John Hall, Rickenbacker CEO enters the chat:

Yesss, I was waiting for this. Harley Benton is great!(because I don't have money)

The issue with the volume being killed with one pickup rolled to zero seems pretty normal for a three way toggle switch. Usually guitarist will use that "feature" as a killswitch.

Swapping the electronics sounds like an awesome project. Can’t wait to see/ hear it.

My new favorite bass. I just got one in cherry sunburst and great original growly tone, the mini-humbucker is awesome when it is used in conjunction with bridge pick-up. Handles distortion very well. I use a touch of dark glass distortion and sounds great that my 2 Ibanez's are in the closet. Played great right out the box with zero fret buzz.

I’m all in, about to order my 2nd Benton ty for the review

Thomannbacker sounds heavy, but Harleybacker sounds alittle more fitting haha.

harley benton is a great brand, both their copys of p and j basses and rickenbackers and their more unique basses are great value for what they are

Thank you for the awesome review!I got a Thunderbird for graduation many, many years ago before the internet. Took a while to find it, one of the shops had a Ric. I couldn't believe the sound coming out of that thing. But I really wanted a Thunderbird. Can't help but wonder what might have been. Definitely going to get one of these and tinker around. Can't wait for the update!

Freewill Intro. Love it. Thanks for sharing your review with us.

Thanks for those great videos ! I think it would be interesting for a bass like this one to hear it played with a pick.

Going to get one of these and set it up like Cliff Burton's Rick from when he first started playing with Metallica.

Great review Lobster. I like the roundaboutesque ode to Chris Squire that starts roundabout

Looks cool you can't go wrong for that kind of price .

Nice slapping the bass lobster,

Great review. I agree with your rating. I’m thinking about getting one of these in the future. Harley Benton has some killer stuff!

I just stumbled on to your channel today. SO GLAD I DID!

I've been watching sporadically and this video finally got me to click the subscribe button. Really enjoy you videos and your style :) bet the electronic mods on this bass will beef it right up!

I'm very interested in seeing how it handles the modifications. I've been interested in this as a potential project platform for a while.

Once my life gets back to normal I wanted to order one and switch out the electronics. Can't wait to see the video when you upgrade the electronics.