AXIS HEAVEN, derek/brian question?

[EVH_5150]

Hey all!

I Just found this place last night, very cool info on here!

O.K. QUESTION:

Besides the RELOCATed toggle switch, and lack of a neck plate, and Edwards signature.

Is there any difference between the orig AXIS (pre peavey), and the new axis (post peavey) I see on musicians friend? I snagged a usa made 1499.99 blem axis for 799.99 case and free shipping. And I'm drooling badddddd. lol tHE PRICE IS So close to a wolfey, but usa made SO HOW COULD i RESIST? 45 trial, so i'm happy as hell!

Also, is there a place that explains the axis serial # mystery codes so I can know what year axis axes are on ebay with confidence? As far as a total break down of all the years manufactured. I saw an old post about it, but I wasn't sure if that was the entire list.

Thx all! This place is kick azz!

 

[dwf1004]



First, the Axis hasn't changed since the EVH split. They made the changes that you mentioned after EVH left, and have pretty much ran with it since.

As for serial #'s, if memory serves me correctly, a previous post (clarified by Derek or one of our great EB contacts here) listed that there is no "mystery" of the numbering for the serials. They are merely numbers, and EBMM keeps track of dating by simply documenting what number was given to the guitar then and off it goes. No secret agent decoder ring needed.

Of course, always open to correction.

 

[Jimi D]

If I'm not mistaken, they widened the body end of the neck by 1mm because the high E was too close to the edge of the fretboard otherwise... that's 1/22nd of an inch or so... the difference would only be 1/44th of an inch at about the ninth fret, and the EV and Axis necks would be identical at the nut... so by any realistic measure, nothing's changed

 

[hbucker]

I'm not sure what you mean about the neck plate. Both have a EBMM neck plate.

In addition to the neck being slightly wider, there is a rear body contour on the Axis which isn't on the EVH. Also, the Axis control cavity is routed significantly larger than the EVH. There was only room in the EVH's cavity for one pot and nothing more.. The Axis' is routed large enough for at least another pot and obviously for inclusion of the pickup switch which was moved down by the volume pot during the Axis transition.

They manufacture more Axis guitars each year than they did of the EVH which was only produced in the amount of 1,000 of per year. Having said that, I can't tell you how many Axis come off the line each year but my understanding is that it is more than 1,000. I'll leave it to you to decide how much that matters.

By my understanding everthing else is the same including hardware and pickups. For all practical purposes you are getting the same guitar with only minor differences. Granted, the neck difference is more significant than anything else. I can feel a difference between them but if you like one, you'll no doubt like the other. It isn't like night and day.

 

[EVH_5150]

AXIS

Hey thx 4 the info guys!

That's an interesting tid bit about the wider neck. I'm glad to have the fixed wider version then.

Oh yeah,what I meant about the rear neck plate was I have seen a lot of pix of evh's with only have 4 big bolts right through the body. Instead of the usual 5 smaller bolts through a chrome plate.

Starting to wonder if those pix were of a wolfey or peavey though.

Some non related, but sort of related good news!

I won back stage passes for my wife, daughter and myself to G3 VAI, SATCH, & YNGWIE. So were excited as hell! lol

Are any of you going to the Nov 5th. Glenside Pa. Keswik Theatre show?

Play it with feeling, or don't play @ all!

 

[hbucker]

Re: AXIS

Hey thx 4 the info guys!

That's an interesting tid bit about the wider neck. I'm glad to have the fixed wider version then.

Oh yeah,what I meant about the rear neck plate was I have seen a lot of pix of evh's with only have 4 big bolts right through the body. Instead of the usual 5 smaller bolts through a chrome plate.

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Those were definately Wolfgangs with the 4 bolts and ferules. EBMM-EVH's have always had 5 bolts and a plate.

I was told by a rep from Music Man that the neck was made slightly wider becuase beginning guitarists were having trouble with the high 'e' string sliding off the side. I don't mind it but can understand why some, even experienced players, would want a little more width.

 

[Derek]

All points on the difference between the two guitars are correct. They are minor modifications. The EVH/Axis are pretty much the same guitar. They have always had a 5 bolt neck attachment since the inception of the guitar.

The serial numbers are implemented into the computer upon completion of an instrument.

The neck plates are ordered in bulk with the serial numbers on them. We do try and use them in order. There is no complete list of serial numbers published.

Derek