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Jonathan Horsley

NAMM 2024: Harley Benton launches the PB-Shorty SBK, a 30” scale bass for beginners inspired by a low-end classic – and it costs just £103

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Harley Benton PB-Shorty SBK.

NAMM 2024: NAMM 2024: Budget gear titan Harley Benton has been doing Harley Benton things again and has gone and extended its entry-level Standard Series with a very smart – and cheap – bass guitar that’s spec’d up for beginners and small hands.

The PB-Shorty SBK is one of those instruments where you do not need a degree in bassology to tell where the design influence came from. Indeed the clue is in the name. PB? Okay. But as variants on the Precision Bass paradigm go, this is as user-friendly and affordable as they come. 

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