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Thomann selling Harley Benton basses as 'Decoration only'


Annoying Twit

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[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1429171945' post='2748664']
One that has been there for a long time has disappeared - the lefty acoustic bass - should be in my hands tomorrow.
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And it is!

There is minimal hump in the fingerboard between fret 10 and 17, in this same area there are also some high frets, there are also quiet a few sharp fret ends. Maybe the bridge nut is too low, but I can only be certain of that once I've fixed the fingerboard.
In principle there are no problems I can't fix! :)
For the rest the bass looks nice, it tunes up okay, haven't tested the electronics yet.

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Exactly that. :) But the hump on this bass is probably small enough to be fixed with a full fret leveling and crowning job.

I did a more thorough check on what is wrong and for the time being the 12th fret is the major cause of the problem, once I leveled that one I hope I know in more detail where I need to go to get this bass set up to my liking.

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Strat deko. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_st_20hss_ca_standard_s_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...dard_s_deko.htm[/url]

Gone already.

@Blablas - you reminded me to go to the machineshop here at work and borrow a flat handle-less metal file. My most recent deko purchase was bought so that I could practice working on the frets. I'm going to try a level using the draw lines on the frets and slide a file down the neck method.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1429604486' post='2752990']
Acoustic bass deko. 5 string. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_35nt_acoustic_bass_s_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...bass_s_deko.htm[/url]
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I wonder how many they've got? The last batch of these must have been quite big as they stayed around for a while.

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Something about Thomann's page is confusing my program, and I've had to stop it. I'll look into updating it tonight, but even more than being busy at work and home has limited how much I've had my eye on things, I can't watch for dekos at all right now until I work out what has changed.

EDIT: I've worked out what was causing my program to go wild. Unfortunately it most likely isn't Thomann trying to stop people using bots to look into deco instruments.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1429608785' post='2753033']
I wonder how many they've got? The last batch of these must have been quite big as they stayed around for a while.
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Using the KB method, it says that they have five of them. However, I've never seen more than 5 dekos, so wonder why this is.

EDIT: 5 String acoustic bass still up.

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Loads of Dekos!

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html"]http://www.thomann.d...and_basses.html[/url]


Eight string Deko. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_r_458_bk_progressiv_se_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...siv_se_deko.htm[/url]

Standard Jazz Bass Deko. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_20_sb_standard_seri_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...d_seri_deko.htm[/url]

1975 Jazz Bass. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_75_na_vintage_serie_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._serie_deko.htm[/url]

Standard P-Bass Deko. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pb_20_bk_standard_seri_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...d_seri_deko.htm[/url] £18 something.

B-450 White Progressive bass gone before I could link to it from here, as well as ES335 copy and TE-20 standard tele etc.

Other things still there right now. Tempted to go for the eight string, but not tonight. Three of them left right now.

EDIT: All basses except for the B-450 still there. Eight string guitar still there.

Since it's still there: Left handed standard start. http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_st_20lh_bk_standard_se_deko.htm

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Good luck Vixivi. Time will tell what sort of email you get.

I'm still tempted by the eight string guitar. It's not in all fourths tuning, so may require new strings if the gauges are too far out.

Perhaps you could negotiate for Grangur for the PJ, if it's a five on offer.

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