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Thomann selling Harley Benton basses as 'Decoration only'


Annoying Twit

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Over half an hour now, and still loads up. Hopefully this is because they're still available, not because their system isn't keeping up.

I was tempted by the eight string, but googled a whole lot of videos on eight string guitar, and it seems that they don't sound good. Even clean, the 'bass' strings don't sound good to me.

EDIT: PB gone.

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I was also tempted by the 8 string, i like me some djent/prog metal from time to time.
But i already have my hands full with 6 strings on a guitar. ;)

I also checked out some soundclips and some sounded pretty crappy while others sounded quite decent, i think a pup change would make a world of difference tho.

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[quote name='Vixivi' timestamp='1429913930' post='2756421']
I was also tempted by the 8 string, i like me some djent/prog metal from time to time.
But i already have my hands full with 6 strings on a guitar. ;)

I also checked out some soundclips and some sounded pretty crappy while others sounded quite decent, i think a pup change would make a world of difference tho.
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I listened to Ibanez and Schecter clips too, which should give me an idea what EMG pickups would sound like. Didn't like them that much.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1429911081' post='2756387']
Loads of Dekos!

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html"]http://www.thomann.d...and_basses.html[/url]
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Look, I know it's not [i]strictly[/i] your fault, but I've bloody gone and bought another one!

If my Mrs finds it, I'm dead.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1429914433' post='2756428']
What did you buy?[/quote]
[quote name='Vixivi' timestamp='1429914592' post='2756429']
btw: P bass listed as sold out[/quote]

By the looks of it, the last P. €36 delivered.

I've just looked on my account page and the order isn't showing, so maybe I missed the boat anyway. We'll see what e-mails I get next week. In order to extend my life somewhat, I have specified my office as the delivery address...

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1975 bass gone now. It was up for a while. JB20 still up, as is the R458!

I must admit that I'm not a fan of djent. I found some clean examples of eight string use, and while the guitar sounds were good, I didn't like the clean 'bass' string sound.

Good luck to everyone concerning orders. If we miss out this time, I'm sure they'll all be back at some time.

I'm not sure what a 'b stock deko' is. Curious.

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B Stocks are always around 7% cheaper than the perfects and are often returns and Decos can be any price depending on the damage?

I've just had to exercise some self control to stop myself buying a Jazz. Pros: it's cheap and look at all those parts if it is knackered.
Cons. I have a proper Jazz and don't play 4 strings...

I think my money is still safe!

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Well I'm now a Baritone Deko owner thanks to Grangur.

First impressions…

The supplied strings are far too light and consequently way too floppy. The low B is lighter than my usual guitar bottom E, so the first thing I'll be doing is getting some decent hefty strings to put on there. I'm liking the look of the D'Addario 14 to 68 Baritone set.

The bridge is a bit weird too. It's like a Fender Jaguar bridge which seems to me to be overly complicated, when a Tune-o-matic type with the appropriate radius to match the fingerboard would be far more suitable. That will probably be the next thing I'll look at replacing, especially if I find myself using the vibrato a lot.

As for its Deko status… well apart from a couple of blemishes in the finish, I haven't yet found anything wrong with it. I'll give a fuller report once I've had some better strings on it for a while, but right now if you are looking for a Baritone guitar it's a complete steal at the current Deko price!

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Thanks for posting this Mike. You're confirming a lot of what I suspected. I just didn't want to spend the money on doing that without knowing what I was doing was correct.

if you can post a video or sound file of how I really sounds,that would be excellent.

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DEKOS!

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_20_sb_lh_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._sb_lh_deko.htm[/url] Left handed Jazz bass.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_santos_series_c_40scedeko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...c_40scedeko.htm[/url] Classical electro.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_st_shortybk_standard_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...andard_deko.htm[/url] Shorty strat.

EDIT: Gone.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1430026155' post='2757159']
Happy New Baritone Guitar Day.

The listing on Thomann says 'trremolo bar not included. Does yours have one?
[/quote] Yes. The tremalo arm was there. With what Mike says it's tempting to but one again.

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Bought one of the Thomann Ukulele basses (fretless model, non deko full price jobby) & following reading this pestsky thread I added one of the decoration only, B stock 75' Jazz basses as well!

Decoration only & B stock . . £36odd quid??? Let's see what this ones like.

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1430090287' post='2757941']
@Me and my bass - I hope the Jazzer (and the Uke) turn out well for you.]

When did you buy the 1975 bass? I haven't seen any today, but I've been out quite a bit of the day and my computer was off and not tracking Thomann.
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Yeah it was when they were up on the 25th . . . I owned one of there 75' Jazz basses before, really great instrument only thing letting it down was the weight! Heavy bugger!

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[quote name='Me And My Bass' timestamp='1430086271' post='2757921']
Bought one of the Thomann Ukulele basses (fretless model, non deko full price jobby) & following reading this pestsky thread I added one of the decoration only, B stock 75' Jazz basses as well!

Decoration only & B stock . . £36odd quid??? Let's see what this ones like.
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AT has a lot to answer for. If the Mrs finds out, you know who's getting the legal bills. :D

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