neepheid Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Pack shuffle time. I'm selling my Harley Benton HB-50 semi-hollow bass. This is a prototype bass which was shown at Guitar Summit 2023 and then sold to me as a one-off by Thomann. I don't know why they're dragging their heels but at time of writing this ad it is still not available to buy yet. I was not satisfied with how it was supplied, so I made some reversible modifications - put springs on the pickup screws so the height can be adjusted sufficiently, rewired it with decent pots (stock ones were garbage), replaced the three way switch (which gave you single coil (north), both in parallel, single coil (south)) with a three way rotary wired parallel/single (south)/series, added a neat, custom ordered "poker chip" to show parallel (P), single coil (1), and series (S). Full details of what was done can be found here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484563-belated-nbd-harley-benton-hb-50-prototype/ Basic specs: Semi-hollow bass, maple body, arched top, maple set neck, laurel fretboard. White body/neck/f-hole binding. 22 frets. 34" scale, 42mm nut. Artec MMC4 Vintage Alnico 5 humbucker Controls: Volume, Tone, 3 way switch for parallel/single coil/series. Weight is 4.3kg/9.5lbs. The bass will come with a very high quality Blake Bravo gigbag, a big bag capable of swallowing any long scale semi-hollow bass you could throw at it, loads of padding, moveable neck support. I'm looking for £250 posted. It's no secret that I bought it for £200, but considering the work that has been done to it to turn it into a much more useful instrument, and the premium gigbag which I think was like £150 new, coupled with the fact that this bass cannot (at time of writing this ad) be bought anywhere else, I think £250 posted is a reasonable price. Can lop some money off if you don't want the gig bag. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 ......5.....mutter......hand off......mutter......5.......mutter...... That is a fine looking axe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 That's a nice bass! Love the colour . It reminds me of the Dean Stylist Bass . This bass looks slimmer . Glwts ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Beautiful. And almost irresistible for a collector like me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 You coming south for the South West Bass Bash again this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 3 minutes ago, stewblack said: You coming south for the South West Bass Bash again this year? Alas, I cannot - I've got a gig the night before (and the night before that). Can't cancel the Saturday one either - we binned one at that venue earlier in the year due to illness and the landlord was not impressed - have to keep our noses clean for the rest of the year or else we might get the boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Totally understand. Was great to meet you there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 10 Author Share Posted June 10 5 minutes ago, stewblack said: Totally understand. Was great to meet you there. Likewise! Hopefully things will work out next year, would love to come down again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted Wednesday at 09:07 Share Posted Wednesday at 09:07 (edited) I quite fancy this but same old cash flow problems unfortunately 😔 However, I’ve come across this very bass ( Ihope 😂) on a YouTube video. It’s a HB Prototype vid from 2023 and yours is highlighted about 3/4 way through (9.45) Demo in second 😁 Demo at 4.40 Edited Wednesday at 09:16 by itsmedunc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted Wednesday at 09:40 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 09:40 32 minutes ago, itsmedunc said: I quite fancy this but same old cash flow problems unfortunately 😔 However, I’ve come across this very bass ( Ihope 😂) on a YouTube video. It’s a HB Prototype vid from 2023 and yours is highlighted about 3/4 way through (9.45) Demo in second 😁 Demo at 4.40 It is my exact bass! As I said in the other thread about this, I wonder where the red one went... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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