I just got one. For the price it is amazing! Thankfully my tone and volume knobs work fine.

It's a great bass. I changed the pick up to a higher output one but the stock is good too.

Nice review...and I love this accent!

The volume and tone pots is a little factory mistake. I'm afraid they used a LINEAR taper pot instead of an audio taper pot for the volume. Very easy fix. Just get a 250kOhm audio taper pot from your local electronics shop and swap it out. As far as the tone knob goes. Check if it's a 250kOhm linear taper pot, and change the capacitor to a 0,047uF one. The larger the value of the capacitor the darker the tone can get. Cheers!

@PaulWilliamGibson

6 жыл бұрын

Vincent Koster Thanks for taking the time to comment Vincent. In the end I bought an after market wiring harness, which I need to make time to install, that should fix it! :)

@vincentkoster6291

6 жыл бұрын

PaulGibsonMusic no problem my dude. Curious to hear how it turns out. Good luck!

@stupowner7335

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulWilliamGibson I bought one of these from thomann last year after watching your review. After 6 months finally got round to removing the pickguard and found that the wood is blistered / dimpled around where the screws held it down. Quite disappointed but only noticeable up close. I already own a precision bass with a rosewood neck (always loved the classic warm tone sound like a double bass, hands down you can't beat it!) but had difficulty on E string, as i'm sure the neck is ever so slightly thicker so thinking of sanding it down. I've always had trouble on frets 1 and 3 of bottom E as i have small, skinny hands.

Mine did not come with hi mass bridge, slightly thicker bent steel with saddle height adjustment grooves in metal ,I buffed the neck with rubbing compound to a semi gloss finish and replaced the tone capacitor supertech mpt .047mfd, works for me love it and sounds great.

Help me out guys!! Do you think that its possible to install a p bass pickups in this bass?

where can i find a different pickguard in that style and what would it be called?

@PaulWilliamGibson

5 жыл бұрын

Rob Arcarola just search for a 51 Precision scratchplate. They are available, I found them to be prohibitively expensive (eg I’m reluctant to buy a £65 scratchplate on a £100-ish bass).

Yes it does sounds like the usual P bass sound, for an Harley Benton is cool but I do like Squier basses a little better though.

Is the pickguard smooth or sharped? The unboxing shows some irregularities on the borders of the shape..that's the reason I haven't ordered yet :)

@PaulWilliamGibson

11 ай бұрын

Mine was okay, for £79 as it was when it I couldn’t complain

They mixed up the pots.

The project is complete - check it out kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6Sup7hpqJu8fZs.html

Coulda got one of these secondhand for £60 today but I didn't like the headstock.

What is “photo flame finish”?

@PaulWilliamGibson

5 жыл бұрын

manonbassguitar it’s a photo of a wood grain pattern, printed on paper or similar, and literally stuck on the face of the wood, before lacquering. Fender used to do it a lot in the 90s.

@cessrcd

5 жыл бұрын

I would say that isn’t a foto finish. That would add to the cost, decent grain on basswood is pretty much like that anyway

@PaulWilliamGibson

5 жыл бұрын

@@cessrcd definitely foot flame, check out the second video at 7.57 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oJeCuZKclZyod6Q.html

are there cavities under the pickguard, was wondering to remove the pckguard and keep it bare

@PaulWilliamGibson

4 жыл бұрын

redskysaturn75 yes there are, have a look at the video, I show what a mess it is under there. My plan was to leave it bare too.

@redskysaturn75

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulWilliamGibson thanks paul

@kungpuk5186

3 жыл бұрын

Got a 2020 pb-50, and it has no hole there. I play it without the pickguard, but maby i was just lucky, i don't know?

@redskysaturn75

3 жыл бұрын

@@kungpuk5186 i see, thank you very much, i will find out more cheers!

I checked and it costs 109 euros. How did you pay 85? Great deal tho! And great review!

@PaulWilliamGibson

6 жыл бұрын

Ali Rafiei Thank you. Mine was slightly cheaper as it was B stock (probably ex demo or returned). I’ll have new video next week of the bass stripped down, there were a few surprises...

@kebab_boi

6 жыл бұрын

PaulGibsonMusic that's awesome! Are b-stock items in great condition usually, or do they have some errors?

@PaulWilliamGibson

6 жыл бұрын

Ali Rafiei yes they are checked before they are shipped, mine feels and looks brand new.

@kebab_boi

6 жыл бұрын

PaulGibsonMusic oh sweet! That's honestly amazing!

@bassatisfaction

6 жыл бұрын

What' surprises?

The tone pot capacitor was not formed, most likely its the first time electricity went through it.

@richardrichard5409

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

The pick-guard edges are awful, hope they fixed that... But for the price of the bass it's not a problem making or ordering a new better one...

@sturusk3620

2 жыл бұрын

I've got one of these, that's just a protective cling film type covering you peel off.

@Strepite

2 жыл бұрын

@@sturusk3620 U are absolutely right!

Don't change that bridge!

Basswood does not fit into the bass equation.

@PaulWilliamGibson

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Mccain explain please

@manonbassguitar

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Mccain actually the 80’s Ibanez were basswood & some of the best vintage stuff alongside Fenders.

@PaulWilliamGibson

5 жыл бұрын

Squier’s excellent Matt Freeman Precision bass is basswood I believe.

@cessrcd

5 жыл бұрын

Basswood is perfect for a bass, neutral wood, sustainable and Ernie ball use it on their Sterling range, and I gig one of those and it punches faces👍