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Published on 01/26/11 at 00:44Made by Peavey Custom Shop in the USA and delivered in Case "Peavey", this guitar was in the late 90s the top of the line Peavey.
For 7500 francs (1200 euros) to little more than a deluxe Fender guitar offered this much:
- Beautiful maple neck
- Swamp ash body mass (swamp ash)
- Trussrod plate and pearl
- Translucent blue lacquer (the only color available in France) who can watch the grain of the wood)
- Joe Barden pickups / Peavey USA (the same as those used by Lou Reed):
* 2 Dual Blade sounds round, warm and slamming both
* 1 quad blade humbucker in his huge (managed by a mini 3-position switch on top, split for the "Fender", amid dual microphone down position called "Turbo" ie quadbucker the whole, it deposit!)
- 5-way selector
- 1 chrome floyd very stable and easy to adjust
- Accoustillage chrome (not plastic ...)
In short the whole guitar exudes quality, we feel it is built to last.
Note that many guitarists are pictured with this guitar: Marc Rizzo, Dewil Zappa, Blue Saraceno ...
I put 9 because perfection does not exist even if they are approached.
UTILIZATION
The handle is between Musicman and Fender, it's fast, soft and aréable.
The guitar is perhaps a little heavier than a Fender but it's just a sign of quality in my opinion. I've always been wary of small guitars ...
Ergonomics is a stratum, then RAS.
You can choose or not to use the floyd but for my part, I prefer to vibrato vintage guitars out of tune even if I do that the floyd tremolo use.
With all possible combinations of microphones, hard not to find his "sound".
SOUNDS
I play blues to Hendrix, of Clapton, Gilmour solos and Mark Knofler, a little Santana and harder stuff like the Stooges, Sonic Youth, the extreme versatility of the guitar allows me to address all these styles without hassle.
- The DB2 (neck and middle) have a grain Fender but more powerful and silent, no ronfletttes in saturation, it's nice! They combine gentleness and slamming.
- The DB4 Quadbucker in "turbo" has a huge sound and produces heavy colas with plenty of sustain, it sounds twice as loud a Gibson Les Paul.
Just go up a notch swith for the sound of a regular double
and another step to the microphone splitter and return a wink to his fender. 3 + 5 short positions it's been 8 different sounds ...
Again it would be hard to find fault. Look carefully you could say it's not a guitar for the modern metal sound is too hot for that but for the Satriani or Van Halen it goes very well.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 12 years, I just bought a Fender Stratocaster USA I do not use because I find the sound too dry. To return to the axcellerator AX is a guitar that offers 8 sound so ultra versatile without being bland. A bit like a Musicman Luke. In short, it's a great guitar, a long-term investment for serious guitarists but already a good level.
For 7500 francs (1200 euros) to little more than a deluxe Fender guitar offered this much:
- Beautiful maple neck
- Swamp ash body mass (swamp ash)
- Trussrod plate and pearl
- Translucent blue lacquer (the only color available in France) who can watch the grain of the wood)
- Joe Barden pickups / Peavey USA (the same as those used by Lou Reed):
* 2 Dual Blade sounds round, warm and slamming both
* 1 quad blade humbucker in his huge (managed by a mini 3-position switch on top, split for the "Fender", amid dual microphone down position called "Turbo" ie quadbucker the whole, it deposit!)
- 5-way selector
- 1 chrome floyd very stable and easy to adjust
- Accoustillage chrome (not plastic ...)
In short the whole guitar exudes quality, we feel it is built to last.
Note that many guitarists are pictured with this guitar: Marc Rizzo, Dewil Zappa, Blue Saraceno ...
I put 9 because perfection does not exist even if they are approached.
UTILIZATION
The handle is between Musicman and Fender, it's fast, soft and aréable.
The guitar is perhaps a little heavier than a Fender but it's just a sign of quality in my opinion. I've always been wary of small guitars ...
Ergonomics is a stratum, then RAS.
You can choose or not to use the floyd but for my part, I prefer to vibrato vintage guitars out of tune even if I do that the floyd tremolo use.
With all possible combinations of microphones, hard not to find his "sound".
SOUNDS
I play blues to Hendrix, of Clapton, Gilmour solos and Mark Knofler, a little Santana and harder stuff like the Stooges, Sonic Youth, the extreme versatility of the guitar allows me to address all these styles without hassle.
- The DB2 (neck and middle) have a grain Fender but more powerful and silent, no ronfletttes in saturation, it's nice! They combine gentleness and slamming.
- The DB4 Quadbucker in "turbo" has a huge sound and produces heavy colas with plenty of sustain, it sounds twice as loud a Gibson Les Paul.
Just go up a notch swith for the sound of a regular double
and another step to the microphone splitter and return a wink to his fender. 3 + 5 short positions it's been 8 different sounds ...
Again it would be hard to find fault. Look carefully you could say it's not a guitar for the modern metal sound is too hot for that but for the Satriani or Van Halen it goes very well.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 12 years, I just bought a Fender Stratocaster USA I do not use because I find the sound too dry. To return to the axcellerator AX is a guitar that offers 8 sound so ultra versatile without being bland. A bit like a Musicman Luke. In short, it's a great guitar, a long-term investment for serious guitarists but already a good level.