Product: Formentin Aussie Battler II
Price Paid: $1049 (Australian)
Submitted
05/27/2001
at
08:36pm
by
Stuart
Email: hamfeat at hotmail<dot>com
Features
:
8
24 fret Strat style solid body guitar. Body is Ash with a Rock Maple neck and Rosewood fingerboard. Frets are medium height. 25.5 inch scale. West Australian made. 2 post tremolo and Gotoh diecast tuners.
Blue satin finish. Two humbuckers (brand not sure), one vvolume and one tone control with a 3 way Les Paul style selector switch.
Sound
:
10
I play pop/rock thru to hard rock. Bit of blues as well. I play through a Jimi Hendrix Wah and a Boss ME30 into a Laney Tube Fusion Amp. The guitars tone is very versatile. The pickups work well distorted and clean. All the notes ring out clear. The tone is very full without being muddy. I seem to be able to get any sound I want out of it.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
The action was quite low which is why I chose it. The finish is excellent and the neck is the best Ive played by far. All the hardware is in excellent condition and the guitars construction is basically flawless. The pickups needed a slight height adjustment.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
This guitar seems to be very professionally constructed. It feels very hardy and I have no doubt that it will last me a long time.
Customer Support
:
9
I bought this guitar from the guy who makes it and I have no doubt that if I have any problems with it he will help out. Very helpful when purchasing the guitar.
Overall Rating
:
10
The best guitar Ive played, butIve only been playing for just over 3 years. Ive owned an Ibanez and an Epi Les Paul with Duncans and this guitar just seems to suit me far better. It just feels right when I play it. The construction is perfect and the neck is just unbeleivable. The gold hardware is the worst part about thiss guitar but it plays so well I really don't care. This guitar is the lowest level model that Formentin makes so I can only imagine how good the high level models are.
