Harley Benton RB-414BK Classic Series

I was really looking forward to getting as it looks great & sounded great from the reviews I watched, but I'm not sure if I got unlucky with mine but out of the box it had loads of scratches on the back (the one I bought wasn't a B-stock product) & the neck was severely bowed.

I tried to amend it but to get it to stop buzzing like crazy it made the action really high above the 5th fret & due to the bridge design I was unable to level out the action.

The bridge is a bit of problem area as it only allows to raise all the strings rather than the individual saddles, which makes hard to get a consistent action.

I think this would make a great mod project if you have time to put into it but unfortunately I just don't at the moment!

After playing guitar for over 20 years I decided to buy a bass guitar for something different. After reading and watching all the reviews I decieded on this model.
I have had this bass for over a year now.

The guitar arrived promptly and well packaged from Thomann and just needed a quick tune to make it playable.
It sounds pretty decent, but there is a noticeable difference in output between the pickups. Neck pickup is louder than the bridge. I've adjusted heights to no avail. There is a bit of neck dive but a decent leather strap sorts this out. The neck does feel thick and solid.

The finish is fairly good all around and the binding really sets off the guitar beautifully. Also the tuners stay in tune fairly well.
Some of the routing around the pickups is a bit rough in places.
All in all its a decent guitar that plays reasonably well after some adjustments, looks the part

The E string sounds great once the bridge has been properly adjusted, but the higher strings come out extremely muffled.
Said bridge is also quite finicky, using loose rollers that you need to watch out for when you're changing the strings.
If you can get past those niggles, it's a solid RB copy and quite fun to play once the pickup cover has been removed.
The only thing I can say about its construction is the nut on mine was very loose and was actually sitting on a small crack. A couple of dabs of wood glue sorted all that.
Not really a bass for someone who isn't willing to put in a bit of work on the upkeep of their instrument, but decent for anyone else.