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I'm both impressed and surprised. Impressed at the quality for the price, and surprised that I like it as much as I do. I am primarily a J bass player, but with the 5 combinations from the switch, I get hum tones and something usable for single coil tones too. The 3 band pre gives additional flexibility of course. I know this is just a copy of a Music Man, but it has, I think, helped me understand the attraction to the Music Mans, which is why I got this bass in the first place.
I have a lot of basses, all value-priced, that I bought basically to help me understand what the different configurations/designs do. The Music Man style was left to now because I fully expected to not like them. Well that and until I found these Harley Bentons I didn't have a value-priced example.
I actually bought the MB-4 (the bass on the right in the first 2 pics) first. And even though it's passive, and wired VVT with a volume control for each coil, the flexibility I found there made me want to try an active dual pup version. Really, both of these are good values!
I'm both impressed and surprised. Impressed at the quality for the price, and surprised that I like it as much as I do. I am primarily a J bass player, but with the 5 combinations from the switch, I get hum tones and something usable for single coil tones too. The 3 band pre gives additional flexibility of course. I know this is just a copy of a Music Man, but it has, I think, helped me understand the attraction to the Music Mans, which is why I got this bass in the first place.
I have a lot of basses, all value-priced, that I bought basically to help me understand what the different configurations/designs do. The Music Man style was left to now because I fully expected to not like them. Well that and until I found these Harley Bentons I didn't have a value-priced example.
I actually bought the MB-4 (the bass on the right in the first 2 pics) first. And even though it's passive, and wired VVT with a volume control for each coil, the flexibility I found there made me want to try an active dual pup version. Really, both of these are good values!
