HARLEY BENTON PJ-74 VW VINTAGE SERIES BASS
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- The Harley Benton PJ-74 VW Vintage Series
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0:00 Intro
0:30 What is PJ?
0:45 Bridge Pickup
1:03 Who is this for?
1:45 Neck Pickup
1:59 Specs
3:12 Electronics
3:58 Conclusion - Zábava
We need someone to stitch together all of the bass jams over the years into a single vid for a long-running music vid!
This bass is awesome. It literally arrived in NY 3 days from my order. Thomann is a great company
Where did you order it from ?
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I like those HB guitars, whether it be 4 or 6 stringers. My Enhanced MP-4MN Rocks the world. What a sound for it’s price. Very versatile!
I gigged my pj74 a whole season with a few upgrades and a set of quarter pounds. Killer bass and one of the best necks you can play no matter the price. I sold it for little less than what I paid. Maybe I'll get a pj75 sometime.
I went with the MP-5 because of the P-pickup configuration, it makes more sense to have the pickup position be closer to the neck on the lighter strings, not the thicker strings. The PJ uses the old experimental 2006 Fender Modern style configuration. Neither bass copies the "canon" Fender configuration, but MP-5 sounds better to me, probably because the pickups it comes with are much better and less microphonic. Also stainless steel frets with 0-fret is a godsend
Completely agree. One of the best necks around on the PJ75 as well.
Recently purchased one off of reverb (used) and it’s great. Been a long time guitar player, picking up bass to see if I can get good enough to take over for bass in a friend’s band next year when they’ll lose their current bass player.
What gauge and brand strings do you use? I think this has med/lights DR nickel blues on them, and the e string gets fret buzz on frets 1-3. Action is nice and low but wonder if I should go with a lighter gauge or raise action a bit. I know some of it is me figuring out where to place my fingers on the frets and finger strength compared to guitar. Though I guess lighter strings may make it worse if the truss needs loosening a bit, if that’s the issue.
The only other issue I have ran into is static build up on the pick guard started last week. Something I have ran into on my guitars, but I know it happens with pick guards. So need to get maybe put some shielding underneath it and get some dryer sheets.
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A comparison between the pj4 or pj5 and the pj74 or pj75 from Harley Benton could be great !
honestly, this bass sounds Perfect, like Fender Squier Classic Vibe bass with affordable price
Great playing!
Nice ...have been looking at that one. Need to save up and make a bit of space on my rack.
Great looking bass.
Sounds good, love it 👌🏿👌🏿
Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤
Danke für das
Awesome bass playing reminds me of Jaco
Nice. A good bass player can make every bass seem desirable. :)
Agree, it is much more the player than the equipment.
with a p-bass you can‘t go wrong completely. it is not the most versatily bass, but even a cheap one sounds normally pretty good.
Well not really. The Harley Benton comes with a nice setup from the factory, so you'll be able to play it comfortably right away, but it all depends on your skill level. It's on par with the new Squier stuff. And that's some pretty decent stuff these days.
Just ordered one :-) can't wait.
Just received it today and I couldn't be happier. I was affraid the neck was going to be chunky like the last cheap SG bass I bought. But this neck feels good.
Also the intonation is outstanding. Barely needed to tweak it.
1 small point of attention were 2 tuner bushings that weren't seated properly, so I had to remove those strings and push them into place with some pliers.
Hope they'll stay in place.... no big deal I think it will be allright.
Great bass!! Feels and looks better than most cheap bases out there.
I purchased the pj75 and it looks like I have a roasted maple neck. Overall satisfied with my purchase.
Thanks
PJ basses RULE
I love mine. My Collection ranges from basses for 100€ to 1500€ and this one is my favorite. Plays like heaven. Only downside is the terrible humming from the single coil J Pickup. Most older instruments do so, but i decided to change the pickups. Just bought the EMG Geezer Butler Pickups, a Fender Hi Mass Bridge and Gotoh Machines. Let‘s see what happens 😁
How did you get on with the upgrades? Contemplating getting this one with an eye to upgrade if I stick with it.
Классный чувак, всегда такой вид как будто опрокинул пинту пива и давай обзор пилить)
Good video.
I always turn the bridge volume into a balance control.
Is the first demo during intro a famous song or just impro please? If it is a famous track I would love to learn the title of that song.
COOL
I don't get one thing. Since the bridge position has such a thin sound compared to the middle/neck one, why don't we get higher winding pickups in the bridge position to compensate? Why is it so frequent to have configurations like a PJ or an EB3, rather than the other way around?
More windings make for a louder pup but the sound suffers accordingly, over wound makes for a darker sound, less highs, the opposite of what a bridge pick up should be. Underwound is more scooped in midrange, more highs....its all a compromise
She's pretty ! So rare for a cheap bass.
From your experience which is better This or or Harley Benton PB20 SBK?
They’re almost the same
"Peeesh" stands for the split-coil.
This or the JB-75MN??
Am I the only one who can never make PJ basses work? When the two pickups are engaged at the same time, you lose volume and definition. This has been the case with every PJ bass I've ever played, I usually just give up after a while and end up using just the P
Bought a new, MM Sire P-7 P/J 5er last year. First time I've been able to use a P/J pupped bass so well and getting great tones from both or individual pups with or mostly w/o the active preamp. Pretty good basses for the price. I own 2 Sires' now.
Try the MP-5, the humbucker in the bridge doesn't do this (or the electronics compensate as it's active, I'm not sure which)
With any 2 pickup bass you can achieve a fatter sound by turning the volume down ever so slightly on one of the pickups. Not sure why this is but it's an audible difference compared to both pickup volumes being on '10'
Try a Yamaha BB424 or higher end Yamaha BB's, you will be amazed. Passive Basses a tad better in terms of tone dialing IMHO.
What do these weigh do you know please??
Thanks
🙏🙏
3.8 kg
Where you buy it at.
Check the link in the video description
man this is rly a bass for rene flächsenharr ,rly sad hes not there :(
Phil is an excellent player. I honestly don’t get your point
Der ist sehr, sehr hübsch!!! Schade, dass es den nicht auch als "normalen" P-Bass gibt.
Dear Gregor, I think you should consider having Julia Hofer, Nik West (my bass teacher who played with Prince) and more women bassists come on your channel to demonstrate the gear that you showcase. As you know, there are more women playing basses today than ever before! Professor Nik West is scheduled to open for Lenny Kravitz, somewhere in Germany, in May, June or July this year. Maybe you can catchup with her then…Until Next Time, Take Good Care, Vince
Come on........
paid promotion, bye bye
These really are fantastic basses, I'm a luthier and player if this helps😎
Is this a gay channel...????
What makes a channel, a famously non-sexual inanimate thing, gay?
He is weird with his hands etc. He’s Gay.
Huh? What do you even mean by that? Lmao
troll
I love my bass reviewers chunky and camp, this guy ticks all the boxes, great reviews too....pity he is married with kids.
Gay hands wtf🤣