I'm sensitive when it comes to my guitars. If they have niggles, or don't play well, I really struggle to motivate myself to pick them up.
I had borrowed an Epiphone Les Paul (Studio II I believe) from my best friend a couple of years ago, and it put me off LP shapes to be honest. It didn't feel right, it didn't hold tune and it was quite difficult to play.
Granted it needed a good setup, but still.
I heard good things about HB, and I saw the Lemon Drop SC-450plus and immediately wanted it.
I won't say it's perfect, because it isn't, but for the price it's damn close. It plays well, it sounds great, it's heavy which I love, the sustain is excellent, the setup was almost spot on when it came, I've only put new 10s on and touched the intonation on the A and G strings a half turn each, and it's wonderful now.
The fretboard was quite dry when it arrived, so I filled a washing up bowl with soapy water and let the neck sit in it for a few hours.
Not really, but I did give it a coat of Dunlop's lovely lemon oil and now it feels smooth and silky.
The pickups are a little dark for my taste, but it's hard to judge properly because I only have a Line 6 Spider IV 100w at the moment which at very low volume is not a good representation of their true output.
Please get one for yourself, they're too affordable to second guess yourself.