Daniil Kolpakov, спасибо за информацию!!! Обязательно гляну)
Не знаю, как Томанн шлет товары в Россию нынче, но раньше это было недешево (можно поискать темы на басстриме). Шлют они курьерской доставкой. По налогам не подскажу, я, как и Дан, из Риги. В ЕС НДС платится один раз по месту продажи. Для стран вне ЕС, они должны отнимать НДС и тогда по получению товар надо растаможить. Хотя возможно, они поступают как Амазон, который берет налоги страны получателя при покупке и далее остается только получить заказ.
The Neck it's Similar to a Precision or a Jazz Bass?...its Slim?
(Sorry for my bad English)
The neck is rather slim, but I don't have those Fenders to compare.
Hello is this bass good for metal ;
Hi! This is a very abstract question :)
I'd put it this way: I see no points why this bass would be bad for metal. It is convenient to play, versatile on sound with the active eq, and has killer looks to my taste.
Just curious, : Are you playing in a band ? is that a classroom , looks like a music class room ?
This is actually a public rehearsal studio where we (the owners) play ourselves and let the other bands come and play for a fee. Currently I play in an "office band" (you know, guys from IT company gathered together to have some fun playing some covers on the internal corporate parties, etc.) as a vocalist, and I also jam with my fried on a regular basis. But nothing serious.
Oh, and also on the language question in your other comment - yes, it's Russian :)
Поздравляю! Ты его отстрой, а на репетиции сравним с братским корейцем/китайцем HK E-bass лоб в лоб.
Спасибо! Подкрутил мензурку, вроде нормуль.
omg we dress almost the same way. denim jackets all the way! and they say we slavs only wear adidas
edit: I like the bass, I owned the 5 string version, incredible value for the money
Adidas is too expensive :D
THanks for a nice showing of your unpacking . ( Love the sound of your language, is it Russian ? ) Im using my wife,s login. But I wanna get this bass later, and take of the frets and fill it in with hardglue with ashes, for fretless. Think it will make a great fretless as well, since the fretboard has this Ebonol, who has a slightly more midtonie sound to it. And as ive seen from reviews , the quality is on a prolevel. So it shouldnt be more than your playing to make it sound well. The woods are hard so the sound is not mellow, wich make it good for studio work as well. For metal ? Shurely !! has good mids for Cut through, it has active Eq so you can surely add more sub bass for your liking. I have allready a good quality Fernandes 5str with EMG picks, so this one 5000NT fretless, and i will be ready for anything, and can only concentrate on making music. nb: hope wifey soon gives me permission to buy it. THink this one is good because of the better woods in this one than the cheaper HB, i have three of those allready , they work also well, as a mid range quallity. Perfect to have stocked somewhere, so you dont have to bring bass all the time, if your playing in a choir, or something.
Thanks for commenting! Yeah I think that Harley Benton suited well for the experiments as it's inexpensive. I'm not into the fretless sound myself, I like the fret clank and stuff. But I think it would be a fun project. Good luck! :)
It's a Peavey Cirrus clone...
Yep. By the way, it looks like Peavy restarted the model, probably seeing how popular the various clones are nowdays :)