HB-35 VB Vintage Series : My HB-35 VB Very Pleased. Small niggles can be sorted.

Bought planning to use as main guitar and modify. Using at home for now. Not as comfortable to hold as my ST style guitars. I would probably get the red one with the coil splits if buying again. I tidied up the scratch plate edges by removing, filing and sanding and re-fixing. Setup and finish are good - I will be smoothing the frets a bit more to get them properly smooth to make it more pleasant to play. Sounds good, especially wired up with an amp. Really great value for money. Highly recommend to try guitars in shops for style comfort wherever possible before making a decision. So pros: Great but not excellent but fantastic for the price. Minor features (no trem, no coil split), sound (acoustically a bit brighter rather than woody due to the gloss finish), and finish (rough cut scratch plate edge and frets polish lacking) points keep it from being fantastic but still very good.