A Harley Benton Tale

[stewblack]

Well, not much of a tale really, more an example of my broken brain, but hey ho.

Got a new HB to scratch a fretless itch without having to save.

Changed strings (not because I don't like the HB strings, I do) but the replacements altered the set up.

So out came the Allen keys .

I suffered a major brain fart, tightening and tightening and tightening - convinced it would be right soon. 

I shredded a couple of Allen keys and still I soldiered on.

I stopped, bewildered and exhausted. Took out my straight edge and, well,  basically I had bent the neck way back the wrong way. 

I don't need telling how dopey I am (but feel free of course) what I'm really here to say is this.

If you wonder whether the woods and components of HB basses are of a poor quality then think again. This neck ought not to have survived my heavy handed bodgery. Seriously. But it has gone back to a perfect relief, the truss rod still functions fine and it plays beautifully.

It was £144 new.

[Geek99]

 Pictures, mister… where are the damned pictures 

[stewblack]

It's all straight again now, I could bend it back and take a snap ......

[stewblack]

Pics tomorrow I promise

[Geek99]

Don’t snap it .. 

I meant of what kind of hb, what colour etc 

they do make more than one kind y’know 

Edited October 10, 2021 by Geek99

[stewblack]

Ooh yes. I'm in bed right now though so you gotta wait.

[Geek99]

Meanie 

[stewblack]

[Bassfinger]

A lot of HBs seem to have dual action rods these days.

[Grahambythesea]

Are there any HBs you haven’t got? I reckon you’ve now got more than Thomman !

[stewblack]

14 hours ago, Grahambythesea said:

Are there any HBs you haven’t got? I reckon you’ve now got more than Thomman !

Ha! I am getting an Enhanced next week, been after one of the expensive basses for a while. I have resisted the Marquess range and would love a BZ4000. Otherwise I have most of them.

Edited October 13, 2021 by stewblack

[yorks5stringer]

On 11/10/2021 at 10:20, stewblack said:

Looks very much like the fretted one I sold you 4 or so Bass bashes ago, you could have kept that and pulled all the frets out......!

[stewblack]

It is very similar indeed. However the neck from it is going onto a different bass with the frets still in it! Then I am transforming it with an upside down lefty neck I acquired and doing something unspeakable to the body.

At some point.

[kodiakblair]

9 hours ago, stewblack said:

and would love a BZ4000

Tis a marvelous thing 🙂

 

I'd pre-ordered so it arrived before shop sales went live 😀 Can't believe 7 years has passed.

Solid bass , weighs about the same as the JB-75 👍 

 

Mate pestered me for 2 years to sell him it . 

Now the bugger is playing my Retrovibe Super-P , shall I make enquiries 😁