Harley Benton HB-35Plus Metallic Green

I own multiple HB's of varying price ranges, and this is definitely the best one I have purchased yet. Top quality in my eyes, especially given the price. No sharp fret ends, paint job is absolutely fantastic (there's one tiny mark near the "binding" on the bottom horn. You won't see it unless you're absolutely looking for imperfections). I had been eying the Cherry Red HB-35 Plus for a long time, but when I saw the new colors and this amazing Green/Gold I had to get it!

Neck has a good feel. Not thick, not thin either. Electronics sound good for this price range. Some might change the pickups but with a good setup of them (changing height/pole piece height), you can get them to sound very good. Tuners are nice and the guitar stays in tune. They aren't locking but they do their job.

It was mentioned in another review that the pull-knob is difficult to grab: if you pull from the base of the knob and not the stem it is very fluid to activate the coil-taps. Which, by the way, sound excellent!

The versatility of this guitar is very wide (I'm sure you know if you're looking at 335's). From clean jazz/blues to classic rock to rockabilly and beyond. I've even gotten some good doom tones out of this.

There are really no cons that I can see here. The neck was a bit dirty, but at my first string change I just cleaned her up with some Dunlop Lemon oil and used a fret polishing rubber on the frets and all is well. For 250 euros you are getting an outstanding piece of gear here. Setup was great out of the box. I've had guitars 3x this price that required a longer setup. I didn't have to adjust the truss rod, nor the bridge height at all. Minor adjustments to the pickups as mentioned earlier and a bit of intonation changes at the saddles.

I sound like I'm shilling for HB here but in my 20 years of playing guitar I am quite pleasantly surprised with this, and more impressed by HB with each guitar I purchase from them. Highly recommended!

This is my second HB-35. I had the original HB-35 in black with no-name pickups a few years back and regretted selling it.

Thomann kindly put this guitar through an extra inspection for me at no extra cost.

Looks- great (if you like green- I do). The pickguard is the only ugly point, but you can take it off and put the screws back in the holes, which I will do.

Tuners- ok, they are not the most accurate, or responsive. We're spoilt for choice with Harley Benton guitars and the better tuners on my higher end HB make these ones seems lower quality, but in absolute terms they're fine. They work. I will change them at some point.

Nut- plastic but well cut. No string sticking/pinging. Height is good.

Pickups- they're good to my amateur ears. There is a noticeable difference in harshness between neck and bridge. The coil split works but it's an acquired taste.

I thought long and hard between this guitar and the new Aeolus and watched too many youtube reviews. They're slightly different beasts, ultimately while I loved the look of the aeolus and the better hardware, I didn't have the 150 euro extra. I'm not a great player anyway, but made a deal with myself that if I notice an improvement over the next year or two, I'll splash a bit more on the Aeolus or a lower end Gretsch.

The fret ends are very slighty protruding, not sharp but present. They are also a little scratch on bends. Nothing major.

Very much recommended guitar, minor paint blobs etc, but for the money and the sounds I have no complaints.

I have played metal all my life but recently got into jazz and more "round" sounding stuff recently because of the technical aspect of the music. Since I couldn't afford anything serious, this guitar helped me a lot.

First of all, it looks amazing. Literally amazing. It has one or two very small blemishes but they are fine.

The quality control is also very good. One small thing is that the bridge pins do not sit flat, it might be because of this model but they are identical and they didn't go down all the way even getting hit with a rubber hammer but it doesn't affect anything.

The sound is a little bassy to my ears, but i use a lot of mids and distortion normally so it is just for me.

The playability is great after a little tweak. It stayed with my friends in the box for 6 weeks after transportation, survived a flight and it played really well.

Overall, a great guitar

I bought this guitar a few weeks ago now, it arrived promptly, there were a few minor issues that Thomann's customer service dept sorted straight away, cannot fault that kind of customer service! You will never get a guitar of this build and sound quality anywhere! If you do, tell me! I've never bought a new guitar as I'm only an intermediate player & could never afford the Gretsch's, Epiphone's that start around £500 but I have played those instruments & this Harley Benton is easily on a par with them! The overall finish is amazing & the metallic green is very cool, to me! I would recommend this guitar or any of its counterparts in this range! The Lemon Drop version looks lovely but was just out of my price range! I bought an A stock with a guitar padded case bundle for £177! I mean how amazing is that! If you were starting out & wanted a really stylish guitar I can't recommend them enough! I will be buying again as they have amazing range especially the CST 24 's they have. Thank you Thomann for saving me alot of money & giving me a quality product that in this day & age is a rare find! Excellento!!!

I really like this guitar! I've wanted one of these for some time and when I found the Harley Benton version I couldn't resist. I figured if it was half as nice as their CST24t it would be well worth it and I am not disappointed at all. The intonation is perfect and plays like butter to me!! I love the way it feels and sounds. It's really an awesome guitar. The electronics are a bit cheap but they sound fine at this point so I don't know that I will change anything unless it stops working. I really like the split coil options on both pickups and can get some awesome sounds out of it. I highly recommend this amazing guitar.