HB-35Plus Cherry : Stunningly beautiful guitar

What can I say? This is one hell of a guitar for the money, the finish is equal to or better than a lot of leading brand names. In fact I've seen much more expensive guitars with a less impressive finish.

The Roswell pickups are surprisingly good, and while some experienced guitarists may swap them out for a brand they have a personal liking for, I think the roswell's are just fine and I will be leaving them in. If in time one goes faulty I may swap out but I would probably just replace with another Roswell. Coil taps work just fine as well, I've heard one or two criticisms about output drops when engaging single coil, but that is only to be expected, and easily coped with. Single coils generally produce lower signal than humbuckers.

Tuners as you would expect on a guitar of this price point are not high end, but they are smooth and hold tune just fine - certainly the best I've seen up to now on a guitar in this price range. Bridge assembly seems OK but I've yet to play around with the action, and I don't anticipate any issues.

Controls are small pots as you would expect, but in function as good as anything high end. Both volume and tone are smoothly responsive all the way. If they wear out in two years I may opt for better replacements but honestly, unless they go unreasonably quickly I may replace like for like if I need to.

My "baby" has always been my Fender Telecaster but the old girl has some competition as I've fell a bit in love with this HB-35 plus! You get a lot of bang for your buck with a Harley Benson and it's easy to see how people can end up with a collection of them. I normally only have one guitar and one bass, while keeping a "when I win the lottery" list. I've got to keep my beloved tele, I have a very gigable HB35, and a CST 24-T arriving tomorrow. If my amp hadn't given up the ghost yesterday I would have been ordering a Big Tone and a Fusion St within a month or two. So it's save the penny's for the new Boss Katana II then back to expanding the Harley Benton Collection for this new fan boy!