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Harley Benton MV-5JB Black

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5-String Electric Bass

  • Deluxe Series
  • Body: Alder
  • Bolt-on neck: caramelised Canadian sycamore maple with roseacer skunkstripe
  • Fingerboard: Laurel
  • Perloid block fingerboard inlays
  • Neck profile: D
  • Matching headstock
  • Fluorescent neck markings
  • Cream-coloured neck binding
  • Double action truss rod with adjustment wheel
  • Fingerboard radius: 305 mm (12")
  • Scale: 864 mm (34")
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • White graphite nut
  • 20 Premium medium 2.9 mm nickel-silver frets
  • Pickups: HBZ-Custom Wound VJB-B AlNiCo 5 (bridge) and HBZ-Custom Wound VJB-N AlNiCo 5 (middle) single coils
  • 2 Volume and 1 tone control
  • 3-Ply tortoise pickguard
  • Sung Il WB401CR bridge with brass saddles with 18 mm string spacing
  • HB die-cast machine heads with 22:1 gear ratio
  • Factory strings: D'Addario EXL165 .045 - .105 (Art. 144505)
  • Chrome hardware
  • Colour: Black
Available since May 2024
Item number 570616
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Black
Body Alder
Neck Caramelized Canadian Maple
Fretboard Laurel
Frets 20
Scale Longscale
Pickup System JJ
Elektronic Passive
Incl. Case No
Incl. Gigbag No
$222
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5 string with a lovely neck and great sound
Bancho 17.07.2024
MV5-JB, the 5 string bass with a slim neck.

I have been wanting to try a 5 string bass for a while now, but many have quite the wide neck nut width. This one comes in 43mm at the nut so not much bigger than a tradition precision neck.

Fit and finish was awesome and well above basses 2x/3x the price. Tone is great and the low B packs a nice low rumble but is not floppy.

Weight was nice and feature wise this instrument is great value for money!

Highly recommended for a good value for money 5 string bass
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DJLATU 29.05.2024
I've got many HB basses, and everytime it suprised me how they play.
Like this one, a new HB Jazz Bass with some nice inlays and a great sound!! the neck looks like it is smaller than other 5-string basses. Overall, another great bass from Harley Benton. I already ordered the precision version ;-)
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Sorprendido!
Alfonso Cabrera 01.08.2024
Nunca he sido fan de los bajos Harley Benton, he tenido alguno de todas las series y nunca me convencen, siento que siempre les hace falta algo, pero este modelo me sorprendió demasiado, increíblemente bien construido, excelentes acabados, el brazo es bastante delgado (el nut mide 43mm) esto puede ser un inconveniente si no estás acostumbrado a los brazos delgados. El acabado de trastes es muy fino, se sienten un poco algunos bordes pero es algo que puede solucionarse rápido. El puente es bueno no he encontrado fallas solo que los tornillos son muy delgados y pequeños pero bueno lleva 8 tornillos en el puente eso me da confianza que es seguro. Muchos se han quejado de los afinadores pero la verdad estos están mejor que cualquier otro modelo de HB así que no me quejo. La electrónica es la parte débil del instrumento, el cableado, el jack, los potenciometros son baratos, nada especial. La separación de las pastillas es de 3.4 pulgadas, por lo tanto tendrás un sonido 60s. El thumb rest está demás, estorba, así que al mío se lo quite.

Para mejorarlo un poco le cambie el cableado por uno vintage cubierto de algodón, potenciometros Göldo 250k, jack Pure Tone y un capacitar TAD Orange Drop 47nf y le hice un blindaje con cinta de cobre para evitar ruidos. Quedó perfecto, tal vez en un tiempo le cambie las pastillas para levantarlo aún más, pero si no lo hiciera creo que sería un excelente bajo con un sonido y estética bastante competitiva.

Lo recomiendo ampliamente, solo consideren que una vez que lo tengan en sus manos es necesario hidratar el diapasón porque viene muy seco.
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