The impressive new Corvair from master builder Scott Heatley has quite a few tricks up its sleeve.

The beautifully grained Wenge fingerboard is framed by equally stunning tortoise binding and the satin finished maple neck (a proprietary 3-oil finish) is damned near perfect carve-wise (we'd be heard pressed to think of a player that wouldn't find this neck comfy). The string feel reminds us a bit of great Tele - slightly taut - which yields a really satisfying single note snap.

Plugged in? The Wolfetone Marshallhead pickups deliver Tele-like top end and snap coupled with a sweet midrange punchiness. That is to say, you can cover a heck of a lot of ground both clean or overdriven. Overdriven, the subtle EVH vibes of the Corvair come to life in a big way (Shredder at heart? You can go there easily). A cool feature we didn't immediately notice was the tone knob's coil tap (push/pull) which adds even more colors to the palette.

Scott has proven again why he's a builder to watch - his work is simply outstanding and after spending some time with his new Corvair we can say without reservation, we "get it".