The Italia Fiorano (£549 UK RRP) continues Trev’s love affair with the P90 pickup, featuring a pair of Wilkinson W90 Dog ears. Combining these with hollow mahogany body construction and a spruce top gives the Fiorano a great, rich tone that’s full of sustain and sophistication – and is also stunningly versatile. The set neck is maple, with a rosewood fingerboard of 22 frets, and there’s lashings of chrome hardware to perfectly set off the two available finishes: Cream (below) or Tobacco Sunburst (above). If early rock and roll, rock, pop, indie or jazz is your thing, you’ll love the Fiorano!
Fiorano specs:
Top: Spruce
Body: Mahogany
Neck: Maple, Set
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22, medium jumbo
Machines: Italia die-cast tuners
Scale Length: 635mm/25″
Pickups: 2 x Wilkinson Dog ear
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic with Italia trapeze tailpiece
Controls: Volume, Tone, 3-way selector
Italia Modulo Tipo 3
The Modulo Tipo 3 is an impressive melee of ultra sparkle and pearloid, with its doublecut agathis body (and tolex back with pearloid guitar-shaped back plate, naturally) sporting a soapbar P90-style bridge pickup housed in an arty triangular scratchplate. The Modulo features 22 frets and a super- smooth Wilkinson vibrato bridge for all the bends and wobbles you can handle. Coming in two stunning finishes – Sparkle Red and Sparkle Black (both £449 UK RRP) – you can see where Trev’s coming from when he says: “Guitars don’t come much wilder than this! Classic double-cutaway layout with styling cues from the planet ZOG!”
Modulo Tipo 3 specs:
Body: Agathis Tonewood, Tolex back with pearloid guitar-shaped back plate
Neck: Hardrock Maple, Bolt-On
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22, medium jumbo
Scale Length: 648mm/25.5″
Machines: Italia locking tuners
Pickups: Wilkinson WHHS
Bridge: Wilkinson VS50K-2
Controls: Volume, 2 x Tone, 5-way selector
Finishing: Mother of Pearloid back with Sparkle top
Italia guitars at JHS:
www.jhs.co.uk/italia.html
Italia guitars:
www.italiaguitars.com
