kodiakblair Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) Deleted post as images won't show 😞 Shame as I wrote a bloody long post with a bit about each of these. Edited August 2, 2022 by kodiakblair 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpace Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 My B450FL progressive (on the left). Really fun to play. It's my first fretless (in fact my second bass ever). I went for HB as I wasn't sure how well I would get on with fretless, but it turns out that I love it! As this seems to be a topic of interest, I haven't done any setup on it yet, mainly out of laziness, but I'm pretty sure it needs one - there's a bit of buzz in a couple of places on the neck, and I think the intonation is a bit off. Now I'm a bit more invested in it, I'll get around to it soon. I'm happy with the strings it came with though. I would definitely buy HB again, but for now I'm happy with the basses I've got. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 29 minutes ago, Paolo85 said: There was some resin-looking stuff here and there on the screws when they came out so I believe glued HBZ has a light poly satin finish and I don't think they mask the pickup cavities before spraying. Years back I worked for an office furniture place. In summer time it wasn't uncommon to arrive at the client's place only to find finish had softened with the heat. Stuff was dry when we took it from the spray shop. Residue might just have been uncured finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 If ever I fancied a T-Bird : 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) On 29/07/2022 at 11:48, mcnach said: I've got 3, and my girlfriend 1... This is her PB-20 SBK. I had to replace the tuners because when I changed the strings (it's her bass, but I'm her 'tech' ) one of the tuners' gears just got all chewed up. This particular alloy of iron and cheese was not very good. Also changed the original tort pickguard to a single ply black, and put DR Red Neon string on it. The strings are much brighter in person but they're so hard to photograph! The cat hates the sound of the bass, but she's intrigued by it at the same time... Great neck, very low action, and I like the sound of that pickup... it just sounds like a Precision should, with a really nice low mid growl to it. Your cat is a double for mine from that angle, does she have a T800 style bi-colour face by any chance? Edited August 4, 2022 by lemmywinks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, lemmywinks said: Your cat is a double for mine from that angle, does she have a T1000 style bi-colour face by any chance? Not quite the same, but they could be family , similar 'socks' too She's my girlfriend's cat, but since we moved together she prefers to come to me for playtime. When we first met, the cat wanted nothing to do with me. She peed in my shoe once during the first month. After that I'd call her "little rusty bullethole" with a very smiley face everytime I saw her... she started to react to that name happily, expecting to play. In her defence, it appears that they had a plumber in that day and he closed the bathroom door where her litter tray is (which was normally kept open when not in use) so I guess she was looking for an alternative and chose "the foreign object" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 53 minutes ago, mcnach said: Not quite the same, but they could be family , similar 'socks' too She's my girlfriend's cat, but since we moved together she prefers to come to me for playtime. When we first met, the cat wanted nothing to do with me. She peed in my shoe once during the first month. After that I'd call her "little rusty bullethole" with a very smiley face everytime I saw her... she started to react to that name happily, expecting to play. In her defence, it appears that they had a plumber in that day and he closed the bathroom door where her litter tray is (which was normally kept open when not in use) so I guess she was looking for an alternative and chose "the foreign object" Hahaha classic! Ours is knocking on for 16 and just tells us what to do now, we only realised she'd been training us long after it had already happened. Edited August 4, 2022 by lemmywinks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb625 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Here's my 2 (taken at the super-secret underground bunker, my house isn't quite this messy). The short-scale is really nice, very light and plays really well straight out of the box. The fretless appears to be made from depleted uranium, as it's ridiculously heavy. Despite the weight, it plays really well and I used it on one song for our last album. I bought the short-scale on a whim, one of the downsides of looking on this forum after a drink or two 🤣. I might give it a run out on a gig next week, as we may have limited cargo space in the car, but we'll see. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil___lien Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I have owned & sold: - Harley Benton Acoustic Fretless 5 (sold 2011) - Harley Benton BZ-6000, (sold June 2020), - Harley Benton E-1335 II sunburst (gtr) - Harley Benton JB-75MN Black Vintage Series (sold October 2020) - Harley Benton CST-24HB (sold January 2022) (gtr) - Harley Benton PB-20 SBK (for sale @ my mother's) - Harley Benton HB-35 Plus - Metallic Blue (Sold August 2022) (gtr) All good instruments. I have been buying and selling over the past few years, trying stuff. Granted i never really dared modifying my instruments past new strings, a set up & sometimes adding little visual elements to them. I havent kept pics on my phone but i have a bunch of videos on my "artist page" on Fb: neillien. There U can see the basses, hear them & make fun of my playing ;°P I am usually broke so i can't keep instruments if i want to invest in smthg else. But i trust Harley Benton. In fact the one thag left yesterday just funded the gtr that should arrive on Monday... Ah also: same thing for me: i didn't know that basses needed to go through a set up to have them the way U want. My first bass was a Cort Action Bass and i almost quit playing because of how physically unpleasant & difficult it was to fight the instrument. So if U are gonna sell an instrument to a beginner, SOME set up should be done before shipping & i think it should indeed be mentioned in reviews so that people documenting themselves on their next purchases know what to expect & can anticipate either the costs of having a professional set up done, or teaching themselves how to do it.... the air conditioning blades comparison does not work here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaggyMan Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 HAd a little think and was surpised i have owned pb20 in the matte black mb5 in the matte black HBZ 2005 through neck wood. I am keen modifier of basses. Biggy on the PB was the machine heads, they stripped pretty quickly...you can only be so cheap i guess. the overall build was great, and i swapped in some dimarzio p bass pickup and the thing barked... MB 5 made it active, changed the bridge to the smaller plate style and addeda series parallel switch. Sounded amazing HBZ i liked a lot except the quality of the sanding on the finish was variable, so sanded it back and wax/oil finished it...transformed the feel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrorshowbass Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 01/08/2022 at 19:09, Stub Mandrel said: My hardly bent-one. Nice Does it Ray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 My Hardly Bent One fretless. Great sound and playability straight out of the box. I wanted to try fretless bass without breaking the bank. As has been mentioned above, this one is heavy. Crafted, I believe, from a single piece of neutron star. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Belly Evans Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Here's my Mm85a. The ugly sister to the MB5sb. I wanted to try a 5er so went for the 5 way pickup selector for more versatility. Can't slap on it coz of the pickup but still a cracking bass for the cash 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 05/08/2022 at 17:44, horrorshowbass said: Nice Does it Ray? Sort of, not quite but I might do a pup swap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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