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  • Grover makes drop-ins for LP's (uses only 1 screw hole, not both) that has a high gear ration and solves the tuning issue.


    Locking tuners may require re-routing screw holes which might bother people if you ever re-sell it.


    I put grovers on mine and it's been pretty steady. Graphite is always a good idea, another is specially-made silicon oil to grease that area.


    I've even used pencil and drew back and forth creating graphite dust and erasing the area to clean it up.


    Of guitars w/o tuning issues, locking tuners are tops. But a lot has to do with the design. That's why there is a thriving "super" guitar market. Modern engineering solving those issues on otherwise classic guitars.

  • Got 3 Axis guitars, 1 Super Sport with a piezo which is the one I use most often. They're such incredible instruments.

  • You won't regret it. The custom DiMarzio's are probably my favorite pickups. They're monsters for rock/metal but have amazing articulation. The neck pickups is one of the few that I will play, and the one in my 96 model is far and away the best neck humbucker I've ever played. And you can't beat the silky smooth neck!


    These are the ones I shared earlier. I spent so many years being a poor musician that couldn't have dreamed about dreaming about owning one, so having 3 is proof of my current gluttony. ;)

  • Why would a guitar be named super sport? Kinda weird uh?

    No idea. I've always thought the name was kinda stupid, but then I played one and didn't care anymore hahaha.

  • You won't regret it. The custom DiMarzio's are probably my favorite pickups. They're monsters for rock/metal but have amazing articulation. The neck pickups is one of the few that I will play, and the one in my 96 model is far and away the best neck humbucker I've ever played. And you can't beat the silky smooth neck!


    These are the ones I shared earlier. I spent so many years being a poor musician that couldn't have dreamed about dreaming about owning one, so having 3 is proof of my current gluttony. ;)

    Wow!! Very nice. Love the finish on the green one. Beautiful :)

  • Thank God we're off the guitar-disaster stories now; it was so hard to resist chiming in with my decades-long, epic saga of pathetic workmanship, faults, rip-offs, assault and even death(!).


    Now, I'm just happy to have something to play... even 'though I never play(!). I mean, having something there to play should you ever need to is half the thing, innit?


    That Axis does look very-nice, @Bilbosmeggins.

  • I cant use a bone nut as i am Vegan :D
    I am joking..but i bet the Vegans wont buy it...


    I only eat Vegan.
    The cow i ate was vegan
    The pig i ate was vegan
    so was the chicken


    Ash

    Have a beer and don't sneer. -CJ. Two non powered Kempers -Two mission stereo FRFR Cabs - Ditto X4 -TC electronic Mimiq.

  • This actually was a righty (candy apple red) that I stripped, cut, and sticker pimped. I'd a keeper, I'd never sell it, so I made it entirely mine out of spite for right-handed guitars.


    Axis Sport w/MM90s from the 90's.


    This sounds better than any post 2000 I've owned (super sport) maybe because the wood was denser. This swamp ash baby weight 9 lbs.
    The original neck was the best neck I've every played up to that point and got ruined (untreated, it got wet and split)
    So the current one is a super sport replacement. I'd put it at 9.5, great neck, but not perfect like before.


    The neck tho of these guitars are a bit too narrow. Not for large hands, and my medium sized hands easily pull, push the E strings off the edge if not careful.
    But it sounds like a 60's Epiphone Casino for some weird reason.
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  • I was unaware the EBMM Axis ever had a different construction than a basswood body and maple cap. I know the Sterling line uses different wood (and maple veneer), but the cheaper OLP's used basswood as well with a photo flame top.

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    It's an Ogre Magnox M1. Fully magnesium-aluminum alloy, semihollow, 25.5" scale, coil split. I swapped the bridge pu for Lundgren Hot Heaven. The Magnox brand pickups sound very good too, just a bit too hot for what I want.


    Company info for the curious: Magnox is a Korean company that was founded by an auto parts manufacturer. So it's a boutique company (are you allowed to have boutique in Korea?). :p They also make those alien robot looking fx pedals.


    Weighs about 3.6kg/8lbs so not too bad for something made out of metal. I'd say it sounds the same as a normal guitar.


    The coil split gives a lot of tonal variety. Lovely smooth clean tones. Neck is a breeze to play as well, almost the same as on my ESP Horizon. Guitar weighs about the same too.


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    Not hugely fond of the Kerry King graphics, but it may yet grow on me. It's a studio guitar anyway so who cares what it looks like. I got it in a trade so I can have something loaded with passives. The guitar sounds awesome with some Marshall rock tones.

  • That's still a cool looking axe despite the Kerry King forced-macho tribal aesthetic. That being said, I actually didn't think that before you mentioned it, so it's not overdone as to be obnoxious.

  • I wonder what the tuning stability is like on stage? I had a kramer split v aluminum neck bass (DMZ5000 or something?) from 1979 (left-handed even) and when it was cold, tuned and then hit the lights, it would change tune. And it was neck heavy, but a guitar shouldn't have that problem.


    It is a fantastic looking guitar. Korea can make quality guitars. They are the next Japan.

  • Ok,
    Got the replacement Duesenberg Starplayer Mike Campbell.


    I must say, it's like the first one sent to me was an Electromatic and this is the Japanese Gretch. The binding on this one is 10 times better and hard to find any paint overage (sparkle blue is apparently a difficult paint to work with) and the nickel is fine. The sound is 100% different than the first one. Something must be screwed up entirely with the other one's electronics. You'd THINK the pickup on 1 and 3 would be identical, but no.


    Anyhow, the pickups are crazy hot. There is a large tonal variety using the volume knob, where you don't really get very thin like most guitars as you lose volume. The tone knob is like most guitars, nothing between 10 and 2 and then 2 to 0 is dark gloomy death jazz dark, haha.


    It's a 3 way switch, but there is another tone between 1 and 2 (bridge and middle) that is thinner, exceptionally clean/clear and with the volume up powerful but as you turn it down all sorts of flavors. Too cool. Never hear anyone talk about this on forums. (since the neck is a P90, there is no inbetween the middle and neck)


    I think this is a keeper. I recorded it vs. the P90 Axis Sport, LP, and Thorn SoCal. The Thorn is Fendery single coil, so it's bright by far in comparison. The LP is darker and muddier, but has that classic LP sound. The Axis Sport is very close to the Duesenberg's P90, but more rattly. The Duesenberg's P90 is very clean. You hear all the strings and no noise.. Just sweet and clear. Amazing. The Humbucker is a classic sounding rock tone. The Middle and Neck position have a world of difference on clean amp settings, but on distortion, way less so. It's very strange switching to the Neck and finding it's a cleaner tone. The P90 and Middle have a fatter mid's than the Humbucker bridge which is thinner like you'd expect. I bet a Starplayer with just P90's would be crazy good, but no real middle position, so this Humbucker-P90 combo seems to give a maximum amount of variation in tone. When distorted and loud profiles are chosen, the feedback is insane. I can use the whammy and control the feedback and lose it with a slow dive, lurk and achieve another harmonic feedback, and so control it up and down indefinitely. Partly on account of being a semi-hollow. This guitar has better sustain that any through the body hard-body guitar I've owned. Cra-Zee.


    I hear all sorts of "you paid too much, it's really Korean made, blah blah" but when you compare the quality of tone, hardware, tuning, mechanics, whammy, sustain, clarity, variety, etc, it's easy to see why it does get raved about. Those who complain the middle doesn't really make it for them must be into distortion only. For those who like blues, jazz, rockabilly, etc, the middle has a lot of usefulness.


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    Theres a lot of crafted metal hardware.
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    There seems to be 2 types of pickup jack covers. One juts out and this one is bowl shaped. I see no logic. Some runs have one, some have the other.
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    These nickel parts are mirror-like and show finger oil with ease. Maybe to remind you to wash your hands before gumming up the strings?
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    Classy backplate with SN. The Tuners are butter and tune to slight degrees. Superb. Better than Grover.
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    The Tremelo pulls and dives and everything stays in tune. Crazy for a Brigsby clone modified, right?
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    Just a model and signature of inspection in the F-hole.
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    I bet this guitar, on the wall, looks great with blinking Christmas trees. Or night club setup!
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    The Case is actually some sort of weave. The brand is sewn. Unique. Wonder how long it would last under brutal road use, but not my problem.
    The case DOES take on any chalk or dust easily because of this. Might be a good idea to spray it with some rubber protection (like they have for shoes to make them rain-resistant?)
    It's a small case, black velvet.


    The Case candy comes with a card certifying Left-Handed and Plek. there's a PLEK number and card. Sticker. Micro-wipe (black) to clean the Nickel. A plastic bag with 4 allen wrenches (one fits the truss rod which turns like butter under full tension, like WOW) the action is CRAZY low. I mean it's about to buzz and still won't buzz. I bet it frets out before it buzzes! (joke)
    There is a rolled up parchment with serial number and 3 signatures from the CEO etc saying it's a Mike Campbell model. And a little brown envelope with case keys in it.


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    The only odd thing is this guitar make me want to paint my car sparkle blue with 2 white stripes...


    I decided to buy the same pickups from Duesenberg and drop them in my Cedar guitar I had made locally. Let you know how that goes.

  • That looks like a smaller white[blue] falcon on steroids. I dont know who started the MYTH that guitars made in Indonesia or Korea are less quality builds (almost racist) . They get them to build "lesser" versions of the high end guitars so what, they still make it as good as it would be made in the USA etc, thats what they are asked to build and they build it with out compromise.


    looks great man, there are a few "hollow" body rigs around too, bet thats gonna sound killer for blues and rockabilly.


    Ash

    Have a beer and don't sneer. -CJ. Two non powered Kempers -Two mission stereo FRFR Cabs - Ditto X4 -TC electronic Mimiq.