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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.
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