BrickGlass
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No words for how amazing this thing is. Literally a piece of art.
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TripHazard
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It’s like a Rorschach test that makes music 
johnnyboogie
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Killer looks, congratulations!!
xjbebop
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WOW! Congrats! How's it sound compared to a 'regular' SS?
Astrofreq
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That's is unreal!!!
phatduckk
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Oh nice. Congrats. Been admiring those online. Gorgeous!
PeteDuBaldo
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My oh my that one is spectacular!
beej
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That's pretty incredible. Congrats.
I really can't justify buying a new guitar, especially an Axis/ASS, but that guitar is the one I WOULD buy. And I have been very close a few times since it was announced. I absolutely love everything about that guitar. Congrats! I might join you one day.
Fro
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Do it!
Sweat
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That is fantastic, so coll congrats
BrickGlass
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I can't emphasize enough how nice this guitar is. I have a BFR JP and a BFR Luke II and this thing is right there in quality with those two. In looks, it has them beat imo.
Couple interesting notes about it. This thing is light. Really light. I was stunned at how light weight it is. I was also surprised at how much I needed to raise the pickups on it to have the output be in the same ballpark as my other five electric guitars. Since these are mounted pickups I had to do the old foam underneath the pickup method. The covers on the pickups are the main reason I think I needed to do this. This is the only guitar I own with covered pickups and it certainly makes for a unique tone. Not as bright and a much creamier tone. Very similar to the tone out of a covered Les Paul pickup. In fact, one of my guitar students just got a new Les Paul and we were checking out our new axes in his lesson and we were both stunned at how similar the tone was between the two guitars. Now this was after I raised them with the foam, but it was shockingly similar.
Couple interesting notes about it. This thing is light. Really light. I was stunned at how light weight it is. I was also surprised at how much I needed to raise the pickups on it to have the output be in the same ballpark as my other five electric guitars. Since these are mounted pickups I had to do the old foam underneath the pickup method. The covers on the pickups are the main reason I think I needed to do this. This is the only guitar I own with covered pickups and it certainly makes for a unique tone. Not as bright and a much creamier tone. Very similar to the tone out of a covered Les Paul pickup. In fact, one of my guitar students just got a new Les Paul and we were checking out our new axes in his lesson and we were both stunned at how similar the tone was between the two guitars. Now this was after I raised them with the foam, but it was shockingly similar.
And post a pic of that ASSMM90 while your at it
I wish I could buy one (burl, like OP)! In the meantime, I'll stay busy on this. Great guitar--and super light.
jones4tone
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That's a beautiful top and finish on that ASS semi!
