Luke body with Axis neck...

[Pablo]

So, I have a very quick and easy question:

Does the Axis neck fit the Luke body?

Inside the cover of Luke's excellent Candyman album, there is a picture of Luke with an EVH siggy... which sports a Luke neck. Which got me thinking that the opposite ought to be possible.

Now, can anyone confirm my assumption, or will my evil plan of fitting a BFR Luke with a maple boarded Axis neck have to remain just a bloody good idea?

Cheers

Eske

 

[beej]

Yes- the neck heels are the same size so you can swap them. How can I be sure it works?

 

[Slingy]

That is a great idea! Almost as great idea as a Luke neck on a Luke.

 

[Slav123]

Wow! I had a feeling that it was possible..

Slav

 

[Pablo]

Thanks Beej - just what I needed to know!

Cheers

Eske

 

[DrGonzo5150]

Getting so many bad ideas

 

[That Guy]

That is a great idea! Almost as great idea as a Luke neck on a Luke.

Almost...

 

[buckethead777]

Almost as great idea as a Luke neck on a Luke.

Hahaha!! Yeh!

 

[e.mate]

Yes- the neck heels are the same size so you can swap them. How can I be sure it works?

So, where do I get a Luke Body and an Axis Neck from? Wasn't that you who sometimes gets replacement EBMM necks?

 

[beej]

I've had a few Lukes at one time or another. And I was lucky enough to find some unused necks (which you almost never see), so I'd bought them up. Did the swap for fun one day.

 

[e.mate]

The funny thing is, that I like the body ergonomics of the Luke, but can't really get the hang on the V-neck. There was a guy here in Germany who obviously did some EBMM "Frankensteining"....and sold the rest on Ebay. So, if I had known this two years ago, I surely would have started that kind of project

 

[beej]

The problem is, as soon as you start messing around seriously (removing wood, etc.) you tend to kill the resale value. So it can be an expensive proposition.

 

[e.mate]

The problem is, as soon as you start messing around seriously (removing wood, etc.) you tend to kill the resale value. So it can be an expensive proposition.

Of course....and I'm much too picky to do that. I even stopped myself messing around with guitars, and let a experienced tech do that for me....someone I can trust. The feeling of disintegrating serious craftsmanship with my own stupid hands is just not for me

 

[threeminutesboy]

Now, can anyone confirm my assumption, or will my evil plan of fitting a BFR Luke with a maple boarded Axis neck have to remain just a bloody good idea?

Cheers

Eske

I think you are talking about this one off Axis SSS with a Luke neck it was custome made for the man himself by EBMM

 

[ily]

is someone have made the same thing

with luke and a maple neck ?

 

[larryluke]

I'll try this!
I'll swap the neck of my 1997 Luke I with the neck from my 1997 Axis.

If this works I will search for someone who will trade his axis-neck against my Luke-neck, cause I love my Luke but that V-shaped neck don't work for me.

But this experiment must wait some days (or weeks?), because I have two broken knucklebones in my right hand which will be operated (right word?) this thursday.

Greetings from Germany
Joe

 

[jamminjim]

" this one off Axis SSS with a Luke neck it was custome made for the man himself by EBMM"


now if only that picture was working....

 

[Eilif]

It will work.

 

[threeminutesboy]

" this one off Axis SSS with a Luke neck it was custome made for the man himself by EBMM"


now if only that picture was working....

Sorry didn't notice the link was broken

 

[BobMac]

It will work.

Thats class man.

You could get pretty close by installing a set of EMGs into a silo special tho rite?