Harley Benton HB-35 CH Vintage Series 5-stars Reviews

An amazing guitar for an amazing price

This guitar and it's HB brand are truly remarkable considering the price. It could easily pass itself on as a fender or similar brand. I loved everything about this guitar

Exceptional Instrument for price.

This guitar is excellent value for a such low price.

The neck is fine and slim and the action is good.The paint work is as good as any USA instrument. I own 6 US ''named'' guitars. The intonation is excellent. The pick up are and capable of excellent sustain.

i will use this guitar as my second instrument after xmas i will use on tour with Steelyard blues band (UK)

Another Winner from HB

My father bought this guitar. I'm writing this on his behalf. BUY IT. It's better than the similar Epiphone for half the cost... That's all you really need to know...

BUT, the string height, intonation, tuners, neck etc bla bla bla were all great right out of the box. and the finish is gorgeous. There's nothing not to like here...

HB-35 Vintage Searies

I have had this guitar for a couple months now and enjoy playing it. It only needed a slight truss rod adjustment out of the box,the fretts were perfectly done, playability is very good. The finish is very good, extremely happy with my purchase.

Lovely guitar, excellent value.

This is currently my favourite guitar. the pickups sound great, intonation is good out of the box and sticking a set of tens on helped with the tuning issues you get with jumbo frets.

I use this primarily in my home studio and I cannot fault it. Fretboard needs a bit of oil and I would upgrade the tuners but everything else is fine.

Amazing value 335 style

My 3rd Harley Benton, and am very happy yet again - I don't know how they do it for the money. Feels very well put together - there are maybe a few very minor imperfections in the finish, but I would expect that in a guitar costing three or four times as much.

I think with guitars in this price range, it is really about your expectations. Pickups are pretty decent, and although this isnt a big brand US 335, it really is not that far in terms of sound or feel. The hardware is no doubt of the budget variety, but it works effectively. If you were bothered I suppose the pickups and hardware could be upgraded, but I really see no need to. I've had it quite a while now and haven't felt the need to change anything.

Highly recommended if you are looking for a hollow body on a budget.

Impressive, budget-friendly, great sounding!!!

I'm really impressed with this guitar. There are a few imperfections here and there, but all in all it really feels and plays like a guitar worth 2-3 times it's modest price.

Some minor imperfections: a fretboard inlay was raised up a bit. I'll need to get that sanded down. The pickup switch is really wobbly. And the input jack is constantly getting looser (I need to tighten it often). These are minor issues which are easily fixed. Though the fretboard is rather dry, the fretwork is excellent (no sharp ends and they all seem to be level).

Cosmetically, it's very good. A slight blemish that is detectable under the finish here and there, but you have to really be looking for it to notice. There appears to be a very, very slight "ripple" in the binding on the top of the neck as it gets closer to the nut, from about the 5th fret. Again, this is something that you only notice if you're really, really looking for it, and it has no impact on playability or the structural integrity of the guitar.

Sound: It sounds awesome! I do plan on swapping out the pickups for some warmer alnicos, but even with the stock pickups, this guitar has loads and loads of 335-esque overtones. A really thick overdriven sound. I really love how it sounds. Really nice resonance and sustain. Overall, a very complex tone signature for such a cheap guitar. The sound alone makes this guitar punch WAY above its weight class.

This is my third Harley Benton guitar and while one of them I sent back to be replaced (the first one they sent me seemed more of a B-stock quality level), I really love all 3 of them (the other two are an SC-450 P90 and an SC-450 Plus). I don't know of a better value for guitars out there. And with every new Harley Benton I buy I'm more and more surprised that they can produce such solid guitars at such a low price. And they are excellent as modding platforms! Highly recommended.

Excellent budget semi!

Bought this guitar because I have been so pleased with my Harley Benton MS-60 and Harley Benton S-600 VI guitars. I'd been looking about for an ES 335 type for a while, and on the strength of the aforementioned guitars, decided to try one of these out! Fast delivery from oder to recieving took only 3 days, well packaged and tracked delivery. Out of the box, this guitar was well set up (my S-600 did need a bit of setting up, and after which played like a dream!), nice action, and decent strings fitted it's plays beautifully! The range and quality of the tones on this guitar are amazing! from cool jazz to metal (yes I said Metal!!!) these pickups are well voiced and very versatile! Don't hesitate, buy one today!!!!!

Fantastic quality guitar....

Bought this guitar, and thoroughly satisfied with its' quality. Replaced the bridge for a Wilkinson roller variety, and installed a new set of Ernie Ball 009-042 strings. Following some minor set-up adjustments to action etc, the sound quality is brilliant. I would recommend this instrument to anyone ......