Harley Benton HB-35Plus Vintage Burst Reviews

Great guitar for the price

Great, beautiful guitar, affordable price, excellent support service.

Changed Puckups love tje sound

Great build quality for price neck is exellent! I changed the pickups to hotter ones and I love the sound!

Incredible value

Been playing for 20+ years and own a variety of different guitars (fender, squier, epiphone, schecter, Ibanez).

I was keen to get myself a 335 style guitar and based on other reviews decided to go for the HB35 plus.

I must say I’m blown away by the quality, sound and features on this instrument. It’s an absolute joy to play and sounds brilliant. The coil tap functionality in particular is a nice touch, especially at this price point.

Compared to other brands it’s half the price and the quality matches all guitars I’ve bought from new.

In summary, if you’re in the market for a semi hollow this guitar is a no brainer!

Outstanding guitar; great bargain

This guitar punches way above its weight! The price is top notch, the fit & finish is exquisite, the neck is comfortable, the pickups are great. It came well set-up right out of the box. My first semi-hollow body electric and I’m thrilled with it! Highly recommended!

well worth every penny

well worth every penny you could gig with this straight away at the box and it looks expensive and not cheap

Very Good Value, But Flawed

I had seen a couple of reviews of Harley Benton Guitars on YouTube.com and decided to purchase this HB35Plus, a 335 style guitar. I imspected the guitar upon arrival to my residence. My first impression was that it was a very attractive guitar with its nicely figured top, bound body, f-holes and neck. Upon further inspection & playing, I found several flaws: the fret ends were very rough and required a polish job. The control cavity was unshielded. The are where the body meets the neck had some sloppy paint. The neck pick-up was muddy sounding, even with the treble turned up. The unit developed some low-end feed back when the guitar was played at moderate volume approximately four feet from the amp. I switched to another amp and got the same result. The tuners were a bit tight, but adjustments resolved that issue. Overall sound of the bridge humbucker was a little "tinny" in clean mode. Out of the box, the intonation was horrible, but after a long time spent on the set-up of the guitar, intonation was achieved. Although the price was right, I probably would not buy the guitar again.

Excellent guitar

These are great value, on par with guitars that cost twice as much. Requires a little setup to get it feeling good, but that's acceptable.

Muddy

The guitar looks great and everything works. The sound is very muddy and I had to buy an equaliser pedal and brighten the EQ on my Zoom multi-effects pedal to get the sound I bought it for that's to say B B King/Chuck Berry/ Beatle's Casino guitars. I kinda wish I hadn't of bothered but it looks the part and, with my additions it will be OK so I'll keep it.

The best value that money can buy

Plays, feels and sounds twice as good as it's price would indicate, far beyond most of it's competitors in price category.

My first Harley Benton, my first love

Absolutely amazing guitar!!

On a product of this price, the finish is excellent. It's not perfect, but it's better than I expected. The overall appearance is smooth and well-buffed to a high gloss like you're holding 500$ guitar.

Only a few small specs in the clear, and the dots on the neck are not centered. But this isn't a major issue for a guitar at this price. When you play it's like you've been sent back to the golden era of rock and roll, a true vintage style guitar.

The total value of the guitar exceeds its purchase price. The numerical rating is 9/10, but the star rating is easily 5/5.

Can't fault it!

I bought an HB 35 Plus as I wanted to add a semi hollow bodied guitar to my collection without spending too much. Like many people I was initially skeptical about the low price of these guitars. I intended to spend more and go with an Epiphone but I couldn't ignore all the positive reviews I found on Youtube about these guitars so I went ahead and bought one.

Mine arrived in perfect condition and almost in tune. Intonation was fine but the action a little high for me. After I lowered it and spent some time playing the guitar I was quite honestly blown away by it. I've hardly put it down since. I've been playing guitar for 40 years and have owned much more expensive, big brand guitars that weren't as good as this. If you are tempted, don't hesitate.

Eye yai yai!!

wont stay in tune.

in middle postion, (only bridge pickup)

heavey as HE*&!!!!

sounds really bassy.

All hardware will need upgrade to even play it...

Amazing

I bought this guitar back in August. I've always wanted a semihollow guitar. Man I can't express how sweet this guitar is. Totally worth purchasing

Nice guitar

I received the HB-35+ yesterday, well packaged, delivery service excellent. However, upon inspection, I noticed 2 things. 1. The colour was not as the photo which showed the body as predominantly red whereas the received guitar was a light brown with no trace of red. 2. The neck pickup was inclined so that the magnets were considerably further below the strings than the Bridge pickup. Was this setting deliberate? If so, why? If not how do I raise the Neck pickup so it's in alignment with the Bridge magnets? Other than that it's a lovely guitar

HB-35 plus

This Guitar was beyond my expectation, I don't regret buying it.

What a bargain!

Recently purchased this to add to my guitar collection as a substitute for a well known brand 335. Man this thing was just beautiful and well set up a with coil taps as standard it is a really versatile guitar. It looks fabulous on the wall too! Total bang for your buck.

Nice for low price!)

I really happy with this guitar, not big difference between 2,5k guitar and 200 euro and its awesome for user. HB make impossible things on my opinion. For 2 month using I'm top happy

Better than expected !

Nice guitar. I should have bought this sooner !

Very very good guitar….nice finish….tuners are working good…..AND is cheaper than same model guitars with other coulor….I will buy same guitar again…

What a beauty !

Always wanted a semi hollow electric guitar. Started watching reviews on Harley Benton guitars. Got my HB-35Plus Vintage Burst delivered yesterday. what a beauty, and plays great. Quick delivery, what a bargain this is. I've got a collection of no name guitars, not a fender, Gibson, etc in the bunch. Rate it 5 starts for quality and affordability