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When you purchase this bass guitar product, you receive a free 3-month voucher worth EUR 59, valid from 02.12.2025 through 28.02.2026, giving you access to all Artmaster courses including the essential bass course designed to strengthen your groove, timing, technique and musical creativity.

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Electric Bass

  • Vintage Series
  • Type: Semi-hollow
  • Body: Maple
  • Archtop
  • Set-in neck: Canadian maple
  • Fingerboard: Laurel
  • Dot fingerboard inlays
  • Side markings
  • ABS nut
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Neck profile: C
  • Scale length: 864 mm
  • White binding on body and neck
  • 22 nickel-silver frets (2.7 mm)
  • Double action truss rod
  • Pickup: Artec MMC4 Vintage Ceramic humbucker
  • One volume and one tone control
  • 3-way pickup switch (series/parallel/single coil)
  • BK5 bridge
  • DLX die-cast machine heads
  • DLX chrome hardware
  • Factory strings: .045-.100
  • Colour: Cherry Red, high-gloss
  • Suitable case: Art. 263559 (not included)
  • Available since September 2024
  • Item number 561968
  • Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
  • Colour Cherry
  • Body Maple, Maple
  • Neck Maple
  • Fingerboard Laurel
  • Frets 22
  • Scale Long Scale
  • Pickups HH
  • Electronics Passive
  • Including Case No
  • Incl. Bag No
  • Top Maple
  • Back and Sides Maple
  • Fretboard Laurel
  • Neck Width 42,0 mm
  • Pickup System HH
  • Mechanics Encapsulated
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Back to the 60s

Harley Benton HB-50 Cherry Red, vintage semi-hollow bass

For many years now, Harley Benton's inofficial motto has been: A lot of Rock for your buck. And the HB-50 semi-hollow bass guitar is further proof, as if it were needed, that quality is also an integral part of the Harley Benton equation. Also referred to as a semi-acoustic bass, this style of instrument combines the modern flexibility of an electric bass with the sonorous, woody tones of an acoustic – creating a sound that has been heard on countless tracks in the history of modern music, from Blues and Rock to Soul and Pop. Visually, too, the Harley Benton HB-50 is a veritable time machine, transporting musicians of all ages back to the Swinging Sixties. Some of this stunning model's other fine features include its archtop build, powerful humbucker, and high-end hardware. Of course, it's a Harley Benton, so it's incredibly affordable, too.

Harley Benton HB-50 Cherry Red, vintage semi-hollow bass

More than the sum of its parts

The first thing that catches the eye on the Harley Benton HB-50 is its gorgeous arched top. Like the sides, the top and the set-in neck, it's crafted from Canadian maple. The fretboard, with its 22 frets, is made from durable laurel wood. At the heart of the sound is a humbucker sitting right between the bridge and the neck, packing powerful ceramic magnets. Thanks to the passive electronics, complete with tone control and a three-way switch, any bassist can shape the sound to suit their personal style. The lightweight design of the two-piece bridge keeps damping to a minimum, ensuring excellent transfer of the strings' vibrations to the body. All the HB-50's hardware comes in a sleek chrome finish – including the sealed die-cast tuners, of course. And to top it all off, the classic cherry red paint job, paired with a creamy white body binding, makes this bass an absolute head-turner.

Rear view, Harley Benton HB-50 Cherry Red, vintage semi-hollow bass

Vintage flair for the modern player

Everything about the Harley Benton HB-50 semi-hollow bass – its build, its looks, its sound – makes it ideal for any musical project with a vintage vibe. It feels right at home in genres like Blues, Rock, Country, Soul and plenty more. But that doesn't mean the HB-50 is stuck in the past. In fact, many modern Pop and Electronic productions crave exactly the kind of tones this bass delivers: round, full and warm. Those qualities also make it a great fit for any home recording setup. And a semi-hollow bass with an archtop design is an excellent pick for an experienced bassist looking to add something truly special to their collection. With its distinctive look and unique sound, the Harley Benton HB-50 is the perfect addition to any lineup – big or small.

Headstock, Harley Benton HB-50 Cherry Red, vintage semi-hollow bass

About Harley Benton

Since 1998, the Harley Benton brand has been catering for the needs of countless guitarists and bassists. In addition to an extensive range of stringed instruments, Thomann's house brand also offers a wide choice of amplifiers, speakers, effect pedals, and other accessories. In total, the range includes over 1,500 products. Built by established names in the industry, all Harley Benton products combine quality and reliability at attractive and affordable prices. The continuous expansion of the range ensures that Harley Benton always provides new, exciting, and innovative products that keep players perfectly in tune with the musical world, day after day.

Come Together

Knowledgeable musicians who want to give the Harley Benton HB-50 even more vintage flair will pair it with a set of flatwound strings: Their mellow highs and focused tone complement the HB-50's semi-hollow character perfectly. Of course, a bass on its own won't make much noise – at least, not enough for a gig with the rest of the band. We'll need an amp for that. Ideal partners for the HB-50 include Harley Benton's HB combo amps, available in a range of power ratings, starting with compact practice combos from 20W right up to more beefy 80W models. Need more even punch for band rehearsals or small to mid-sized stages? Go for the SolidBass 300C. And for serious muscle, Harley Benton also offers high-end heads like the Block 800B – when this little powerhouse comes together with the right Harley Benton cabinets, bassists have a real Rock'n'Roll rig on their hands.

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Love this riff machine
The Edster 27.05.2025
Sounds great straight out the box. Intonation spot on. Don't ask me why, but I find myself playing hard with a pick and getting a big sound out of it through my Harley Benton DNAfx GiT Core

The colour, which I think of as UK fire-engine red, and the white binding, is just spectacular. I got the Ernie Ball black and white check strap to go with it and the overall effect is fairly excellent. I mean, I'm still the same barely-capable player I ever was, but it feels epic.

Took me a couple of weeks to summon up the courage to do a bit of a set-up, which lowered the action a little (but not too much, not when I'm digging in with a pick), and it improved the feel for my playing. I'm making it sound like all I'm doing is thrashing it through distortion, but it's actually a lovely sounding instrument. Love it
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Great semihollow bass for the price!
WILCOX 24.09.2025
The bass is very well finished, paint is nice and smooth. No remarkable flaws detected, is very well costructed. Sound is what you have to expect from a passive bass. It is comfortable to play and it worths de price!
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patbb 05.04.2025
Très sympa a prendre en main, les mécaniques sont bien, elles ont l'air de tenir l'accords, j'ai vu pire une squier vinted modified. le manche est agréable et pour l'instant , il est bien droit, on verra dans le temps. sur le model que j'ai reçu, les frettes sont nickel, je n'ai même pas a y retoucher, je suis très étonné !! bon les cordes sont a changer, je pense que je vais mettre des filets plats, pourtant, je préfère les filets rond, mais comme elle est semi acoustique, j'aime pas trop le bruits des filets ronds. je pense que je vais changer aussi le micro par un delano, forme musicman a gros plot. en attendant, je vais essayer avec un preamp ampeg analog bass !! sinon, le seul truc chiant, c’est l'attache pour la sangle derrière le manche, la basse est déséquilibrée :-( , ça penche vers l'avant, alors le poids est de 3.7 kg !! le petit plus, j'ai réussi a descendre le chevalet pour avoir une action très basse des cordes, sans que cela frise, ce qui fait que l'on peu même slapper, si on veut,
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sixties for ever
GünterF 30.05.2025
endlich, nach 5 monaten wartezeit hab ich den Bass bekommen....wunderschönes teil...sehr gut verpackt....alles ok
die Saitenauf dem Bass hab ich sofort gewechselt auf Flat ...die Saiten ab werk grenzen an Körperverletzung....nun klingt er sehr gut...
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