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Harley Benton Enhanced 25th Firemist


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13 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I can honestly say I had it hung round my neck for over two hours straight last night and I did not notice the weight. 

I do use a wide Gruvgear strap, but I believe it is the perfect balance of the bass makes it work. 

 

Ahhhh, that reminds me of someone....

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12 hours ago, stewblack said:

Beautiful instrument. Wonderful sound, played like a dream. I love it.

 

Oh, that's good to hear. Did you get to use different tones from both pickups, individually or blended? I think I would have gotten on just fine with that P on its own, straight in to an amp with the necessary headroom to handle it!

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5 hours ago, bnt said:

 

Oh, that's good to hear. Did you get to use different tones from both pickups, individually or blended? I think I would have gotten on just fine with that P on its own, straight in to an amp with the necessary headroom to handle it!

I had a dalliance with the MM pick up  but in the end as I didn't know many of the songs we played I just stuck it on the P pup and left it - lots of sight reading and concentration!

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Forgive me father, for I have sinned...

 

No, after serious consideration, I didn't get one of those, tempting as they are. But in the process something else caught my attention and this happened:

 

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(runs away and closes door) :D

 

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45 minutes ago, mcnach said:

Forgive me father, for I have sinned...

 

No, after serious consideration, I didn't get one of those, tempting as they are. But in the process something else caught my attention and this happened:

 

IMG_20230429_132809071.jpg?dl=1

 

(runs away and closes door) :D

 

Oofft! Bass forum or not, that's stunning 😍.

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17 hours ago, ezbass said:

Oofft! Bass forum or not, that's stunning 😍.

 

It's a great guitar, a Harley Benton TE-90FLT Blast Green... all I did was tune it and play. It sounds pretty damn good and those Filtertron style pickups are pretty cool, almost sound single-coily but humbucking, which in my 'toy room' is very welcome as I get a bit of noise with my usual Telecaster, for example.

 

The area under the pickguard is hollow, providing an interesting hiding place. Or something.

 

Anyway, I don't want to veer too much away from the 25th anniversary Firemist series... so to get back a little bit, here's something that got my attention initially (fortunately I already have an HSS Stratocaster that I love and is going nowhere... but clearly I had a Filtertron itch and the TE-90 showed up behind the Firemist "oooh, hello sailor?" and teh rest is history :D )

 

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40 minutes ago, mcnach said:

 

It's a great guitar, a Harley Benton TE-90FLT Blast Green... all I did was tune it and play. It sounds pretty damn good and those Filtertron style pickups are pretty cool, almost sound single-coily but humbucking, which in my 'toy room' is very welcome as I get a bit of noise with my usual Telecaster, for example.

 

The area under the pickguard is hollow, providing an interesting hiding place. Or something.

 

Anyway, I don't want to veer too much away from the 25th anniversary Firemist series... so to get back a little bit, here's something that got my attention initially (fortunately I already have an HSS Stratocaster that I love and is going nowhere... but clearly I had a Filtertron itch and the TE-90 showed up behind the Firemist "oooh, hello sailor?" and teh rest is history :D )

 

'Trons are my second favourite guitar pickup, just behind P90s. So unlike PAF types, but still bucking that 60cycle hum. Easy access hollow area? Smuggler Tele!

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39 minutes ago, ezbass said:

'Trons are my second favourite guitar pickup, just behind P90s. So unlike PAF types, but still bucking that 60cycle hum. Easy access hollow area? Smuggler Tele!

 

Aha, indeed. I love P90s, I've got a Les Paul with P90s that sounds fantastic... but if the Tele picked up interference in my room, the Les Paul is just crazy. But it sounds so good! 

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