Video: turning an Axis sport into a Red Special

[DrKev]

Did you guys see this? Richie Castellano’s homage to Brian May

Turning my Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Sport into a Brian May style Red Special - YouTube

 

[davidclayson]

Very cool! I’ve always thought the axis was never a million miles from the Bryan may, body size and shape, at least.

 

[spychocyco]

Hurt to watch it being done, but the end result is pretty cool.

 

[nervous]

Agreed, that's a conversion I could put on my short list to try. Probably using the Burns pickup set. But I too cringed with that routing job. God bless Uncle for his willingness and help, and yes, it's all hidden under the guard so no harm, no foul, but that view of the carnage made me itchy. Love the vision and end result though. I'd buy that one all the same.

 

[dibart77]

Richie is a good dude. I enjoy his DIY vibe (although I usually curse myself later -- "why did I just spend an hour watching a guy rewire a guitar when I have an Axis right over there that needs to be rewired for the past year?!? I should be rewiring mine!!!"

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[beej]

Now that is f'n cool. Damn.

 

[Tx_Greg]

Wow, that's fantastic IMO.

 

[Kinjin]

I'd love to do something like this... an Axis SSS is my dream guitar...

 

[tbonesullivan]

I keep wanting to turn a swimming pool routed guitar into a red special. However I think the 24 short scale has a lot to do with Brian May's sound as well.

 

[headcrash]

What did he do with the original pickups?

 

[TripHazard]

The Axis sport is such a great looking guitar. They should bring it back

 

[headcrash]

+1. To be honest, I am not too excited about all tzhe new designs they put out in the last 5 or 10 years. But that may just be me becoming an old fart settling on things I have been used to for years ..

 

[Kinjin]

+1. To be honest, I am not too excited about all tzhe new designs they put out in the last 5 or 10 years. But that may just be me becoming an old fart settling on things I have been used to for years ..

+1'd as well. Axis and AL are just superb. I'd love to see some revisit to the Axis, the Sport, a SSS variant, (bring back piezo!), tc...

 

[GWDavis28]

The Axis sport is such a great looking guitar. They should bring it back

A limited run BFR would be awesome!!!!

Glenn |B)

 

[Kinjin]

A limited run BFR would be awesome!!!!

Glenn |B)

Except that a BFR would be 3x the price of the original Axis Sport

I'd be happy with a throwback/vintage release... obviously the price wouldn't be the same, but no need to breach the 2.4k+ mark either...

 

[banjoplayer]

crazy cool. Big BM-Fan here!
middle position (bridge-neck-out of phase in series) sounds outstanding.
thanks for sharing

edit: wonder why they didn´t use a template for the routing. Take the neck off, fix a template with two clamps, and the result could be alot cleaner without much effort. But hey, it´s his guitar and the result is great and for sure alot of fun