Beautiful Sport on ebay

**smk5150** · 05-25-2005, 01:14 PM

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Really nice HSS Axis Sport.

**Bowks** · 05-25-2005, 01:57 PM

That's one saucy looking guitar!

**GWDavis28** · 05-25-2005, 06:53 PM

Very nice, you gotta love the Axis Sports!!

Glenn |B)

**Jimi D** · 05-25-2005, 07:26 PM

Man, that one's just beautiful! I wish I had one just like it.... Oh, wait a minute....

**jongitarz** · 05-25-2005, 07:26 PM

Very nice!

**Bowks** · 05-26-2005, 05:08 AM

Originally Posted by Jimi D

Man, that one's just beautiful! I wish I had one just like it.... Oh, wait a minute....

Is it yours?

**Hookpunch** · 05-26-2005, 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by Jimi D

Man, that one's just beautiful! I wish I had one just like it.... Oh, wait a minute....

If it is yours, why are you selling such a beauty? That is a work of art. I didn't see it on your web-page.

**ernie1966** · 05-26-2005, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by Hookpunch

If it is yours, why are you selling such a beauty? That is a work of art. I didn't see it on your web-page.

I don't think it's his.
If you do some amateur detective work you will see the eBay seller is in Tennessee and our Jimi D hails from the great northern state of Canada (at least that's what he wants us to believe

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**Jimi D** · 05-26-2005, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by Hookpunch

If it is yours, why are you selling such a beauty? That is a work of art. I didn't see it on your web-page.

I have one like it - but mine is not for sale (nor will it ever be)...

And if you didn't see it on my website, you weren't looking very hard:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jimi_d/guitars/axis_ssh.htm

Originally Posted by ernie1966

our Jimi D hails from the great northern state of Canada

By "state" I presume you mean sovereign and independent nation (as we seem compelled to demonstrate repeatedly), as opposed to the 50-some-odd geopolitical entities to the south of us that make up our nearest neighbour?

**ernie1966** · 05-26-2005, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by Jimi D

By "state" I presume you mean sovereign and independent nation (as we seem compelled to demonstrate repeatedly), as opposed to the 50-some-odd geopolitical entities to the south of us that make up our nearest neighbour?

I knew that would get you going!!!

Me sorry

That's one fine collection you got there. I love them natural Axiseseseses.

**Hookpunch** · 05-26-2005, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jimi D

I have one like it - but mine is not for sale (nor will it ever be)...

And if you didn't see it on my website, you weren't looking very hard:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jimi_d/guitars/axis_ssh.htm

By "state" I presume you mean sovereign and independent nation (as we seem compelled to demonstrate repeatedly), as opposed to the 50-some-odd geopolitical entities to the south of us that make up our nearest neighbour?

You are right -I only saw the first picture and it looked black on my screen - not that vivid green that was on ebay. Sweet guitar.

**ArthurS** · 06-04-2005, 10:43 AM

A bit late for a response, but how close do these things sound to a Strat?

**Jimi D** · 06-04-2005, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by ArthurS

A bit late for a response, but how close do these things sound to a Strat?

Combine a Swamp Ash body with really, really nice single coil pickups and... well, they can pretty much cop any Strat tone you want, and do a little more besides... Pete Prown, in his Jan. '98 Guitar Shop review of the Axis Sport with 3 single coils said:

But the real standout attractions on the body are the DiMarzio single-coils that were wound for this guitar. They are so well-vioced for this ash-bodied guitar, it's scary. Running through a variety of amps, the Axis Sport sounded superb, especially for clean work. Ash tends to have a fat bottom-end and somewhat bell-like tones, and this Axis didn't disappoint in that regard. Both the neck only and neck/middle pickup combinations really caught my attention for fatness adn warmth. I can't think of many other solidbodies that sound this good on the clean settings. In fact, if you go to the neck pickup and bring the tone knob down a dash, you can play any jazz gig on the planet, solidbody or not. Bravo, Ernie Ball.

I love my SSH Axis Sport, and am actively looking for a three single-coil model to add to my collection...