kodiakblair Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 So definitely tomorrow. Damn that's gonna be a long day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldflows Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1435581652' post='2810198'] Did you get an "out for delivery" email, or did it just turn up? [/quote] Just turned up, the tracking doesn't seem to work brilliantly outside of Germany. This bass is great fun. The neck is wide but not unplayable. So does that mean if a batch of basses comes in and they pick up the only unlucky bass they waste the lot and stamp them dekos? All I can find wrong with this is two tiny lines in the paintjob. It's a £100 bass at full price I can't understand how that little can be considered unplayable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Happy new bass day Coldflows. Happy new bass day Bartleby, for when you finally get your hands on it. I just visually compared my PJ5 to my Rockbass Streamer Standard V, and the necks look to be about the same width. The PJ5's neck is quite a bit narrower than my Harley Benton BZ7000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 [quote name='ben4343' timestamp='1435563661' post='2809935'] Acoustic 5er is still up there... I'm gutted I missed the fretless 4; I hadn't even considered such a weirdly wonderful thing might exist, and GASed hard when I saw the 'sold out' label... Did anyone on here snag it? [/quote] Just sprung for the 5 String Koo Stick. Bonus is I managed to order a couple of K&M wall hangers super cheap at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 [quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1435603919' post='2810530'] Just sprung for the 5 String Koo Stick. Bonus is I managed to order a couple of K&M wall hangers super cheap at the same time. [/quote] Stone me. Ordered at 7.30ish last night and already got the dispatched text and email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andytre Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Some new deko just popped up but are showing to me as 'on request' that's a new one, also there is a PJ5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 DEKOS! http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pj_5_htr_deluxe_series_deko.htm PJ5. That's a few pounds cheaper than mine was. What does Availability - on request mean? Two acoustic guitars too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andytre Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 just purchased the shorty P (i like the idea of a portable bass for pittence), and have got the order conformation email, so know idea why there 'on request' as you can just straight up order them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) If I look at the "block" view there's only 4 items listed. Switch to "list" view and there's 7 items... And the mobile site still shows old "out of stock" items. EDIT: My PJ5 should be delivered today... Edited June 30, 2015 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Apparently it has arrived, just... The bottom of the shipping carton was open and the PF driver didn't notice. The Guitar box and airpocket packing fell out as he put it down. I now have to wait 6 hours until I get home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 So you have the joy of popping around 6 metre of airbags when you get home Don't envy you the next 6 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1435663679' post='2811067'] So you have the joy of popping around 6 metre of airbags when you get home Don't envy you the next 6 hours. [/quote] Once I've checked it out there'll be a thread in the Recycling bit of the marketplace. I have 2 of the massive shipping cartons now, and all the airbags, and 1 bass box... I'm now trying to find lots of difficult work to distract me for 5 1/2 hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Given the earlier post about how Thomann "do" their Decos, maybe the "On Request" means you are putting your name down for one when they become available or as has been said by Andytre , it's just a smokescreen? A PJ for £40 inc postage is very tempting even though I had one while ago and sold it..! Edited June 30, 2015 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The one I bought last night is still featured on the website, so I guess they must have a few. It'll be interesting to see if it has the "dink" featured in the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 FIO Just stumbled across this, apologies if it is already known... The Harley Benton basses are made by a company called Saein Musical Instrument Co., who have factories in both Korea and China. Saein was established in 1991 and in 1992 began manufacturing the Epiphone guitars for Gibson. They won "The Best Quality of the Year" award, presented by Gibson in 1998 and 1999. Saein currently are the OEM vendor for Ibanez and Peavey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 A number of their earlier basses looked exactly like some Shine (Saein) basses. E.g. the previous six string. However, I'm not convinced that all their instruments are made by Saein. Are there any really robust sources (e.g. Thomann saying it's so) to say that all Harley Bentons are Shines? The BZ range look a lot like the instruments made by another Korean factory, though I can't remember which one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 If a natural 4 string acoustic bass comes up it's mine! A couple of fivers have been up the last few days and some black 4 stringers! Don't know if I need it but for that price it's not to be sniffed at! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Left work a bit early... Right out the box it's pretty good. The pickup heights are all over the shop and the truss rod needs a tweak. The nut could do with some attention, but it's more than playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 So bearing in mind it's " Decoration only not playable " are you pleased ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1435685344' post='2811464'] So bearing in mind it's " Decoration only not playable " are you pleased ? [/quote] hell yeah!! All it needs is a full setup... Edited June 30, 2015 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 That looks a thing of wondrous beauty. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1435686836' post='2811482'] That looks a thing of wondrous beauty. Congratulations. [/quote] For £41 it's the most beautiful bass ever made... Now I need to find some things that use a 5 string to play to get used to it. I also need to remember the lowest string ain't an E anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andytre Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I bought one for around £80 and thought it was the bargain of the century, if only I'd of waited! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Even at £80 it's a great deal Andy, was around £64 for my B-stock P/J 4. With it's bent tuners it's still a good bass (currently sporting Chromes ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Got home today from a few days away and the pj4 was waiting for me... In the same delightful colour scheme as above. More tomorrow but two initial impressions are; 1) how on earth one small dent on the back makes this "unplayable" I don't know 2) at full price this would have been astonishing value... It really does sound pretty good! I'll do some audio samples when I get a chance. ... By God it's ugly though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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