TE-70 Black Paisley : first HB purchase, quite impressed

This was my first HB guitar purchase.

The production quality was very good, I have nothing of significance to complain about. I'm not one of those who goes through a new guitar with a microscope. I haven't seen, felt or noticed anything wrong with my copy, nothing that affects playability or sound.

The string action was set a bit too low for my taste, but that's a quick and easy adjustment. Otherwise the set-up was good.

My main complaint concerns the plastic covering on the pickguard, where the plastic protective film was tucket too far down into and under the neck pickup. It was somewhat annoying getting all the plastic out.

The sound is deep and woody, just what I was looking for. I mainly play ambient or "atmospheric" guitar, and this guitar works beautifully with delay, reverb and some mild overdrive. I would also say that it's a really good guitar for blues and jazz. The neck is easy to play on and I feel like it really invites you bend and have fun.

I don't think I would use this guitar for metal or hard-rock, it's not as "gain-y" as an Ibanez guitar, for example. The pickups on this guitar have instead a more darker and fuller sound to them.

So I'm fully pleased with my guitar and my purchase, and if the other HB guitars are as good as this one I will be quite eager to try another one.