Harley Benton HB-35Plus Metallic Blue Reviews

My first ever semi acoustic

Exceeded my expectations! Well built, lovely sound, nice aesthetics too.. can’t complain one bit about this magnificent piece!

Outstanding

After picking up the guitar again after many years, i was searching for an in between to cover both electric and acoustic and came across this beaut, looks fantastic, sounds even better and the price you pay for this is unreal, would whole heartedly recommend it to anybody

Top Guitar

I've been playing guitar for many years and even joined Showaddywaddy in 2018-2020. I've owned many guitars some great guitars some not so great. I took a punt on this as it was an incredibly good deal. I received far more than I bargained for. The guitar once I set it up played beautifully. The tones from the humbucking Rosswell pickups having the pull switch to split them was incredibly versatile. From smooth jazz, rock and blues tones this guitar can do them all. The finish was flawless and it looks really cool. I've had no trouble with the tuners as it holds tune very well. This is one to buy. Well done Harley Benton on an incredible deal.

Amazing

I’ve owned 4 epiphone dots and this is way better than all of them. Love this guitar

Perfect value for money

Translate to English: Excellent guitar with flawless design and a beautiful metallic finish that will transport you and the audience back to nostalgic times. The composite wood neck is comfortable, enabling consistent tone and quick playing. The knobs aren't designed for ultra-fine adjustments during performance, but once set, they offer a quite decent and enjoyable range of sounds.

Amazing instrument..no different with really expensive "335" s

I bought two, and I have a gibson es 335

Beautiful semi hollow guitar

The guitar is visually stunning, the amount of features you get at this price point is incredible. Set in neck, push/pull coil splitting for both neck & bridge pickups, palermo fretboard & maple neck/body. My fretboard was a lot darker than the one pictured, but no matter!

It has a perfect jazz sound at a fraction of the cost of other hollow bodies, pickups are warm, mellow & full sounding. Like other HB's I own, it required a full set up on arrival, but that's also the case with far more expensive guitars I own.

The nut was perfectly cut, I've noticed a few dead spots on the tuners, but they hold tuning without issue. There's a tiny bit of fret buzz in the 13th fret of the B string, I suspect the fret is slightly lower than the rest, but it's hardly noticeable through the amp. They're the only flaws I had regarding playability, and honestly it's extremely minimal.

There's a few minor visual blemishes on the binding & fret ends where it looks like it was scuffed by a fretting tool, as well as a small mark on the fretboard. There's also some small blemishes on the paintwork & the gold plating has rubbed off on the tune-o-matic bridge where my hand is positioned while playing. Again, absolutely none of that effects playability & the overall look is stunning.

At this price I can absolutely forgive a couple of blemishes, because most importantly, it plays & sounds gorgeous!

Stunning guitar at any price

Can't believe the value on this. Arrived in perfect condition in less than a week to the US. Sounds and looks incredible. Look forward to future purchases!

Great guitar

It needs a little nut filing, but other than that, it's a great guitar at an amazing value.

Excellent value for money

Very happy with the purchase, exceptional quality, and value for money for the price range.

Great Guitar

This is a great guitar which is easy to play!

Although some slight imperfections these are very minor and are not noticeable unless you are trying to find them.

This guitar is very versatile and you can get some great tones. It is comfortable and came out of the box (that was packaged brilliantly) already in tune! Definitely a fantastic purchase I would highly recommend to anyone!

There are no words to adequately describe how amazing this guitaris. I am reluctant to tell them how good it is for fear of pric

The sound of this guitar is easily comparable to all of the top band names making this style. Shhh, lets keep it a secret.

All in all, a very good deal.

The guitar is beautiful and actually very nicely built. The knobs aren't nice though, cheap plastic and bad feel while adjusting sound levels. The pickups aren't very exciting either, same for the tuners (mediocre). A great guitar to upgrade or to have exposed on the wall and play once in a while (it does it job) but in case you want something "nicer" it will definitely require some more investment.

Almost everything here made me happy

Unfortunately, not everything went as planned in this guitar. First, I’ll go through the negative points.

1) The edging is not even everywhere, in some places it was completely erased

2) On the back side, glue is smeared over the heel of the neck and the back of the guitar body, which spoils the look a lot.

3) For some reason, the bridge was already machined to such an extent that it was impossible to adjust the scale or play without bouncing this very bridge, I had to change it to GOTOH

If we talk about positive things, there are more of them.

1) The sound of humbuckers is extremely deep and at the same time sharp, with the tone knob you can achieve the desired sound both in the amplifier and in the audio card

2) The tuning pegs are very strong, sturdy and detailed

3) The nut is made very high quality

4) The cutoffs work great, the bridge single makes the sound of a stratocaster

5) Very robust pickup toggle switch

Unbelievable Guitar for the price!!

The pickups needed adjusting, but that was it! Sound and feel is just as good if not BETTER than a Gibson 335! My only negative is that the fret board at the very end where it meets the body and neck pickup was rough. Looked like it hit the sander by accident.

An absolute steal

I've playing this for a month and I like it over my 1k euro Les paul special.

The fretwork is amazing, the neck feels smooth, it's loud enough that it's satisfying to play when ont plugged in, and with an amp it's very versatile, from bluesy tones to even some metal stuff.

Last but not least, it looks GREAT.

Incredible Value, stunning aesthetics

I bought the HB 35+ metallic blue a few months ago. In my collection I have a Rickenbacker 360, a Gibson songwriter deluxe and an American Strat as well as a few miscellaneous great guitars . I have never been so impressed with a guitar that cost less than 10% of many in my collection. Which brings to mind the expression “the best guitar is the one you pick up and play” . Believe it or not this Harley Benton is my new go to guitar. It’s super comfortable to play came well set up right out of the box after a couple of minor adjustments is every bit as enjoyable as my much more expensive guitars.I have just ordered another HP and highly recommend them to all my musician friends. I think it’s true that the days of paying outrageous amounts of money for brand-name instrument are over and Harley Benton is leading the charge. Congratulations guys keep up the good work. A loyal customer in Canada

Looks even better in real life

I bought this guitar as I always wanted a strat, a Les Paul and a 335 in my collection. Mostly to recreate the sounds of the music I like to play. My wife and I played as a two piece pop and classic rock. I got my strat 15 years ago and gigged with it extensively. Shortly after that I got my LP but it was too heavy to play for an entire gig. I got the Harley Benton recently and if It had been available to me 15 years ago I am sure it would have been my main gigging guitar. Some of my favourite guitarists are Johnny Marr, Billy Duffy, Scotty Moore and George Harrison .The HB35 gives me some great tones. It looks and sounds amazing. I have only ever had standard pick ups in my guitars but these Roswell’s are really impressive.

The guitar has a sweet musical jangle to it, which is what I expected from a hollow body.

I have only been playing it out of the box and the intonation is pretty good. The action is a little high but that’s an easy fix. The fretboard is unusual as it is that pao ferro. There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just different from my rosewood fretboards. The coil tap is an interesting feature that actually does give a strat like tone, although I don’t know if I would use it that often. Overall even my wife and daughter could not believe what I paid for this guitar, my wife even said it looks great as decoration in the house. They also loved the sound of it through my little Fender practice amp.

I am so impressed with the build quality that I am going to indulge in Harley Benton’s paisley telecaster

Highly Recommended

Overall I am very happy with this guitar. I looks, feels and sounds like the real deal.

I've not had chance to fully test the sound yet but first impressions are that it sounds great.

Is it perfect? No, but for the price is amazing. In regard to manufacturing quality, there are a few minor paint blemishes, the pickups will need some adjustment and there is some glue residue inside (seen through the upper F-hole) but I can easily remove that. It is advertised as having D'Addario string but I don't think they are (as they don't have the typical colour coding).

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The updated color of an already excellent guitar. She is my favorite at the moment. A wide variety of play thanks to the pickup selector. The sound itself with my equipment sounds quite warm and rich. The look and feel of a guitar is worth buying. It lies well in the hands, in itself is not the easiest. You can go a long way with a guitar like this, even if you've been playing for a long time. I constantly find more and more new features in it that I really like. Probably, many are repelled by the glued neck, the guitar needs proper handling. I am very pleased with the purchase, especially at this price. I hope that Harley Benton will surprise me more.