Harley Benton HB-35Plus Vintage Burst 5-stars Reviews

Great guitar for the price

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Buy It!

I loved my Lemon Drop HB35 so much I bought this one too! I was curious to see if I would receive another on of the same quality and I did. I love both of my HB35 guitars. Playability is great and it sounds great also. Buy one now, what are you waiting for?

Amazing Quality, Unbeatable value

After reading mixed reviews on the web, I still decided to go ahead and order the HB 35 Plus.

It was delivered this morning, a week after order confirmation andd I was blow away with the quality of the guitar. I started checking to see if I could find any of the negative items mentioned in reviews - it was perfect. *****

The finish was spot on, as was the hardware and tuners. With a bit of tweaking of the string height/action and intonation, I now have a very playable guitar which looks amazing too.

I have played an assortment of guitars since the mid 1960's including a Fender Strat Plus, Takamine Acoustic, Vintage Strat so I like to think that I know a great instrument when I try one.

I have no hestitation in recommending a Harley Benton, they represent great value for money, the price is irrisistable for new players or experienced professionals who fancy a change.

Unbelievabley good, especially at this price point

This guitar is an unbelievable value, it's hard to believe that it looks and plays so well. The finish is beautiful, the wood grain is great. I really like the neck and fretboard on this, it's smaller feeling than a Gibson Slim Taper 60's, and feels a bit flatter. It's super easy to play. Once the guitar acclimated to my home (I live in Las Vegas, so, very dry) I did a set up with new strings and it's perfect. The tuners work well and the guitar holds in tune I'd say that the pickups are fine, certainly not high-end great, but more than useable as they are. If you really want that Gibson, Heritage, etc sound you could always replace them and still be thousands of dollars ahead. This guitar is a gem.

Great quality and value for money hollowbody

Great guitar with finish and quality of a guitar several times it’s price.

I was looking for a hollow body and watched this one. It had more features than many more expensive and got good reviews on YouTube and in other places. The guitar that I got matches the reviews from others.

Loving the coil taps- first guitar that I have owned to have this feature and the tones from the guitar as a result are great.

My only negative comment would be on the strings- the quality of these is letting the out of the box guitar down a little in that area. They will be changed soon.

Otherwise loving it

5 star in everything

I believe it’s the best thing you can buy for that price, in fact you can spend 200 more and you wouldn’t get anything better , lovely balance and weight, easy to play and clear sound ( even with a cheap amp)