Harley Benton JB-20 SB Standard Series

As a full-on cheapskate, I was surprisingly taken aback by the quality of this bass. A lot of bang for the buck, I believe, is the expression.
Sound wise - typical jazz. Or with one pickup on, a bit of P. A bit of distortion and upping the treble had a fairly decent Entwistle sound. Which was probably helped by the twang from the rather decent strings.
Quality - well admittedly one pickup stopped working; a wire had come off the pot which was a bit odd. No biggie but odd.
The slab of wood, not really bothered by the genus of tree to be honest, was rather nice. Underneath a lovely burst finish was a nice nicely figured grain.
Frets good, tuners good.
In fact, so taken by Mr Benton and his products, I've just ordered a Beatbass.

Got this as my first bass and although I know more about guitars than basses, I am amazed by the quality. For a hundred bucks you get an instrument that stays in tune and plays decently after a setup. This is a perfect bass for beginners.

While the overall build quality is good enough (decent hardware, a little pokey but ok frets etc), the main flaws I've found on mine are aesthetic:
- Pickguard is cut poorly (jagged edges, noticeably sloppy cutting on some spots)
- The rout for the bridge pickup is sloppy an chipped on one side. It also isn't centered but just close enough for the pole pieces to more or less align with the strings.

The only thing that really bothers me about the instrument is the not-so-great electronics. Pickups are rather low output and the tone pot barely does anything until 0 at which point it suddenly cuts all high end. For the money, however, it's to be expected.

I'll probably upgrade the electronics in the future but otherwise it is a very solid starter bass.

It took a while for this Bass to arrive, but that's because I ordered it the day after Brexit actually happened, and it was shipping from Germany to England, so not at all Thomann's fault.

The bass plays great! While I've never played a Bass before, compared to other string instruments I have, banjo, guitar, it definitely feels quality!

There's a little bit of buzz on the strings, however I haven't at all adjusted the bass, and reviews I've seen say that you might have to do a little bit of work to fix it. I am going to wait to do that though, as it might just be my poor technique.

It feels heavy, in a good way, it doesn't feel cheap and it stays in tune really well. Even though I only have a cheap Guitar Amp, it sounds really good through that! The only problem is that the knobs for the pick ups don't have much inbetween off and on.

I'm happy with my purchase, especially for the £100, the guitar looks great, I'm actually thinking about getting a tortoise pickguard to make it look more like a 60s Jazz Bass.