D-Tuna fitted to an AXIS

[Wolfgang Ball]

Hi, i'm Wolfgang Ball and this is my first post. So what better way to start by saying that I believe Musicman guitars are great, I don't own one but I have tried a few and the are up there with the best.

My intention one day is to buy a Musicmand Axis (ie the EVH twin). I have played two of them and i'm hooked, I love the guitar. Great feel, great sound and perfect construction. But as i've been told and now realise that something is missing from this guitar, a tool that would be of great use.

Yes i'm talking about the EVH D-Tuna. A great tool as most you would know that is fitted standard to the EVH Wolfgang only, but has been made available to install on all Floyd Rose tremelo systems. Hence if I was to buy an AXIS I wan't to fit a D-tuna on it. I know that the D-tuna will work properly if the bridge is set to bend downwards only (as eddie only sets his guitars to do), and that is fine. But i've also read that on some guitars routing may be necessary to fit the tool.

My question is does routing need to be done to the AXIS? Will it work without scratching once pulled down and pulled back to activate the d-tuning?

 

[threeminutesboy]

In fact, the D-TUNA is a really nice feature that will not required any special tooling on your axis guitar (thanks to the one way floyd rose).

I have bought one few weeks ago, installed it my self in 5 minutes

you can get more info on http://www.dtuna.com

 

[Jimi D]

Welcome to the forum Ball! I too have a dTuna on my Axis - works great; even better than it did on my Wolfgang, in fact (I stripped it off the Wolfie before I sold it )... Personally I prefer the Gotoh Floyd that Music Man use to the Peavey Floyd Rose - I think it is smoother, more solid feeling, and I love the fact that the trem arm is always installed...

 

[dwf1004]

My question is does routing need to be done to the AXIS? Will it work without scratching once pulled down and pulled back to activate the d-tuning?

Wolf, nothing need be done to the guitar re: routing, etc. All you need to do is to remove the black post that tightens the saddle of the low E, and replace it with the longer post that is included with the D-Tuna installation kit. I used the short one that orig. came on my Floyd, but could never get the thing to work right, but once I switched out to the longer one, the problems ceased.

You can see the D-Tuna in place on my 2 beauties, and you can see that no mods are necessary.

http://homepage.mac.com/dfulwilder/images/evhp_body.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/dfulwilder/images/evhr_body.jpg

 

[marc_odijk]

Hey,
Is is done in 15 minutes and works well.
I did it to my MM EVH and here is a picture of it.

 

[Wolfgang Ball]

Thats guys, good to have a warm welcome and good to be surounded by guitar people who care about their axes being in top order.

 

[Estin]

i too had a d-tuna on my blue quilt axis with floyd. sadly i no longer have that guitar.....

 

[Estin]

Hey,
Is is done in 15 minutes and works well.
I did it to my MM EVH and here is a picture of it.

hey marc, i thought your EVH was green? did the color shift a bit to a darker color? it looks more like even more rare black top.

 

[marc_odijk]

well, I call it green see-through, but others call it Black see-through, I don't know, there must be a name for it, it is the same colour as the advertisement Dimarzio used to have with a pretty girl and an EVH round her neck.
Blackgreenseethrough, that's a nice name for a colour.

 

[hendmik]

I'm torn on the D-Tuna. It's convenient to have for live performances, but I find myself unclamping much more often at the nut to tune since there is no play in the fine tuner anymore. Also, you have to make sure the D-Tuna is pushed all the way in to have an E note in tune, and a little awkward to get my fingers around to pull out, but dropping the trem first helps.

I might be alone here, but I wasn't too impressed with it. No where near the ease of use as the old Hip Shot from the 80's. I haven't decided yet, but I think next string change it's coming off and going on eBay.