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Ali

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Just wondering what the current waiting time for a Premium Quilt on an Axis is?

I know it takes longer than standard but a rough guess will let me know how long I've got to save up the last few hundred pounds :D
 

kbaim

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Premium top+changing your mind a few times=around 3-5 months.

:D

How's the Luke? Read your review on HC. Like reading my mind.
KEITH
 

Ali

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The Luke is just wonderful. Can't stop playing it. Took a while to get my setup sorted and ended up doing it myself after the pro sorted the fret buzz but set the action too high and the trem completely flat :confused:

Not in a rush for the Axis yet as I just love the Luke to bits. And no, don't miss the lack of a piezo :p ;)

Can't believe how versatile it is though. It really can do absolutely everything :D
 

kbaim

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Hard getting these buggars just right. Especially with all the rain we're getting.

My new Albert neck was shifting more than a 60 year old with 'roids. It was perfect the first 2 days, just freakin perfect. then the rains, then a string change down to 9's, then it was buzzin more than Paris Hilton on a video shoot.

Jon offered to fix it, but I ended up taking it locally yesterday. Jon's already "taken care of me" (not to be confused with Koogie's "taken care of me") a couple weeks ago and it felt dirty even thinking about bothering him again.
:D

Besides, UPS never showed to pick it up, so I just took that as a sign from above.

He (Jon, not the one above) is so willing to help us, I feel bad even asking.
KEITH
 

Eilif

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I ordered a premium quilt top back in October. Still waiting. But good things come to those who wait. :D
 

ZigiStar

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They said it would take 3-4 months to get a premium top and built it when I ordered my Axis SS with piezo/tremolo. It ended up taking only 6 weeks and the guy we ordered if from at Ernie Ball went and hand picked the top just for me. Of course this was almost 2 years ago. It's a great guitar and I love it!
You can do a search on my zigistar name and you will see the whole story and or just some pics of this premium top. The Neck plate is engraved with a "Custom made" logo on it as well.
 

dfrady

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Last i heard it was a 4 month wait, but that was last year, but i probably wouldn't look for no sooner than 3-5 months just to be safe, I ordered a trans red axis a year and a half ago with a premium top and it took 3 months to get it, of course that 3 months felt like 9 months, especially when it's on such an outstanding instrument !!!!!!!!!!!!
:D
 

phatduckk

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i love EB guitars (have 1 and 2 basses) and i want an axis w/ MM90s really bad. Its a shame that I cant walk into a store and just pick one off the wall. I figure searching the web for the right Axis will be quicker than the estimated 3+ months for an order
 

jimmyp

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Not sure on the premium top, but when I have ordered anything, it takes at least 5 months as travelling across the Atlantic seems to add another month for some strange reason...
 

Eilif

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I called my dealer yesterday afternoon, and he said that EBMM had called him that morning: My baby is on its way! It should be here early next week. :)

My total wait time will be just about five months, which is in line with what they told me: three months for the guitar plus an additional one to two months for the premium top.
 
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