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Now- Seems you didn't just get a prototype but an ever being one of a kind bass. Great for you, a pity for the rest of us!? Harley Benton - what are you waiting for?

New to me (!) and a shame that I didn´t come across them earlier......

Got a Squier VM Jazz (flats), a Harley Benton P (flats), a no name Jazz (rounds), a Hofner Shorts (rounds), a Harley Benton HB -60 (flats) and my latest one, an Orange O bass with flats, that gives me any sound I could dream of. So yes- I think, in the end I'm done now. (But looking at other basses still is a joy to me.)

Love that Ibanez. Which model is it?

English isn't my native language, so it's hard for me to follow the conversation. Sometimes it's too fast for me.☺

Lurking around in that www, I came across the youtube channel of Doug Wilkes Workshop & Carl Moreton To me it´s real fun watching him work, hear him talking about guitars and joking (or is he serious?) with his customers and friends - A real original, hard to find nowadays ( now I am sounding like one of those grumpy old men 😁. Well I am actually)

Well - in Goethe´s "Faust" Mephisto (AKA Satan, the Devil, Prince of Darkness, whatever you want), the Bad, appears in disguise as a poodle, the Good. When Faust recognizes the trick, he notices: "That´s the poodle´s core" . I´m not really saddle-proof in literature, but in Germany this came out a saying, meaning: Ta-daa😃

It was Goethe´s and Mr.Faust´s idea to harass that poor dog. Sorry for having hijacked this thread temporarily.🫢

Thank you. One of the reasons for me being here is to improve my forgotten school english☺

Thank you for that close up. As long as the curve in the bridge corresponds to the fretboard radius, I think, there´s no real need for individual height adjustability. Looks fine to me - very unique and sturdy.

Well, it was just out of interest because adjusting intonation with a floating bridge is a real mess. Once I´m done, the only time for me to remove all strings at one time will be a fret dress (if needed one day). BTW the HB-60 works really well with TI Jazz Flats. Maybe It´s an option for the HB-50 as well ?!

That´s the poodle´s core (does one say that in english ? I´m german ) - if it warms your fingers , it´s part of your gear.

Nice to hear. As I said before, I own the HB-60 and for Harley Benton being known to improve from model to model, I´m sure your new bass is another upgrade in that semihollow range. Main difference beside pickup and scale is the bridge (HB-60 has a floating one)- yours does look pretty standalone. Does it work as nice as it looks?

Well, if it´s going to sound half as good as it looks ...🤩 I think, Harley Benton is always good for a nice surprise (or at least a voucher). You might do future buyers a favor.

Same here.

And curiosity is growing more and more and more.....🙂

Well now- as I`ve never been in ukulele basses, I just came across the "Ukulele Wales" youtube channel run by Rachel Webley. Using a hofner shorty 30´ bass as a travel/practicing bass and although thinking that a shorter scale ukulele bass is not an adequate practicing alternative to a standard bass, I´m really impressed by those little instruments. They´re actually a kind of their own and I feel tempted to get one for myself. What do you think about those little sound wonders?

That´s the problem. "Loan me a dime " is one of the best blues tunes ever to my ears. I just have to ignore the jazzy part after maybe 7 minutes and that really bothers me.

Just out of curiousity- Does any one shares this feeling? You absolutely love and adore a tune, but only partially. To me it´s "Loan me a dime" , that fantastic Boz Scaggs/Duane Allman piece. I love it to death and could keep on playing it endlessly ..... if there wasn´t that change from blues to jazz rythm. Call it blasphemy, but I can´t help myself. At that certain point I have to stop and start again. It´s not that I´m not into some jazzy things but in this particular case it´s a no-go for me. 😞Hello, I´m Thomas and I feel guilty😞

Since I own a hb-60 and being pretty happy with the overall quality of it (though I can confirm the real bad pots) and preferring short scale on semi hollow basses, I´m curious on a first review of this long scale one especially with that pickup.

To be honest- after 60 years on this planet I just happened to discover these guys. Blues rock at its best- addictive. I´m virtually blown away.

No GAS at the moment (!!). More than that I am feeling the need to do justice to my present gear. So more SIS (Skill Improvement Syndrome) here.

There is neck dive, but as I said , resting your forearm on the body ( I always do ) remedies that at once. In case you´re wearing the bass hung low , it might cause serious difficulties, indeed. Thought about the colour as well. But seeing that orange in nature, it appeared a bit too garish to me. But that´s a matter of personal taste.

IT WORKED !!!!!!!