HB-35Plus Cherry : I had to see if this was all hype or real. WOW!

OK I love my guitars. I own cheapo amazingly good guitars, through to Ibanez (which you just can’t go wrong with generally) through to Gibson Custom Shop. I build and repair and setup guitars too and have done for 25years. I like to think I know a bit about the subject. So, for £177 delivered is it any good. Simple answer…… it is amazing. If I had paid £1500 for this I would be happy. Really. Only two “issues” were very minor…. Lose strap buttons and frets need a polish. The frets are very well finished, smooth ends, no sprouts or sharp edges. Just dull. The neck relief as set up out of the box was as close to totally straight as I would ever dare. A hairs width of relief. A tiny amount. NO fret buzz anywhere, even on bends high up the neck. I wound the bridge down a bit to about 1.2mm - 1.5mm string height above the 22nd fret, and with the fitted 10s NO string buzz even on whole tone bends. Pickups sound incredible. Finish is great. For the little money actually the whole thing is stunning. Very close to my Gibson Custom Shop ES355. I’m not joking.

So as a sceptic I am actually totally astonished by this. I was expecting and counting on a project that would need work. I was wrong. A bit of fret polishing and tighten 2 screws, then adjust string height to preference.

Delivery to the UK was slower than pre-Brexit, about 6 days.

How they can turn these out for the money I do not know. Highly highly recommended.