(Originally written by Endrix/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
I bought this guitar in a store because the shop assistant convinced me to buy it. I had already heard positive comments about it. I'm a Bettencourt fan and I already had a Padouk.

UTILIZATION

The very pleasant neck with perfect fretting is the guitar's main asset. It's perfect for modern techniques (tapping).

Access to the upper frets is just fantastic. The guitar is perfectly ergonomic, it's a super Stratocaster.

The neck pickup sounds very interesting for clean sounds and you can almost get jazzy sounds, but that's not the main purpose of this guitar though.

The middle position is also ok but you'll get the best sound with the powerful bridge pickup alone.

Its only weakness is the lack of versatility. Either you want to play heavy metal or you'll have to buy a second guitar for other music styles.

SOUNDS

This guitar is perfect for heavy metal and allows you to play some other things like Hendrix licks (don't forget that Bettencourt is a Hendrix fan... the inverted head is actually a homage to Jimi Hendrix).

I play it with an all-tube Marshall JCM and a Soldano and it works fine.

Every sound of this guitar is useful.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it for one year.

I like most of all its playability.

I also own other guitars: ESP, Ibanez, Fender, Gibson.

I find the value for money is average.

Based on my experience, I wouldn't buy this guitar again (my Padouk is much better) although it does have undeniable qualities.

It's not a bad guitar but its value for money isn't fair.

I think Washburn (and maybe Bettencourt?) makes a lot of money with this guitar.