Guitar ?'s

wish4hemi said
Yet another question for anyone who cares to answer it.

In looking at the Italia Maranello Custom and the Italia Maranello Classic I noticed a few differences.
Classic-----------------Custom
$580-------------------$680
Agathis body-----------Solid maple body with figured maple top
Hard maple neck--------Hard maple set-in neck
Rosewood f-board------Bound rosewood f-board
Wilkinson WVC's--------Wilkinson alnico V's vintage voiced

Anyone care to compare the body woods, difference in necks, difference in rosewood and bound rosewood, and difference in pickups? I've read some bad things about agathis wood as far as sustain and tone go, so I'm thinking I should pay the $100 more for a little better wood.

Yes, you should pay the extra 100 bucks, UNLESS you prefer a neck that you can remove and/or shim during it's life.......set neck allows nothing but truss adjustment.......and if you snap the head off the neck (like my Gibson SG's used to do) you can't change the neck (pretty rare though with newer axes).... If you're not worried about the additional neck adjustment, then go with the Custom.....it'd be a good choice.