smithy

New to me (!) and a shame that I didn´t come across them earlier......

Got a Squier VM Jazz (flats), a Harley Benton P (flats), a no name Jazz (rounds), a Hofner Shorts (rounds), a Harley Benton HB -60 (flats) and my latest one, an Orange O bass with flats, that gives me any sound I could dream of. So yes- I think, in the end I'm done now. (But looking at other basses still is a joy to me.)

Love that Ibanez. Which model is it?

English isn't my native language, so it's hard for me to follow the conversation. Sometimes it's too fast for me.☺

Lurking around in that www, I came across the youtube channel of Doug Wilkes Workshop & Carl Moreton To me it´s real fun watching him work, hear him talking about guitars and joking (or is he serious?) with his customers and friends - A real original, hard to find nowadays ( now I am sounding like one of those grumpy old men 😁. Well I am actually)

Well - in Goethe´s "Faust" Mephisto (AKA Satan, the Devil, Prince of Darkness, whatever you want), the Bad, appears in disguise as a poodle, the Good. When Faust recognizes the trick, he notices: "That´s the poodle´s core" . I´m not really saddle-proof in literature, but in Germany this came out a saying, meaning: Ta-daa😃

It was Goethe´s and Mr.Faust´s idea to harass that poor dog. Sorry for having hijacked this thread temporarily.🫢

Thank you. One of the reasons for me being here is to improve my forgotten school english☺

Thank you for that close up. As long as the curve in the bridge corresponds to the fretboard radius, I think, there´s no real need for individual height adjustability. Looks fine to me - very unique and sturdy.

Well, it was just out of interest because adjusting intonation with a floating bridge is a real mess. Once I´m done, the only time for me to remove all strings at one time will be a fret dress (if needed one day). BTW the HB-60 works really well with TI Jazz Flats. Maybe It´s an option for the HB-50 as well ?!

That´s the poodle´s core (does one say that in english ? I´m german ) - if it warms your fingers , it´s part of your gear.

Nice to hear. As I said before, I own the HB-60 and for Harley Benton being known to improve from model to model, I´m sure your new bass is another upgrade in that semihollow range. Main difference beside pickup and scale is the bridge (HB-60 has a floating one)- yours does look pretty standalone. Does it work as nice as it looks?

Well, if it´s going to sound half as good as it looks ...🤩 I think, Harley Benton is always good for a nice surprise (or at least a voucher). You might do future buyers a favor.

Same here.

And curiosity is growing more and more and more.....🙂