whitestrat
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No Lionel, you have Di Marzio against Seymour Duncan makes a difference
Ah... Pickups... That's a variable. I meant the constants. If I replace them with the SAME pickups in both guitars?
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Ah... Pickups... That's a variable. I meant the constants. If I replace them with the SAME pickups in both guitars?
threeminutesboy
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Ah... Pickups... That's a variable. I meant the constants. If I replace them with the SAME pickups in both guitars?
AL's PUPs are pickguard mounted, the other is fixed on the body
brokenvail
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Are they fixed to the body even though the guitar has a pg?
threeminutesboy
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yep the pickguard is a cosmetic thing only take a look at the pictures around you'll see no screws near the pups
Axis Sport SSS vs Albert SSS
Sorry for taking so long Foggy, I've been on the road with work so far this week. Anyway, I've given them a back to back test...fun! OK as a disclaimer the Sport is on old strings, the AL's are fresh, the Sport is a hardtail and the Albert has a trem, so both of those count as factors.
Both guitars are light and very comfortable, both necks have a decent amount of wood to them but neither are clubby, both are quite close in reality. Soundwise, I started with the guitars unplugged, the Sport is definitely the warmer sounding of the pair, the Albert seems almost tinny in comparison... the trem springs and the new strings are obviously causing some of this.
Plugged in however the Albert's added brightness renders it the most strat-like of the pair. Its very articulate and twangy, the in between positions are great. The Sport when amplified maintains it's much warmer sound, the tone is more compressed so it has a little less clarity (The Sport has the same pickups as used in the silo SSS). The Alberts Seymour Duncan pickups are much louder...something I noticed before when I compared another Albert with another boutiquey S-type guitar in a local music store. The Sport's trick is the middle position on the selector switch, which is not actually selecting the middle single coil, but a combination of the neck and bridge...tele style.
In conclusion they are different animals, the Sport is warmer, fatter, smoother, the Albert's way more stratty, clear and articulate. For cleaner styles (country etc) the Albert would win, for the rockier stuff I'd lean towards the Sport. Both are great...but I figure you'd know that anyway
Sorry for taking so long Foggy, I've been on the road with work so far this week. Anyway, I've given them a back to back test...fun! OK as a disclaimer the Sport is on old strings, the AL's are fresh, the Sport is a hardtail and the Albert has a trem, so both of those count as factors.
Both guitars are light and very comfortable, both necks have a decent amount of wood to them but neither are clubby, both are quite close in reality. Soundwise, I started with the guitars unplugged, the Sport is definitely the warmer sounding of the pair, the Albert seems almost tinny in comparison... the trem springs and the new strings are obviously causing some of this.
Plugged in however the Albert's added brightness renders it the most strat-like of the pair. Its very articulate and twangy, the in between positions are great. The Sport when amplified maintains it's much warmer sound, the tone is more compressed so it has a little less clarity (The Sport has the same pickups as used in the silo SSS). The Alberts Seymour Duncan pickups are much louder...something I noticed before when I compared another Albert with another boutiquey S-type guitar in a local music store. The Sport's trick is the middle position on the selector switch, which is not actually selecting the middle single coil, but a combination of the neck and bridge...tele style.
In conclusion they are different animals, the Sport is warmer, fatter, smoother, the Albert's way more stratty, clear and articulate. For cleaner styles (country etc) the Albert would win, for the rockier stuff I'd lean towards the Sport. Both are great...but I figure you'd know that anyway
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threeminutesboy
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good job Steve and this AL is a beauty
browndog
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I got a luv on for the Sports lately as they are just so cool looking. You got a nice one Steve.
ScoobySteve
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AL Gas!!!
I must say though, the MM90 ASS sounds wonderful too, in case you might not be able to find an Axis Sport SSS.
I must say though, the MM90 ASS sounds wonderful too, in case you might not be able to find an Axis Sport SSS.
