Harley Benton HB-50 Semi-Hollow Bass £200-Orange or Cherry

[Magister Ludi]

Just noticed them again-£200 ish NICE🤪

[neepheid]

Took them long enough.  Didn't take any of my feedback on board though (ha, as if what I say is important!)

 

[Maude]

Ooh, they look rather GET THE ORANGE ONE nice. 

[PaulThePlug]

Amber...

Proper Stop 'n Tail rather than a Trapez 'n Block 'o Wood..

Oh why not a Single Chrome Bucker?

Full Scale, Bargain, Real Nice...

Edited September 23, 2024 by PaulThePlug

[ezbass]

18 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Oh why not a Single Chrome Bucker?

A BiSonic would look (and no doubt sound) awesome on that.

[W1_Pro]

Lovely. Probably plays nicely too. How do they do it for the money?

[JohnDaBass]

11 hours ago, W1_Pro said:

 How do they do it for the money?

Fairy Dust 🤣

[Mykesbass]

16 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Amber...

Proper Stop 'n Tail rather than a Trapez 'n Block 'o Wood..

Oh why not a Single Chrome Bucker?

Full Scale, Bargain, Real Nice...

 

16 hours ago, ezbass said:

A BiSonic would look (and no doubt sound) awesome on that.

That's the second lovely looking bass to be posted on here in the last couple of days absolutely ruined (IMO) by these ghastly MM style humbuckers. They look fine on the right basses, but anything going retro and hollow bodied, they just look totally wrong. Reverend Dub King was the other for anyone interested in my little rant.

[neepheid]

2 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

 

That's the second lovely looking bass to be posted on here in the last couple of days absolutely ruined (IMO) by these ghastly MM style humbuckers. They look fine on the right basses, but anything going retro and hollow bodied, they just look totally wrong. Reverend Dub King was the other for anyone interested in my little rant.

 

Would a solid cover help?

[Mykesbass]

1 minute ago, neepheid said:

 

Would a solid cover help?

Chrome or nickel yes. I think black plastic (like EMG) would still be wrong. And yes, I know it's a cheap and easy fix, but it just surprises me that the designers don't share this old man's taste 

[Supernaut]

Short scale option?

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Supernaut said:

Short scale option?

 

No, and there's plenty of them already.  It's great to see another long scale semi hollow out there, they are very much in the minority, at least that's how I see it.

[lemmywinks]

3 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

Chrome or nickel yes. I think black plastic (like EMG) would still be wrong. And yes, I know it's a cheap and easy fix, but it just surprises me that the designers don't share this old man's taste 

 

 

MEC do a MM pickup in all chrome or gold, looks fancy

Edited September 24, 2024 by lemmywinks

[jd56hawk]

The orange one isn't very orange.

Maybe it's just the website shot, though.

Regardless, I like a deeper orange.

Edited September 24, 2024 by jd56hawk

[Nice Guy Rich]

I saw these on the website and I’m definitely tempted, I’d go for the orange bass all day long 😁👍🏻

[pete.young]

1 hour ago, Mykesbass said:

 

That's the second lovely looking bass to be posted on here in the last couple of days absolutely ruined (IMO) by these ghastly MM style humbuckers. They look fine on the right basses, but anything going retro and hollow bodied, they just look totally wrong. Reverend Dub King was the other for anyone interested in my little rant.

 Especially when you see what the guitarists get - HB35 plus in Olive Drab, with Bigsby, for £254

 

[Supernaut]

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

No, and there's plenty of them already.  It's great to see another long scale semi hollow out there, they are very much in the minority, at least that's how I see it.

Link please. 

[neepheid]

5 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Link please. 

 

Link to what?

[Supernaut]

6 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

Link to what?

Short scale semi hollow bass like above. 

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

Short scale semi hollow bass like above. 

 

 

The "them" in this context means "all short scale semi hollow basses" as in "there are plenty of short scale, semi hollow basses already", not "there are plenty of short scale semi hollow basses like this one".  I did start the answer to your question with "No", but I realise that what I wrote after that may have been ambiguous, so apologies for that.

 

[Grahambythesea]

And when will lawyers from Warwick and Gibson be sending “stop and desist” letters?

[ahpook]

43mm nut width ?

 

Damn your eyes Harley Benton, damn your eyes !