HB-35Plus Lemon : Good

Good guitar.

Looks great

Sounds better than the basic HB-35 I used to own.

Fretwork good, frets smooth, not mirror shine but good.

Tuners are fine, they're fairly common to a lot of HB models, not great, not poor, somewhere in between.

The wiring is visible through the F hole and messy. It would have taken about 30 seconds to tidy it, but this is a minor aesthetic issue.

Unfortunately I had to return it. The neck join was a two piece affair, with the main neck and then a small extra bit of wood at the rear of the body. There was a straight crack in the finish either in the wood or finish or both right across the join.

Item was packed reasonably well but the guitar box was over to one side of the parcel meaning it had no impact protection really.

Sadly it has to go back.