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Amber Quilt Top 






John Denner Guitar
This guitar features an amazing Maple - Amber Quilt Top over a lightweight basswood body. Music Man Axis Guitars all feature  two medium output custom DiMarzio humbuckers which are mounted directly to the body for optimum tone and sustain. It's worth mentioning that these Custom Pickups designed by Dimarzio are not available for commercial sale except on the Axis Models.


According to Music Man in San Luis Obispo California the pickups in the Axis are exactly the same pickups that were in the Eddie Van Halen signature model from the early nineties. 

Music Man Axis timeline

1991

Music Man produces Edward Van Halen signature model

1995

EVH leaves Music Man, signature model rebranded 'Axis'

1997

Axis Super Sport makes its debut at the NAMM show

1999

Semi-hollowbody version of Axis Super Sport introduced

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Brief History of Music Man  The story begins in 1971 when Forrest White and Tom Walker formed a company they would call Tri-Sonix, Inc (often incorrectly referred to as "Tri-Sonic"). Tom Walker approached Leo Fender about financial help in forming Tri-Sonix. White had worked with Leo in the very early days of Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company as the plant manager and stayed on after the company was sold to the CBS Corporation, but had grown unhappy with their management. Tom Walker worked as a sales rep at Fender. Because of a 10-year non-compete clause in the 1965 contract that sold the Fender companies to CBS, Leo Fender was a silent partner. The name of this partnership was changed to Musitek, Inc. by 1973 and in January 1974 the final name, Music Man, appeared. Leo Fender did not like the name Tri-Sonix, so the name evolved under Leo Fender's suggestion to call the new company Music Man. In 1974, the company started producing its first product,...
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