Question AX40 vs AX40D question

[eeprete]

Been searching for an AX40D and came across one however looking for a way to confirm.

A prior search brought up a result from here that said:

- AX40 had rectangular routing for the pickups as...
- the AX40 pickups have rectangular feet
- AX40d had triangular routes and pickup feet

Now the guitar I came across has rectangular feet and routing but the pickup itself has a sticker on the back that says AXIS-F. No DiMarzio casing or markings.

The seller was told this was a D by the prior owner.

Now to complicate it further I have seen a new D listed that had rectangular routes. Did SBMM perhaps pull back stock to put the DiM pickups but then used the original casings?

Is there any true definitive way to confirm a D on a guitar with rectangular routing?

Thanks.

 

[Gio_Force_One]

Would that be just the regular ax40 and the axis -f just means its a f-spaced pickup. My ax40d has rectangular routes but the pickups have triangular feet.

 

[eeprete]

The guitar in question had rectangular on both. I can upload a pic if needed. I too thought F spaced or front. But why the AXIS on the label?

 

[eeprete]

 

[BenB5150]

I don't think those are Dimarzio pickups. They look like the Sterling pickups that were used before the switch to Dimarzios. Still a good sounding pickup.

Ben

 

[eeprete]

Thanks. Guy wrote me back apologetic. He confirmed with EBMM this is a standard AX40.

 

[Eric O'Reilly]

Fake!!!! Fake!!!! Fake!!!! Run from it! The real ones say dimarzio B1 and N2 , but some real early ax40d s have the rectangular routes with the real axis pickups, Brian from sterling told me, they then started with the new routes.

 

[Eric O'Reilly]

But those pickups are fake!