Harley Benton HB-35 Plus vs Ibanez Artcore AS73 | Best budget 335 guitar shootout!

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Today we’re comparing the Harley Benton HB-35 Plus and the Ibanez AS73FM to find out which is the better budget Gibson 335-style guitar!

I should start by saying these are both excellent guitars for the money – at €249, the HB-35 Plus is simply a bit of a steal, while the Ibanez Artcore range is stuffed full of top quality semi-acoustics, the AS73FM being the most affordable (mine cost me about €399 when I bought it new).

Get the HB-35 Plus here:
Get the Ibanez AS73FM here:

Hollow body guitars are some of the most versatile instruments out there, despite often being pegged as being suited more for jazz and classic rock ‘n’ roll. In today’s video, then, I test out the pair in a variety of different styles, from country and folk to pop, rock, punk, metal and more. Which do you prefer? Let me know in the comments!

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:11 Intro and what we’re doing today
01:11 HB-35 Plus specs/info
03:05 Ibanez specs/info
05:45 Today’s video plan and my rig

Clean Sounds
06:24 Clean tone reference chords on all pickups
07:28 Poppy arpeggios and strummed chords
08:12 Picked pop rock arpeggios
08:34 Strummed country pop chords
09:14 Country ballad arpeggios
09:42 Blues progression
10:09 Ascending droning indie chords

Crunch Sounds (Clean Channel w/Greer Lightspeed)
10:37 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
11:10 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
11:43 Groovy classic rock riff
12:36 Airbourne inspired classic rock riff
12:59 Indie octave chords riff
13:49 Indie rock rhythm tone
14:22 Upbeat indie barre chords

Lead Channel Sounds
14:48 Classic hard rock riff
15:23 Hard rock riff
15:57 Glam rock riff
16:25 Foo Fighters inspired modern rock riff
17:00 Alternative rock riff
17:26 Green Day inspired punk riff
17:55 Punk rock power chords
18:24 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
18:54 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D tuning)

Clean Channel w/Revv G3 Distortion Pedal (all in Drop D tuning)
19:27 Metal chugging riff
19:58 Hardcore punk riff
20:45 Thrash metal riff
21:07 Lead sounds
21:31 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff

22:05 My thoughts and the versatility of these guitars
22:53 Build quality and hardware
24:58 Weights
25:32 Playability and necks
27:00 Sounds and pickups
30:24 Which guitar is best…
33:26 … and which would I buy?
34:59 Final conclusion and goodbye


Watch my full HB-35 Plus review and demo here:


And my full Ibanez AS73FM review and demo here:


I ran the two guitars into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, using my Greer Lightspeed for the overdrive and my Revv G3 for the heavy distortion sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.

Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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H&K Black Spirit 200 head:
Greer Lightspeed:
Revv G3:
Focusrite 4i4 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!):
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Enjoy!

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.

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