Help! Are these EB Axis PUps authentic?

[jb5150]

or authentic fakes?

Potential suspect 1:

Potential suspect 2:

Reason I'm asking is I want to drop an N2 into the bridge of my Jackson Soloist Pro, try fatten up the tone a bit going through a 5150 combo. Which leads me to my second question, will this pickup fit?

Lastly, are the Axis PUPs the same as those that were in the EVH MM (I'm getting conflicting information)? And are they the same, if not similar to the dimarzio tone zone?

 

[threeminutesboy]

impossible to tell from those picture, sorry

As for AXIS/EVH yes same pup except that Axis one can be splitted which is not the case of the EVH one

 

[jb5150]

impossible to tell from those picture, sorry

As for AXIS/EVH yes same pup except that Axis one can be splitted which is not the case of the EVH one

Well, the guy selling the PU in the first 2 pictures is brand new in a box, which has me suspicious as I understand EB doesnt sell these pickups so how would they be 'new' in box?