HB-35Plus Lemon : Harley Benton HB-35Plus Lemon

Arrived in good order; well packaged and prompt. Needed a fair bit of work initially, although I expected this after reading other reviews.

Needed a restring, and the frets were scratchy and tarnished; neck also needed a few goes with oil to 'rehydrate' the wood.

Finish on the body is poor: flecks of other paint work all over the back and black trim is bleeding into the main body itself; can't expect much for that price though.

Pick-ups are ok but will be replaced with better; also swapped out the tuning pegs which were just awful. Upgraded saddle and tailpiece will be on the shopping list too.

All in all, it's a decent of guitar for that price, and if you are happy to use it as a project; or have some half decent spare parts lying around it will upgrade nicely. Shame about the paint job, but hey, you get what you pay for.