Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1994 to 1996
The Abel Axe was an aluminium bodied electric guitar. The body of the Abel Axe was CNC machined from a solid slab of aircraft grade aluminium.
The Abel Axe had two Kent Armstrong pickups, Sperzel locking tuners, a Kahler tremolo (Abel Axe-T) or Gotoh fixed bridge, a bolt-on maple neck with 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (25.5 inch scale).
All guitars were sold direct to the customer.Prices (in 1995) were $995 with fixed bridge and $1095 with tremolo. You could buy the body only for $450.
There were six colour options: red, black, blue, teal, violet and aluminium (silver). The colours were not painted but anodized. Production of the ABEL AXE began in 1994 and ended in 1996
Specifications (18)
Body
Body material | aluminum body |
Body shape features | double cutaway |
Hollow body | semi-hollow body |
Hardware
Bridge | strings-through bridge |
Hardware color | black hardware |
Tuners | Sperzel tuners |
Fretboard
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 |
Neck
Neck joint | bolt on neck |
Neck material | maple neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |
Controls
Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
Pickups brand and model | Kent Armstrong pickup(s) |
Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
Prices (1)
Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | $3000 | excellent | This is an Abel Axe electric bass guitar. |
2 Comments
Abel Axe
Submitted by Bob (not verified) on
I have 4 or 5 Abel Axes for sale, the hole ones an the slotted ones plus one never seen Rogue Aluminator (bodies by Abel Axe for sale. Let me know.
Abel Axe for Sale
Submitted by Trey Seiter (not verified) on
Do you still have any of your Abel Axe guitars for sale? Thanks
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