Thomann selling Harley Benton basses as 'Decoration only'

[Annoying Twit]

Congratulations!

Is your A string on the PB-20 lower than the other strings?

BTW: Left handed acoustic bass and baritone guitar dekos now gone.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[Vixivi]

The A strings was indeed lower and the truss rod was a little too tight. So i raised the A string and loosened up the truss a bit and no more buzz!

Aside from the D stamps i dont think anyone would recognize this as a deko. It's a perfectly fine bass now.

And about the pot: adding a washer fixed the scratching.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Vixivi

[Annoying Twit]

That's the DIY spirit.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[Annoying Twit]

DEKOS!

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

EDIT: NO BASSES!! OUTRAGE!!!!!

I put a Les Paul copy in my shopping cart, as they disappear so fast I'm tempted to try and buy one for the sport of it.

EDIT: Les Paul still there. That's unusual. Unprecedented?

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_l_500_bk_vintage_serie_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._serie_deko.htm[/url]

Sold out already.

Pointy thing still there: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_rx_10_bk_rock_series_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...series_deko.htm[/url]

EDIT: Odd, the sold out items aren't disappearing from the main deko list.

I do want a classical guitar, but would prefer something more upmarket than a CG200. Even if the deko version is £9. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_cg200_bk_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...200_bk_deko.htm[/url]

The sold out items are still there in the list. If this is going to start recurring, I'm going to have to rewrite my program.

Edited May 7, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[yorks5stringer]

Just an idle musing, why when I click initially on the Guitar and Bass Decos, it says 13 available, I then go in to find 5 although it says 4? Where do the other ones vanish to?

[BigRedX]

interesting... just looked at the deko page on my phone instead of my computer as I normally do and it's completely different. The prices are slightly different too.

In other news I'm going to be using the baritone guitar in the studio this weekend.

[Annoying Twit]

The mobile site lists a number of dekos that are sold out:

https://m.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html?ref=mpd_sn_1

19 instruments there (it says, I didn't count), but only four are marked as available. The rest are shown as sold out.

The prices appears to be the same compared to the normal web site.

It has been the case for a while that sometimes the number listed on the page is different from the actual number of instruments, but the normal deko page usually just shows available instruments.

[Annoying Twit]

DEKOS!

Given recent events, not sure that the are all live. But, I see P-bass, PJ-HTR, Beatbass. EDIT: They seem to be live.

Beatbass is live [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_beatbass_vs_vintage_se_deko.htm[/url] £32.74

PJ-HTR 4 string too. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pj_4_htr_deluxe_series_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...series_deko.htm[/url] £26.79

P-Bass. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pb_20_bk_standard_seri_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...d_seri_deko.htm[/url] £19.35

LH Acoustic back again. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_30_nt_lh_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._nt_lh_deko.htm[/url]

Bolt-on SG guitar. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_s_200_bk_deko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...200_bk_deko.htm[/url]

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

EDIT: All still up. I was away from my computer and didn't hear the Dekos being added. But, they seem to be staying around a bit. I'm tempted by the Beatbass, but I just don't need one. Even at £32 something.

EDIT: Beatbass and SG guitar gone. But, PJ and P basses still up, as well as the LH acoustic that has been coming and going for a while.

EDIT: PJ, LH acoustic, and P-Bass still up at 9am. This is unprecedented, at least for a very long time, for the P-Bass and PJ. Perhaps the market for dekos is starting to get saturated?

EDIT: All of last night's new ones gone now.

Edited May 9, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[Annoying Twit]

Is there a familiar mark on the heel of this guitar?

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Harley-Benton-Hybrid-Resonator-guitar-with-humbucker-pickup-/111666900181?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19ffddacd5"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19ffddacd5[/url]

Edited May 10, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[Left Foot]

Well, this is exactly what I thought would start to happen with all these deko basses beginning to get through to ebay.There's even one of the dead cheap 450berhinger heads that cost 100 delivered on ebay for a starting price of 90 plus 20 delivery.

People don't miss a trick do they, it's a shame everyone wants to profiteer like this really

[Annoying Twit]

As in some threads in the ebay forum, there have been quite a few attempts to sell HB instruments at more than their new price. Generally they don't sell, but they do sometimes. Selling dekos at more than new price does seem to work, however.

[BigRedX]

Our guitarist used the deko baritone guitar on our most recent recording session for the Terrortones album.

More details [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/261888-the-terrortones-are-making-an-album/"]here[/url].

Edited May 12, 2015 by BigRedX

[mike257]

I'm really tempted by that 5 string P that a few of you seem to have grabbed. Don't have a five in my collection but finally started running in to situations where I could do with one, seem a nice (and mod friendly) way to start dabbling!

[Vixivi]

Beware tho, once you realize how much fun it is to buy these cheap basses and mod them, you're hooked.

I'm already owner of 5 Harley Benton basses and i still want (need) more.

On topic of the deko's:
I gigged my deko JB-20 today and i got a funny comment from the drummer. He said: "so you're not playing bass, you're playing decoration? sounds pretty good for decoration"
And further about the PB-20: The buzzing was caused by a slight warp in the neck. Raising the action fixes it, so the bass can't have ultra low action but plays great aside from that.

[RickyV]

[quote name='Vixivi' timestamp='1431456846' post='2771594']

I gigged my deko JB-20 today and i got a funny comment from the drummer. He said: "so you're not playing bass, you're playing decoration? sounds pretty good for decoration"

[/quote]

Out of interest, is your JB-20 still stock or have you modded it? I modded my deko JB-20 as the electronics were shot when I got it but interested in how you think a standard JB-20 sounds?

[Annoying Twit]

Baritone guitar and soundtrack guitar demos

[Annoying Twit]

D e k o s. Damn s
autocorrect

[Annoying Twit]

Roundback, not soundtrack!

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1431493212' post='2771841']
Baritone guitar and soundtrack guitar demos
[/quote]

Saw those this morning. I've now had the opportunity to buy loads of different Dekos but never anything I actually want. Grr.

[leonardobass]

My PB-20 has been playing great so far. The one thing I noticed is that the truss rod is very light to turn,it still adjusts the neck but I'm not sure if it's suppose to feel that light. Has anybody had the same issue?

[uncle psychosis]

I was showing Mrs Psychosis the Mosrite-style baritone when she let slip "thats pretty".

I'm sure you can guess the rest.

[Annoying Twit]

[quote name='leonardobass' timestamp='1431618010' post='2773290']
My PB-20 has been playing great so far. The one thing I noticed is that the truss rod is very light to turn,it still adjusts the neck but I'm not sure if it's suppose to feel that light. Has anybody had the same issue?
[/quote]

My PJ5-HTR truss rod seems to turn quite easily, and adjusts the neck properly. I thought this was a plus.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1431636637' post='2773578']
I was showing Mrs Psychosis the Mosrite-style baritone when she let slip "thats pretty".

I'm sure you can guess the rest.
[/quote]

They've sold out, so you must have had one of the last ones. However, they have come and gone before. The 5 string acoustic bass has also sold out this evening. We have a particularly uninteresting set of dekos available right now, but it's always darkest before the dawn.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Annoying Twit

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1431642550' post='2773656']
They've sold out, so you must have had one of the last ones.
[/quote]

Lets hope that doesn't mean I get a dog

Can absolutely guarantee that a telecaster or les paul goldtop will appear now after me making rash promises about not buying anything else for a while

[leonardobass]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1431642550' post='2773656']


My PJ5-HTR truss rod seems to turn quite easily, and adjusts the neck properly. I thought this was a plus.[/quote]

Ok,that's what I thought,but is it so light that it feels loose,almost like it's unscrewed?

[Vixivi]

[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1431459576' post='2771640']
Out of interest, is your JB-20 still stock or have you modded it? I modded my deko JB-20 as the electronics were shot when I got it but interested in how you think a standard JB-20 sounds?
[/quote]

Still stock. I think it sounds quite good, only other jazz bass i can compare it too is my Harley Benton JB-75 with Wilkinson pups.
In comparison to that one it sound warmer, more low mids present i think.

I'll try to record a soundclip one of these days.