Neat differences between axis

[J_Alexander]

while setting up my new axis i notice stuff i hadnt seen since i have never done anything to my other one. when did they start recesing the neck plate as my evh and other axis arent but my new one is, kinda kewl. also when i took the neck off the pocket said opague which it is solid black. i can see the maple cap in the neck pocket is this decision made after inspecting the quality of the maple top? very kewl if you ask me. also the date was writing in pencil on the neck and just little stuff like that. i am eaisly amused. lol

 

[Jimi D]

The recessed neck plate was introduced in 1995 and discontinued only two years later.

This is what BP had to say about it a couple years back: "I love the recessed neck plate as an owner but as a manufacturer it is a recipe for disaster. The issues involved are a little in the manufacturing and a lot in the field. When laquer was legal we could finish a guitar with a very thin "build", but as environmental regulations escalated the finishes got thicker, making it harder to get the exact pocket. The other problem is in buffing; anytime you run up against a sharp corner you have a very high risk of buff through. We could live with that, but what we couldn't live with was the customer or tech that took the instrument apart and overtightened the neck bolts causing finish cracks that would be blamed on us."

 

[J_Alexander]

weird this balck one shows a born on date as 1999 and not for sure of my other axis.