I had fallen out of love with this type of guitar having owned many before and always been disappointed, so sold them on. Then for one particular song I needed a bridge humbucker equipped guitar with trem so I bought a cheap one from another maker. It was 'S' shaped and I was really pleased with the playability and quality of the components.
The one thing it lacked was a single coil bridge pickup sound, think a Buddy Holly rhythm sound. I had seen a few reviews of Harley Benton guitars online and investigated the left hand offerings. It was the sound examples on Thomann's Web site that convinced me to give this guitar a try, I preferred the ceramic pickup sound to the alnico on the more expensive model. So I saved some money and got a guitar with the sound I was looking for.
In sunburst finish the guitar looks classy the only nod to the lowly price I paid is the neck grain, but the neck itself is very nice. A very playable, good quality, bargain priced guitar.