Harley Benton PB-Shorty LH BK Std. Series

For what you're paying you're getting an extremely nice starter bass that you'd most likely pay around ?200+ for in another music shop.

The neck on my one is flawless and very playable, the finishing on the fretboard and frets is also excellent. The tuning heads are of a decent quality and I can't tell yet whether I'll have to put something like a set of Schaller's on it.

The body of the bass is beautifully finished and extremely light. As for the pickup and electronics, they're functional. Obviously it's not going to sound like a thousand euro bass, but for the price you pay you're really getting a lot for under ?80.

I plan on replacing the pickup with a Seymour Duncan P-Bass pickup, but for the absolute beginner there's not a thing wrong with the stock pickup and the shielding appears excellent.

In short, if you have a measly ?79 in your account and were thinking of giving the bass a try then spend it on this before you waste your money on something that won't last a 1/100th of the time that this bass will last you.

I own 2 electric basses before but this is one is my favourite due to the short scale and much lighter than the previous two. I tried finding short-scale bass, especially left-handed in my country yet it is virtually impossible. Thanks to Thomann for shipping the instrument globally, I received this bass, safe and sound, though the shipping company send this package takes a whole month.
It feels the size of normal electric guitar. You can use this guitar directly out of the box. It is fun to play, especially connected to the Rocksmith video game. A huge improvement and performance using this guitar compared to my previous standard size bass guitars.
I will definitely upgrade/mod this bass.