Harley Benton PJ-4 SBK Deluxe Series

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Electric Bass

  • Body: Basswood
  • Bolt-on neck: Maple
  • Fingerboard: Roseacer
  • Dot fretboard inlays
  • Neck profile: modern C
  • Double-Action truss rod
  • Nut width: 42 mm
  • Scale: 864 mm
  • Frets: 20
  • Pickups: J-style single coil (bridge) and P-style split coil (middle)
  • 2 Volume controls
  • 1 Tone control
  • Black hardware
  • PJ-style machine heads
  • Original strings: .045 - .105
  • Colour: Matte Black
Available since June 2022
Item number 518502
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Black
Soundboard Basswood
Neck Maple
Fretboard Roseacer
Frets 20
Scale Long Scale
Pickup System PJ
Elektronic Passive
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1.790 kr
Including VAT; Excluding kr200 shipping
In stock within 4-5 weeks
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Fantastic for its price!
Rushfan2112 10.08.2022
To be 100% honest, I bought this bass as I was looking around for a P bass body with a J bass pickup rout to fit to a fretless bass neck that I bought a while ago. The prices for the bodies alone were quite restrictive. After some thought and research, I looked up what Harley Benton P basses were available with the thought of removing it's neck and fitting the fretless neck in it's place. Luckily, the PJ variant of this bass recently became available on Thomann. This is one of many Harley Benton products I've bought. This is probably the best set up "out of the box" that I've bought. The truss rod and intonation were spot on. The only adjustments I've made so far is to lower the bridge saddles a turn or so. I'm very pleased with the sounds on offer. Pickups seem to be pretty good so far. I like the sound of a P bass, but the added tones with the J bass pickup offer a wide array of tones. The looks of this bass are the most surprising of all. The almost all black satin finish is well applied and looks nicer than in the websites photographs. The tortoiseshell pickguard is a nice touch, although I think I'll be fitting a black pickguard at a later date. All in all a great purchase at a great price. I'm not snobbish about the gear I use, these Harley Benton guitars and basses are fantastic value for money, and are great if you are starting out or if like me, you have a certain project or idea in mind. Well done Thomann. This is another winner in my book.
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Amazing instrument
Pako79 22.10.2022
I´m a guitarist with already a few HB guitars and am very happy with them. So far I hadn't tried to play bass and didn't want to because you know, "bass does not sound". I decided to experiment so I bought this bass after watching some videos on youtube and reading some posts on bass player blogs. Best choice ever. A month later I´m still amazed by the quality of this bass. It´s so much fun to play it that I´m already playing songs with a level that never crossed my mind. If you are new, don't want to spend a lot of money and want a sure bet, this is your bass. The sound is very good (I may change the pups in the future and strings for sure, but no rush at all), it came almost ready to play just out of the box, it s very beautiful and very comfortable (now my guitars feel weird!), and keeps the tunning very well. Have fun!
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Perfect Match!
Anonymous 22.01.2023
As a guitarist I was searching for a bass guitar to add to my home studio setup. I wasn't sure if I should go for a J-Bass or a P-Bass. And fortunately and surprisingly this bass has the best of both worlds. I'm relative new to bass guitars and this is my first bass guitar I've bought so far.

The bass came in very well packed and in a perfect condition, the job of the matte black paint and finish is amazing and very well done. The also matte black hardware and the turtle-red pick-guard is just candy for the eye. The black roseace fretboard is a great match and the fret job is surprisingly well done.

After the basic checking and tuning the strings the bass guitar was good to go. No need for extreme fine-tuning on the action/stringheight and/or intonation. After playing for a while, the mix of the P & J style pickups where sounding incredible. This was above my exceptation.

So, if you are a beginner bass guitarist like me and don't know to choose between a J or P Bass, I would highly recommend this bass guitar. Aside of that you will get a goodlooking and great sounding all-round bass with a relative good (surprising) quality for a very nice price.

Last but not least: Big thumbs up for Harley Benton for producing this amazing bass guitar and for the great transport caring and customer services.
And of course I greatly want to thank Thomann for a perfect delivery, their customer care and support. Very satisfying! Keep up the great work!
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Amazing value for a beginner player
Paulo Duarte 19.07.2022
This is my first bass guitar.
Before I pulled the trigger, I read and watched reviews on beginner basses and these, actually their sibling the Standard series, came recommended. I decided to go with these for a few € extra.
I am learning to play it and I freaking love it.
I had never hold a bass guitar before but I had picked a few cheap electric guitars and this does NOT have that feel.
Feels heavy and sturdy. Checked for any noticeable bend on the arm and looked fine to me.
The body, beautifully painted black matte, smooth, feels premium even though it was on the cheaper side.
Being able to switch between the P-style and the J-style pickups is pretty neat.
If I have to nitpick negatives for this bass is that turners do have a kind of loose feeling when you're turning and that the neck is kinda heavy and pulls downward when youre using a strap and not holding the bass.
Nonetheless, I'm very satisfied with my first purchase at Thomann and this Harley Benton bass.
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