Conversions: Axis to a Telecaster...

[Butch Snyder]

Hi all,

A few years back, someone on this forum converted his Axis to a Telecaster. It was either that, or a Warmoth project. basically, the "Axis" was natural and had a Tele bridge and bridge pickup. Anyone remember this thread and who it was?

 

[beej]

Don't remember that one. But you could find an old hardtail SSS Sport and throw some good tele p'ups in there. (Yeah, I know, different bridge. But I'd leave the MM bridge on there and change the pickups.)

 

[banjoplayer]

Are you looking for a new Tele? You are always surprising. What will be next?

 

[phatduckk]

an mm90 super sport would be nice

 

[Slingy]

Tele's are usually Alder, not sure what a basswood Axis with Tele pups would sound like. The M90 has an ash body, correct. Why not just get an Al?

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I think I like Lee's tone a bit more than those Teles.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Are you looking for a new Tele? You are always surprising. What will be next?

I'm always looking for either cool Teles or cool ideas for them. I had an OLP MM1 Axis copy that I took the bridge off of. I put a block of wood in the trem cavity so I could have something to screw the Tele bridge into. I installed a cheap Tele bridge and a Tele bridge pickup. I didn't mainly as a proof-of-concept idea. For the most part, it worked and sounded cool. The Axis is such a comfortable guitar to play. The OLP really doesn't compare but I got an idea.

Someone on this forum either had an Axis that they converted and added a Tele bridge assembly to or did a Warmoth project using a VW body...

It looked a little like this (please pardon the bad headstock edit):

 

[GrooveHT]

I haven't seen one like you've described...but I DID see a pic of this on ebay...

 

[beej]

I've been itching to find an old ash Axis Sport SSS and put the Albert Lee pickups into it

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I remember it, though it was ages ago. Maybe Fogman has it in his picture collection?

 

[aníbalsantander]

it wouldn't work...
the humbucker cavity is too big for a telecaster brige, the same with s-s-s configuration.
it would be like a tele bridge with two big holes on the sides of it...
i saw a picture somewhere that illustrated the problem...

 

[fogman]

I remember it, though it was ages ago. Maybe Fogman has it in his picture collection?

I remember some Photoshopped massacres, but not this.
What colour was the axe?

 

[Butch Snyder]

I remember some Photoshopped massacres, but not this.
What colour was the axe?

No photoshopping. This was the real deal. The finish was either natural or trans gold...

 

[Sub1 Zero]

Man if I were you, I'd just grab a front-routed sport, get a different pickguard, and wire in some twangy pups. It'd be sad to see an Axis get all carved up...

 

[Rossie]

I remember that Axis/Tele!

It was in natural finish, and the owner is a "she"...

Too bad I didn't save any pictures...

 

[Butch Snyder]

I remember that Axis/Tele!

It was in natural finish, and the owner is a "she"...

Too bad I didn't save any pictures...

Wow, I am humbled and apologise for my assumption. Was it yours? I've been loking for the thread about that guitar.

 

[Rossie]

Nope... I read about that thread a long time ago...

It wasn't mine, but I sure do remember reading about it, albeit vaguely!

Can't find anything through the search function, would love to see it again though!

 

[Butch Snyder]

Nope... I read about that thread a long time ago...

It wasn't mine, but I sure do remember reading about it, albeit vaguely!

Can't find anything through the search function, would love to see it again though!

Oh, okay... I have searched most of the day for the thread that had that guitar in it. I can't find it anywhere.

 

[Rossie]

Sorry to disappoint you!

 

[Butch Snyder]

Sorry to disappoint you!

Not your fault....

I'll keep looking. It's got to be here somewhere. I've been searching through posts that are from 2003. Unless the pic or pic source was deleted, it should still be here.

 

[emanon]

I think the guitar you are thinking of is a guitar in BP's collection there at the plant. It hangs on the wall with a bunch of prototypes like the original Luke prototype, etc.