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Thomann selling Harley Benton basses as 'Decoration only'


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[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1446669550' post='2901406']
Yep. Waiting patiently in the queue behind you!!
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Im not even in the queue :( ,waiting patiently for some cash to drop into me lap first :unsure:

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Deko p-basses.

Regular and shorty.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pb_20_bk_standard_seri_deko.htm

Regular one disappeared as I was typing this post.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pb_shorty_bk_standarddeko.htm

Shorty still has a few remaining.

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OK, took delivery of my jazz on Friday.....nowt wrong with it at all. Slight Chip out of the finish on the back, next to the neck plate, apart from that nothing. Plugged her into my head on headphones and had a play, very nice indeed...will be taking her out for a play in anger next week I think.

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[quote name='nightsun' timestamp='1447076641' post='2904591']
No, the D stamp is at the base of the neck where it joins the body.
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The D stamp is both at the base of the neck AND at the back of the body the part of the body at the base of the neck :) If you look carefully you will see it resembles the D from the neck. They used the same tool to hammer the D into the neck and body.

It would be a coincidence otherwise that we all have the chip in the lack at approx the same place :lol:

[URL=http://s59.photobucket.com/user/Duskob/media/DBACB928-AF92-4A0E-B2F1-9BA2928D1FB5_zpsh2wlbkxz.jpg.html][IMG]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/Duskob/DBACB928-AF92-4A0E-B2F1-9BA2928D1FB5_zpsh2wlbkxz.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=http://s59.photobucket.com/user/Duskob/media/61222218-B208-4E31-B9D7-440BFB8A7D76_zpsignjskhv.jpg.html][IMG]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/Duskob/61222218-B208-4E31-B9D7-440BFB8A7D76_zpsignjskhv.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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I bought my Deko JB-75 a couple of month ago and I'm still looking for what is wrong with it :lol: Its a fine bass and plays well, stays in tune, had very good set-up but does have shielding issues which I must address soon. Im not sure why these Dekos are sold as Deko because in all fairness they are as good as new!

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[quote name='Che' timestamp='1447145386' post='2905144']
I bought my Deko JB-75 a couple of month ago and I'm still looking for what is wrong with it :lol: Its a fine bass and plays well, stays in tune, had very good set-up but does have shielding issues which I must address soon. Im not sure why these Dekos are sold as Deko because in all fairness they are as good as new!
[/quote]Similar here, love mine and while it has one ding on the upper horn that would only make it a B Stock, rather than a 'not for playing' deko.

The frets are slightly sharp but you don't notice when playing, only if you squeeze your hand and rub up and down the neck. Again, B Stock not deko to me.

The only other issue I've found is the neck pickup lead is soldered onto the pot by only 1 strand, the rest have pulled away. Again I doubt this is the reason for deko, it works just fine and I doubt they remove the control plate as part of their QC checks so they wouldn't have picked up on it.

I only noticed because I'm going to be rewiring it to a vaguely Ric-like stereo (stack knob plus stereo/mono switch where the tone pot would be) otherwise I'd have played it without noticing.

Lovely bass, even for the full price. At deko price it's the bargain of the century.

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Leftie Prog 5 String Deko

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_550lh_bk_progressive_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...essive_deko.htm[/url]

The page format seems to have changed. I can't see a green in stock or red sold out.

EDIT: It's "on request". People who have order those before have received them.

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