PricePaid: 599 USD (New)
Purchased From: www.myrareguitars.com
Model Year: 2004Features: [9]
This is the Standard 2-pickup version with a trapeze tail.
The design consists of a two-part hollow body laminate, which is similar to the Res-O-Glas models of the 1960s.
The maple neck has a 25 ½” scale and sports a rosewood fingerboard which is bound. It is adorned with pearloid type inlays.
The tuners are green key style, vintage items, with a 3 a side configuration, which are mounted on the same plate. The humbucking pickups have chrome covers, with the pole pieces reversed in direction. The rest of the hardware is also finished in chrome.
The stopbar is tune-o-matic style, and the strings are held by a trapeze tailpiece.
Each pickup has its own volume and tone knob, which, are unusually situated, at the topside of the instrument together with the pickup selector switch. This however does not pose a problem whilst playing in most positions. Sounds: [10]
First things, first I restrung the Airline with my usual set of 10 gauge strings. Even playing unplugged the instrument is very resonant, and similar to a thin line.
It has a jangly tone reminiscent of a Rickerbacker, but is still warm like a hollow body.
Plugged in, the Airline can sound from shimmering clean to nice and dirty when overdriven hard. The humbucking pickups do not have a very high output and therefore sound better with a bit of overdrive rather than all out distortion. Action, Fit & Finish: [10]
The instrument is indeed very well built and quality components are used throughout.
The neck is especially so with white binding and pearloid inlays.
The neck profile is quite chunky, similar to that of a Les Paul but is quite comfortable to play. Reliability & Durability: [8]
Only used it on a couple of occasions but so far so good!
Overall Rating: [9]
Playing since I can remember and own around 12 guitars at present: www.eazi-k.com/guitar.
An excellent value for money guitar!
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