Harley Benton acoustic bass fretless conversion review and test.

My new toy. bought on e bay for 80 quid. converted to fretless at a cost of 50 quid. i could have bought a new 5 string fretless one for 150! mental i know but they dont make a 4 string left handed and this way i get fret markers on the neck, plus having seen the set ups that come with these when shipped i would have had to spend loads extra on getting it set up properly.


Terrible sound quality i'm afraid my main mike was bust so this was all picked up by the webcam default mic.

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Music

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• Harley
• Benton
• Fretless
• acoustic
• conversion
• review
• test.

[tenellifranco]

Great video, thanks. Question did you have to put epoxy after removing frets

Thanx

[graycrom]

@tenellifranco no, the shivs are held with just wood glue

[MrCensorship]

nice playing and nice conversion with the frets. do you think this bass would be hear able along side an acoustic guitar un-amplified?

[graycrom]

@MrCensorship yes absolutely

[djscratchycutz]

im looking for something i can gig with about the £300 mark love ur vids thanks for any adivce

[graycrom]

@djscratchycutz  the Crafter acoustic basses are priced around that much, i've never played one.

[tenellifranco]

@graycrom thanx

[gatodecamapa]

For that small price the sound looks outstanding,especially i liked the cound captured by microfone. And, ofcourse, defretting is a good option.

[graycrom]

@halvskegge mike noise is probably due to your settings on the amp or mixer, (whichever you are using.) other possibilities include the cable, other electrical stuff interfering or most likely the input into your bass.

[halvskegge]

thanks for reply. are your mikes (it comes shipped with) makin' a buzz even when not playing on the bass? (not saying they do so in the (this) video.. mine does.