Gave my bass away before moving countries, and I haven't touched one since October. I was lusting over thick strings in the past months, and a few days ago finally I pulled the trigger on a Harley Benton PB-20 SBK, which should arrive within 3 weeks. Reviews say it's crazy value for this amount of money and I fell in love with the black satin finish.
Will swap/paint the pickguard black eventually. Planning to get a set of 55-110 strings and tune it down to C standard and play all sorts of shit-and-mud-sounding doom metal on it. Then when the time and money are both right I'll upgrade the pickups too.
Cheers, my previous bass was a Harley Benton too (JB-75MN NA) and I loved it. I'm not a good musician though, so my expectations are probably quite below anyone here. :) As for the pickups, thanks for the suggestions, will keep an eye on second hand models, they might pop up for cheap...
Gave my bass away before moving countries, and I haven't touched one since October. I was lusting over thick strings in the past months, and a few days ago finally I pulled the trigger on a Harley Benton PB-20 SBK, which should arrive within 3 weeks. Reviews say it's crazy value for this amount of money and I fell in love with the black satin finish.
Will swap/paint the pickguard black eventually. Planning to get a set of 55-110 strings and tune it down to C standard and play all sorts of shit-and-mud-sounding doom metal on it. Then when the time and money are both right I'll upgrade the pickups too.