Ernie Ball Music Man BFR Axis Guitar, Predator Green Quilt, Ebony Fretboard, Roasted Birdseye Maple

• Music Man Ball Family Reserve Axis
  
• Predator Green Finish - Cream Binding
  
• Bookmatched Flame Maple Top
• African Mahogany Body
• Roasted Birdseye Maple Neck - ultra-light satin polyurethane finish
  
• Ebony Fretboard
• 22 High Profile Medium Width Frets
• 10" Fingerboard Radius
• 25.5" Scale Length
• 1 5/8" Nut
• DiMarzio Custom Humbucking Pickups
• 3 Way Pickup Selector Switch
• Master Volume Control
• Music Man Floyd Rose Licensed Locking Tremolo w/ Fine Tuners
  
• Schaller M6LA Locking Tuners with Pearl Buttons
• Graphite acrylic resin coated body cavity and aluminum lined control cover
• Molded Plastic Music Man Hardshell Case
• BFR #: 41 out of 50
• Instrument Weight: 7.6 lbs
• Serial #: G91083
  

Music Store Live is proud to present this Music Man Ball Family Reserve Axis! This guitar was clearly designed to never get in the way and to simply let the player play. With just one volume knob and one 3-way pickup selector to worry about, the guitar gives you everything you need and nothing that you don't. This one, in particular, was put together by Music Man's finest luthiers in the Ball Family Reserve department. There are only 50 of these in the world so chances are you'll never run into someone else with the same guitar as you have.

Most notably, you'll notice the beautiful quilt maple and roasted birdseye maple used for this guitar. The dark predator green finish is beautiful. It's got a subtle amount of green and definitely has an aggressive overall look. The roasted birdseye maple neck is one of the most comfortable necks we've played in a long time. It feels fantastic and combined with the immaculate fretwork on the fingerboard, you can really dial in freakishly low action on this one. It arrived to us already from Music Man perfectly set up and ready to rock out of the box.

Its smooth contours and seamless composition are immediately impressive the first time you pick it up. Continuing with the idea of staying out of the player's way, this guitar is incredibly comfortable and balances perfectly. There's no neck dive, no weird spots on the body that jab into your forearm, upper fret access is a breeze... it's just built to shred. The body sits more than comfortably and the neck profile and joint combine to forge a truly inspiring feel and playing experience. The control layout remains simple so that you may focus your attention on your playing and not on a barrage of tweaks and turns. This guitar was designed with a grip it and rip it approach and it does an excellent job of providing that.

The tone of this axe is full and clear while providing a perfect starting point for the player to color their sound depending on amp and pedal preference. It's a simple and yet versatile guitar with the pickups certainly leaning more towards a modern sound, but still having the flexibility to clean up nicely. Sounds great clean, or pushing the front end of an amp with some distortion! It always seems Music Man puts a bit of extra care into their BFR instruments and this one is an excellent example of just that.

Limited to just 50 pieces worldwide, this BFR Axis features an exclusive walnut finished African Mahogany back and quilted maple top finished in translucent Predator Green. The figured roasted maple neck is topped with an ebony fretboard (22 Stainless steel frets) and hand fitted cream binding. The electronics package include custom Dimarzio pickups, 3-way toggle switch and single 500k volume knob. Each guitar comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity and hardshell case.