HB-35Plus Cherry : Beautiful, cheap, sounds great

This guitar is just plain... beautiful.

I've wanted an ES-335 style guitar for as long as I have been playing but they were always out of my price range. I didn't want to spend money on a subpar quality guitar either. I've played Epiphone ES-335s, and copies from a tonne of brands. And if I'm honest? This one beats them all.

Aside from the looks, the quality and care is stellar. The split coil function is a serious added bonus. This guitar is quickly becoming my favourite, beating out even my Fender Strat.

Pickups aren't as great as say Seymour Duncans, but it punches so far above its price range that it's crazy. Might swap them out eventually, but I'd be very comfortable taking the guitar gigging as is.

Aside from all that, the guitar is just slightly different from other ES style guitars. Mainly the jack and selector location. They're in the positions of a LS style guitar, being on the side of the body and the top opposite of the pickguard respectively. I much prefer this, and makes me wonder why everyone doesn't do that. The whole control region on an ES style guitar was always much too cluttered for my taste.

Perfect 10/10 for me. Had you have told me it was a 700 dollar guitar I'd have believed you.