Abel Axe aluminium bodied electric guitar 2001
Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1996
Abel Axe made a limited number of aluminium bodied guitars during 2000-2001. These models differ from the original 1994-1996 instruments, as they used a slotted body pattern, rather than the holes. This series used different anodizing methods to create a thicker coating with more vibrant colors and used Warmoth necks. The price (when new) was $2500 for single-color, $2700 multi-colored finish.
These instruments a currently available at abelaxe.com as custom orders.
Specifications (18)
Body
| Body material | aluminum body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
| Hollow body | semi-hollow body |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, blue finish, red finish, violet finish |
| Finish effects | aluminum anodized finish |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Hardware
| Hardware color | black hardware |
| Tailpiece | strings through-body tailpiece |
| Tuners | Sperzel tuners |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | Kent Armstrong pickup(s) |
| Pickups configuration | 1 humbucker pickup |
Controls
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
