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Harley Benton BZ 6000 - 6 string, neck through. Sold.
£180


Owen
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[color=#ff0000][size=5]Price drop £160[/size][/color]

I bought this to mess with 6 strings and bottom F#. It is a lot of fun, but I cannot get my head around the extra string and I know I will trip up when I am playing in anger.

Here is a link to the Thomann spiel

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_bz_6000_nt.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._bz_6000_nt.htm[/url]

Let's get down to brass tacks. Is it a Ken Smith? No. It only costs £225 new. It is an entry into messing with 6 string basses. At the moment it is strung bottom F#BEADG. It speaks fairly well all the way down but needs a pretty hefty rig to make it happen in a meaningful way. You could just re-string it BEADGC and do your thing that way. The fit and finish are WAY better than they have any right to be for the money. To have entry level instruments of this quality means that we are actually living in the golden age of lutherie. I have not played it out of the house and knew even when I bought it that the whole thing was an experiment.

Carriage will be at cost.

As usual I am doing this late before going to bed. I will get pics up ASAP.

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Some pics displaying my top camera phone skills, but you get the idea.

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[quote name='synthaside' timestamp='1415788616' post='2603706']
Don't fancy a trade for an Akai unibass mint in box do you , I'd been put off posting it in the for sale section because someone else is trying to sell one and it seemed a touch rude .
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Thanks for the offer but £ is king I'm afraid.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1415789124' post='2603717']
Whats the string spacing at the bridge on this please?

Cheers!
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To my unspectacled eyes it is either 17.5mm or 18mm. It is well spaced and not tight.

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