doesitmtter
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After 18 years of wanting, six weeks of hunting and two months of overtime, I finally bought an Axis! Thanks to this board, I checked the used section of GC and got a great price on this one from Houston.
It arrived last night in great condition but with rusted strings in the wrong gauge. I spent a good hour with the Murphy's Oil Soap, adding strap locks, then restringing VERY slowly (my first time with a Floyd Rose) and adjusting the back springs for .10's.
Got to play it through my amp for about 15 minutes before the baby's bedtime. The neck is smooth and round and the bridge is edgy. No need to split these coils. I might like to hear them in parallel just to get some more overtones. Clear, clean sound and talk about sustain when cranked! It's was also great to not baby the tremolo. Now I see see why Floyd Rose is still a mainstay after 20 years. This thing stays in tune even with some major whammy abuse!
My two main guitars are a Strat and a Les paul. Amazing guitars but two opposite ends of the spectrum. For the past year I've been trying to find a guitar that does both. First I added a humbucker to the strat. Not right and I put it back to original specs. The I added P Rails to the LP. Amazing sounds but not stratty.
So I looked for a third alternative PRS wears both features on its arm but I found them a little tight and sterile. Then I thought of the Axis.
It's still not both a strat and a Les Paul. It's the midpoint between. Not as thin and springy as a strat, not as deep and thick as an LP. But it's the third bowl of porridge. Just right.
After I shut the tube amps down I ran some scales unplugged. The balance was insane. Let go of this guitar and it doesn't move. It was hard to stop playing, which I had to just to go to bed.
I didn't have time to take pictures (since I'm still logging in the overtime) but I brought it with me to the office in case I get ten minutes of quiet time.
Here's the pics GC sent me before they sent it. I cleaned it up since then:
It arrived last night in great condition but with rusted strings in the wrong gauge. I spent a good hour with the Murphy's Oil Soap, adding strap locks, then restringing VERY slowly (my first time with a Floyd Rose) and adjusting the back springs for .10's.
Got to play it through my amp for about 15 minutes before the baby's bedtime. The neck is smooth and round and the bridge is edgy. No need to split these coils. I might like to hear them in parallel just to get some more overtones. Clear, clean sound and talk about sustain when cranked! It's was also great to not baby the tremolo. Now I see see why Floyd Rose is still a mainstay after 20 years. This thing stays in tune even with some major whammy abuse!
My two main guitars are a Strat and a Les paul. Amazing guitars but two opposite ends of the spectrum. For the past year I've been trying to find a guitar that does both. First I added a humbucker to the strat. Not right and I put it back to original specs. The I added P Rails to the LP. Amazing sounds but not stratty.
So I looked for a third alternative PRS wears both features on its arm but I found them a little tight and sterile. Then I thought of the Axis.
It's still not both a strat and a Les Paul. It's the midpoint between. Not as thin and springy as a strat, not as deep and thick as an LP. But it's the third bowl of porridge. Just right.
After I shut the tube amps down I ran some scales unplugged. The balance was insane. Let go of this guitar and it doesn't move. It was hard to stop playing, which I had to just to go to bed.
I didn't have time to take pictures (since I'm still logging in the overtime) but I brought it with me to the office in case I get ten minutes of quiet time.
Here's the pics GC sent me before they sent it. I cleaned it up since then:
congrats
