HB-35Plus Lemon : Very good guitar!

This is such a good buy. A well designed, well executed guitar with great playability, nice looks and good pickups. It even has a nubone nut that was cut exactly right! Setup was good out of the box, no high frets and all electronics working perfect without any scratching. Apart from a little binding inconsistency along the neck, the guitar is pretty much flawless. The frets were level, but very scratchy and rough when bending. They also left my fingers black after playing, so you need to get some metal polish or fret erasers to get them up to a shine to get rid of the gritty and dirty feeling.

Soundwise the Roswell pickups sound warm and alnico-like, and the guitar has a wonderful sustain. Splitting the coils make the sound volume much lower, but mixing in one humbucker + one split can sound great! Tone control is also good. Tuners were okay (I switched them out for locking, but they worked fine). The bridge and tailpiece are all right, but a little sharp to lean your wrist on. All in all a superb choice for a semi-acoustic guitar (and better than the Ibanez AS53).