NGDish - MODIFIED AXIS THREAD

[wesman11483]

New guitar day...sorta. After floating several threads about mods for my Axis HSS - I never jived with the singlecoils but the neck/feel of this guitar is way too insane - I pulled the trigger on the necessary overhauls to make it my main player. I wasn't able to get my tech to stop the action long enough to chronicle the journey, but check out the before and after shots!

The humbuckers are an EMG 57/66 set with a SLV single in the middle. I mistakenly purchased the non-splittable versions of these humbuckers, so will probably be re-wiring down the road to incorporate a 3 way rotary switch in addition to the 5-way blade for some added versatility, but for now she screams!! (Also, I swapped out the chrome knobs for black strat knobs after this picture was taken)

 

[tbonesullivan]

Meh. Sorry not impressed, especially by anything with EMGS in it. Why people buy guitars with the intent of hacking them up is beyond me.

 

[kingdoublecut]

Here is an HH pickguard from Pete's shop that you rout for the signle coil...I did it for a SbMM Axis of mine.
Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Sport HH Pickguard - Matte Black | Reverb

 

[wesman11483]

Why people buy guitars with the intent of hacking them up is beyond me.

I wouldn't exactly say my intent was to "hack it up" - more that I found that the stock guitar didn't meet my needs, but the feel/neck/etc has the "fit" that I haven't found in other guitars. But to each their own.

Here is an HH pickguard from Pete's shop that you rout for the signle coil

Thanks! I'll look into that.

 

[headcrash]

If it were because you're missing a neck humbucker, or the singles are too quiet compared to that bridge humbucker: In my red AS SSH I swapped 'em out for a Dimarzio Pro Track in neck and an Dimarzio Injector Neck for the middle position.
Sounds really, really good, and the in between positions have a good quack, without getting much quieter. Plus, since I bought mine used sans original pickups and sans Silent Circuit, with these pickups - no noise!
So I didn't have to do any routing.