HB-35Plus Black : The best value in a semi-hollow. Incredible build quality for the price.

Have been playing for 30+ year. I own Gibson's, Martin's, Fender's and have owned great imports... the HB-35 Plus is my first Harley Benton. I bought it after watching numerous YouTube reviews. Not being very happy with the Epiphone ES-335 Dot and even the never ES-335 "Inspired by Gibson" models I was looking for another brand and was not expected the amazing quality the HB-35 Plus delivers. This guitar sounds incredible! The neck pickup is especially great. The switch, jack, tuners, pots and bridge all seem above expectations. Way above! I expected to have to gut and replace most of those items and bought this as a moding project, but it sounds and plays so great I'm keeping it stock!!! I don't know how to praise it more... The only caveats are that you will have to polish the frets, there were some rough spots (no buzz, just a few rough spots making bends less smooth than they should be). The action out of box acceptable, but truss rod and action (i.e. basic setup) needed for me because I'm just use to having everything setup a certain way. The out of the box setup comparable to the $3000 Gibson ES-335's at my local music store, so this is just an expected effort for any new guitar and takes nothing away from the HB-35 Plus.