Fusion-III HSH EB FBB : Very good, but needs a bit of improvement!

I will start with the negatives that are bugging me.

First of all, the Wilkinson trem. Don't get me wrong, its a very good trem, although a bit tricky to adjust, and its second in my heart, after the best tremolo of all floating bridges, the PRS and PRS SE tremolo ( its the king by far, with all the pros of a Floyd AND a Fender trem, without their cons!). The problem of the Wilkinson trem of this guitar is not the tremolo itself but the cavity of the guitar that sits. Its small and not beveled enough, which means that when you try to dive bomb, the part of the trem that sits inside the guitar cavity, hits the back of the cavity and stops! In reality, you have only a small margin of diving movement, that translates in around 5 semitones in the low E and only 1 semitone !! in the high E, and of course much less movement bending up. Compered to the fantastic use of PRS's trems, its really annoying and a pity, cause otherwise is a good trem. Of course, I tried to adjust the bridge, but to no avail, cause the action was changing dramatically. I hope Harley Benton fixes that small cavity in their Fusion IV.

The second thing that is annoying, especially to me that I have ocd with equality and symmetry, is about the aesthetics. My guitar for starts ain't "Ultra" flame. Ain't AAA. Ain't even AA. Half right is flamed, left half is not (faintly and barely seen some). This lack of symmetry hits my ocd with a hammer! But even the right flamed one can't compare not only with my AAA Epiphone 1959 LP, but not even with the similarly priced 2007 Epiphone standard with the gorgeous Amber AA veneer. According the guitars color, my guitar is browner than the ones not only from the site's fotos, but from some youtube reviews also, that appeared ultra flamed indeed and with a bit of an orange hue.

Still, its a very beautiful guitar, and the matching headstock makes a huge difference. It really is a big plus, that only premium guitars have.

For me personally, the most important thing in a guitar is always the neck and its playability. It makes the biggest difference! And this guitar has one of the best necks I ever played, independently of price range! Fantastic neck! I really can't explain with words the feel of it!

Also, I put locking tuners in all the guitars I use often and take to the rehearsals and live sets, and in this one I didn't have to, it came fully equipped. I bought a Dimarzio pickup for the bridge, but still haven't replace the stock one, cause in fact sounds quite nice and in ballance with the other two, wich are great! Still, I will sooner or later replace it, but not the middle or the neck. The diversity of the sounds with the 3 pickups, the 5 way blade and the split coiling is amazing!

All and all, its a fantastic guitar, hindered by some inadequacies that although annoying, don't change the fact that its going to be used and enjoyed a lot!