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Harley Benton B-550 Fretless - Progressive Series


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Anyone here have one?

Totally sorted for fretted basses and I do have a deko fretless acoustic, but I think in my current band it's time for a proper 'toe in the water' into the world of mwah.

I know a few here bought fretted deko versions, but I'd be interested to hear about playability and how the side markings are arranged. I don't expect it to be great, but at £125 how bad can it be?

Cheers!

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I bought the deko version and it's bloody ace. Nothing wrong with it, came perfectly set up with the nut slots cut just right. I have D'addario tapes on it and it's so effortless to play.
The side markers are dots on the usual notes, 3,5,7,etc, but are bang on the note where you actually have to play the note. Not in-between like on a Fretted.
It weighs 8lbs on the nose and balances perfectly on the strap. Tuners hold tune..
Highly recommended!

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Defo worth it even at full price. They do tend to have an audible click between active and passive but I only run it passive with no battery and pull for a kill switch. The preamp is good btw, I just personally don't need that much choice of tone. There's plenty going on in passive mode already YMMV.

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I bought one of these a while ago, it's great for the money. I put a set of Ernie Ball flats on it and it plays very well. It gets gigged most weekends, only for one song in the set list, and sounds great.

All in all a superb Bass for the money

Jas

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I have a HB fretless five string.Dont know the model.MM bridge pickup and J neck pickup.
Nice bass.Especialy for 150€.
The fretboard could be lil bit mor wide(or my vig cobra has very wide freatbord and cant compare right),but stil easy playing bass

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