SC-1000LH SBK Progressive Line : A (semi) reliable, value for money riff-machine

I'm an intermediate player, chose the SC-1000 for my first guitar with active pickups, cause the high gain noise from my previous guitar was kind of a killer. Been using it for nearly 2 years!

Upon a pretty careful inspection I could find no flaws, except maybe a barely noticable scratch near the rear cavity. Visually it's stunning, with it's matte black finish and gold hardware.

My playing experience with the guitar all this time has been good, though not the best. Very good action and comfortable to play on, but the tuning stability could be better. I would also highly recommend swapping out the pickups on it for EMG's, since I found them to be quite noisier than expected. However, a noise gate would do the job just as well, and the tone was pretty good, looking past that.

All in all a very good addition to the limited range of choices for left-handed guitar players, and HB knows how to make a low priced model that doesn't scream "compromise".