Harley Benton Solid UkeBass Sunburst

I had high hopes for this Ubass being a fraction of the cost of its competitors.

I was initially not happy with this bass at all, but after making some mods am now very happy with it. The biggest issues were uneven output across strings (D and G strings were way quieter than the E and A) and poor intonation (D and G were way off pitch by the 12th fret).

I performed the infamous bridge saddle mod to physically split the bridge saddle into 4 individual pieces so each string applies it own pressure to the piezo pickup underneath -- that solved the uneven output issue. I also restrung the ubass (same Thunderblack strings that came on it) but cut to length so they only wrapped around the post a few times and werent't over wrapped (string wrapped around itself instead of the post directly whej tuned to pitch) -- the intonation is almost perfect, definitely much better then how it came from Thomann.

The above should be checked by Thomann before shipment so others don't have these issues.

I'm not a fan of how the onboard preamp sounds -- only sound I like is with both the high and low knobs turned all the way down.