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Is it possible to get an Axis Sport with a plain top?

I know it makes me strange, but I'm not a big fan of quilts or stripes...

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You can't get a sport of any kind unless you find an old one. We haven't made them in a few years.

If you meant Super Sport, all tops are luck of the draw unless you order the upgraded top.
 

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You can always go for the pearlescent colours as well. Shame the sparkles aren't available anymore *nudge, nudge* ;)
 

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I meant super sport...I'm just wondering if they'd make one if asked.
 

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So Jon, if I paid the upgrade fee I could specify plain? What's the upgrade fee?
 

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The upgrade is $500.00 How bad do you want a plain top? :eek: Plus, they all have grain. Some are just more intense than others
 
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And could you also please sleep with my wife!

:cool:[

AGAIN?? :D
 
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I didn't say $500 for a plain top...That is the upgrade charge. I really don't think we would charge for a downgrade. It would be luck of the draw like everybody else.
 

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If you really don't like quilt or maple, why not go for a painted top then?

I always assumed the premium top upgraded was for the best figured maple as Jon says. Get a Desert Gold top instead :cool: Or Carbon Blue. Far better than those trannsparent colours, eh Keith? ;) :p

Other very cool looking colours are Black, Sapphire Black, Rolls Burgundy, Candy Red, Medallion Gold...

I certainly wouldn't splash out on th epremium top to make it plain though.
 
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jongitarz said:
And could you also please sleep with my wife!

:cool:[

AGAIN?? :D


Good one! :D

Isn't $550 the upgraded top list price (and wouldn't the actual cost be more around $300)?

It'd be a much better option to look at dealer stock and just choose a plainer top that you like.
 

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I really don't know the street price of the upgrade as I am not involved in production/sales etc. but you idea of looking around at store stock would be the way to go if you are really into getting a plain top. As I said before it would be luck of the draw if you ordered a new one from us.
 

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jongitarz said:
And could you also please sleep with my wife!

:cool:[

AGAIN?? :D
That's the second post where you are making wife jokes...maybe Mrs Jongitarz requires some explaination...hey wait a minute, that's not your real name... :confused:
 

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Well, I just don't like figured tops. That's just me, I think they're a bit gaudy, and I'm not a flashy guy.

I don't see any difference between paying extra for a quilt versus paying extra for a plain top. I'd just be paying extra for what I want. Don't we all have a few idiosynracies when it comes to gear?

Having said that, $500 would be a bit more than I'd be willing to lay down. I might just end up getting a black one.

Jon, do some of the regular tops that leave the factory end up being plain? I've just never seen a Super Sport without a fair amount of figuring.
 

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We all have our own peculiarities and its healthy that way, or we'd all play Strats, listen to boybands and drive Toyota Corollas :eek:

I've definitely seen a plain top Axis SS. There's a very subtle quilt top transparent amber in my local store. The figuring is almost completely plain but it's very pretty in a subtle way. Unfortunately the store is in Edinburgh!

They might be able to ship it...the details are here:

http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk

Very nice crowd and very knowledgable but our exchange rate would probably put you off. It would work out about $2500 :eek:
 
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tvanveen said:
Well, I just don't like figured tops. That's just me, I think they're a bit gaudy, and I'm not a flashy guy.

I don't see any difference between paying extra for a quilt versus paying extra for a plain top. I'd just be paying extra for what I want. Don't we all have a few idiosynracies when it comes to gear?

Having said that, $500 would be a bit more than I'd be willing to lay down. I might just end up getting a black one.

Jon, do some of the regular tops that leave the factory end up being plain? I've just never seen a Super Sport without a fair amount of figuring.


Depends on what you mean by "plain". They all have grain, some less or more than others, but all of 'em have grain.
 

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Well, for example, the current Les Paul Standard is striped, the Les Paul Classic is plain. Looks like regular wood grain.
 

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To be honest, if we got a shipment of plain maple delivered, we would probably not accept it. I think your only hope is to get an opaque color.

BTW my Les Paul Classic has MAJOR flame. :D
 
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