RB-600CS Classic Series : Good choice for an affordable Ricky type guitar.

This instrument looks great and plays reasonably well, though unusually for Harley Benton guitars, mine would have benefited from a bit more work on the set up. The strings were quite high. I lowered the bridge and will probably get round to having a pro set up on it because as they say, it is on the neck that you communicate with the guitar - it's the bit you touch. Played unplugged there is a slight metalic resonance coming off the hardware that you won't find on a Rickenbacker (costing 10 times the price!). Plugged in it is very impressive to my ears, once you get used to the semi-solid feel of it and adjust playing style slightly. The other guitarist in my band started using his on stage straight away. The tuners seem ok, with a touch of sticking on one of the wound strings, but a bit of pencil lead in the nut, and a few other tweaks that are perfectly normal on a new instrument, and this is an excellent choice for the Ricky fan. Not recommended for shredding or players who prefer very thin neck profiles, but if over time, elements were upgraded, such as a bone nut, top end tuners, maybe a new loom and pots, I think this you would have guitar worth a lot more than you payed for it. Though you couldn't sell it at a price to reflect that now, HB guitars could start to become collectable?