Guitar of the Week 30: The Axis of Awesome

[@devindraper8511]

From Sterling. Position 1 is bridge in series, 2 is bridge in parallel, 3 is both in series, 4 is the inside 2 coils in series, 5 is neck in series. I had to get info as well so glad to share.

[@richardhunter9779]

Makes sense, that is the Ibanez/Cortek/Alpha 5-way HH switch, but wired backwards.

[@d.j.9961]

I appreciate them keeping the metal plate, with 5 screws, & sculpted heel. I do appreciate that!

[@intheblues]

Sounds and looks great, Steve. Killer tones and chops as always!

[@APK-pn4qh]

I bought myself a Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod a couple weeks ago. The Green Glo one with the sand blasted Ash body. I'm so happy - I'm just going around telling people about it. 😁😎

[@leokimvideo]

Pixxy maybe earling a grey shirt may help the guitar pop out a bit more. It tends to get lost amongst all the black. As a viewer I can't see any of the flame

[@donaldyoung9838]

Amazingly Gorgeous Sterling

[@judih.8754]

You're right Steve, great pick ups. Rock on 🤘

[@peteesteves9422]

I have an old axis ax40D. I love it!

[@SVFresh2Salty]

I have the sub 4 red with the licensed Floyd they are amazing guitars for the money. I particularly like the neck profile makes it way easier to play

[@TheSammyreynolds]

you gotta to dial in a 90s Van Halen patch for that one.

[@wvmountaineer69]

100%!!!

[@APK-pn4qh]

01:23 Anyone else get the impression that the cardboard box gave birth to that guitar and Steve is the attending Gynecologist? 😂

[@maya_coqsalonga]

1 is the bridge PU both coils; 2 are both PU inner coils; 3 both PUs; 4 are both outer coils; 5 is the neck PU

[@maya_coqsalonga]

Positions 1 and 5 the pickups are in series and positions 2,3,& 4 are in parallel.

[@tonyhao9344]

Great demo! I was wondering how good the Sterling Axis is. Sounds like its a killer guitar. I've got the EBMM version, and its a great guitar, not in love with the 10 in. neck radius but it still feels and works great.. Thanks Dude!

[@WickedFesterBand]

Nice! I have an older version with a licensed Floyd. Love it.

[@curtisc9350]

Great Review, thanks Steve ! 😊 We'll trust your Flame Top assessment . 😉 Sterling gives any Player, an affordable way to try out Eddie's neck Carve . I wish they came with a Floyd Rose Trem . The EBMM 4x2 Headstock is still one of my Favorites, and is where EVH's Wolfgang shape originated ! Cheers ✌️ 🤘

[@mikestroud9969]

Sweet guitar. I like it. 😊👍✌️🎸. Reminds me of an Evh guitar

[@ronaldyoung6607]

Looking Sweet !

[@donaldyoung9838]

Awesome Tone

[@thegaindane]

Great guitar of the week 🤘It does sound amazing with your killer chops.

[@retropuffer2986]

Very beautiful blue and the white binding matches nicely.

[@greekfreak1980]

If you get one in "Trans Gold" finish and put a top mounted Floyd on it, you have basically a budget friendly, 90's EVH tribute guitar from the "F.U.C.K" & "Balance" eras.

[@christianboddum8783]

Sounds great!

[@sgholt]

I had a sterling but i found the neck to be too narrow for my big ham fingers :( and the single coil pickups were too bright, but things may have changed by now, it was a while ago. That guitar looks very nice, I will have to look at them again ...thanks Steve

[@sharkair2839]

i love there 4 by 2 head stock.only thing missing are pick up covers.

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

Bought a Sterling CT50 Cutlass Pro. $600 and absolutely BLEW me away. Roasted neck, locking tuners, bone nut etc. Such a nice guitar. And also bought 2 Ibanez AZES guitars, $300-$350 SSS & HSS also blew me away. Guitars have come so far for the money nowadays. The Ibanez AZES pickups are absolutely insane with the extra switcher control. The Sterling pickups are perfect too.

[@jimmyz2098]

Man that baby is GORGEOUS! And it sounds like a billion $. I mean... everything you play on sounds incredible. hard to tell sometimes, about the actual guitar. But yeah - that thing is crazy good sounding. I've been jonesing for one of these for a while. Gotta pull the trig sooner or later on one! Great vid!

[@HRHPOW]

Cool so wondered about the MusicMan quality. Opening these boxes are dangerous.

[@TonyFuentesTV]

Wry nice guitar Steve! The action looks low to me, but through your rig it sounds awesome! Great demo 👍👍

[@uyzass-yv8hf]

You are having too much fun! keep it up!

[@brianwilcox2543]

I wonder if a polarized lens filter would remove the glare that's making it difficult to see the flaming.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

It's a 5 way producer switch 😂

[@j7cc]

Always interesting reviews. 🤘

[@markadams3047]

I bought the EVH wolfgang standard but I'm still itching to get one of these.

[@austing1580]

I love sterling guitars

[@michaelthomas9991]

Nice looking guitar, great review. Of course you’re playing, so the guitar sounds badass. Have you ever considered putting out a blooper reel? That would be great fun, and we could verify that you’re human. Thank you for producing your vids, man!

[@equinoxpete]

It would have been great if you would have demoed the wammy, so we could have seen how well it stayed in tune. What are you using for your distortion?

[@GRBAquatics]

Very Cool, Thankyou Steve. Amazing looking, Sounding Guitar and playing as always. WOW. Awesome. I have an 'old' Sterling by Musicman SUB Silo 3 ..... in "Gilmour black with white pickup covers, lol". Has the 'Assymetrical Neck' .... Instantly was the most comfortable neck, fingerboard, Guitar I have EVER played, and still is, Truly Amazing Guitars. Nice work Sterling by MusicMan. All the Best. Cheers

[@larrylove625]

That Sterling sounds really good Steve. It's pretty too. LOL I never considered getting a Sterling, but I need to get to my local dealer and try one out. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@dallasbiggz7007]

I remember when you could get these with a locking trem for like $250. Now they want $450 without the locking trem. Just glad I got mine when I did...🤘🎸

[@MarkLumsley]

Is it more common for the middle selector setting to be dual series pickups or dual parallel pickups?

[@raycymbalisty5503]

here in rackateering canada it's $635 plus tax 15%

[@Rocknweb]

Hello, which sofware do you use to get this wonderfull sound ?

[@jimlovett8275]

Great review! Any thoughts on how this compares to the AX40?

[@tymanngruter1808]

From the same factories as Harley benton, but no stainless frets! But this is a very nice guitar!

[@rickjames5150]

I'm waiting for a flame purple, Come on sterling make it happen.

[@jelmeromero]

I converted one that was a fender style bridge. I spent more for the parts and conversion than on the actual guitar but it came out great

[@dallasbiggz7007]

They have Wolfgang purple & gold. Way nicer, get that.

[@buzzycoyote2573]

John Butcher lol🎸

[@jmarkschmid8495]

Steve, just started watching your videos. Very enjoyable! Am curious how you get the tone exactly like this video. If you have the time please let me know what you use to get that rock tone! Thank you for your time!!

[@Ibaneddie76]

That guitar is a great value at $450, I've always liked those guitars they are very EVH Wolfgang witch can never be a bad thing!

[@Cynix1xfnbr]

Beutiful guitar!

[@wagonet]

Beautiful guitar. Love the color scheme too

[@edwardsmith9801]

I figured the EVH fan , would definitely have one of these...

[@vincenta1074]

How does this compare to the Wolfgang’s ?

[@DouglasThomas-kx6gj]

Would love to hear what the guitar actually sounds like with out all the special effects. Special effects can make $150 guitar sound like a jem

[@vanhalen5150jhs]

Yo. Nice

[@airmikey8647]

Dude you always rip with those sausage fingas !!!!! I have absolutely no excuse, i realized you can do absolutely anything if you practice and do ut even when tou don't want to. Your sound and style manare so great , just the right amount of pinch harmonics very eighties sounding i love it!!!

[@SandyGlidey66]

I see you opted for the black, crew neck T today…..alright!

[@coots13]

You are cooking with gas, now!!! I love those guitars. I have 2 of them.

[@cubistone]

The older OLPs were better made than the current Sterlings. The EBMM models naturally eclipsed both import versions. I have all three at various times because i couldn't get enough of EBMM guitars. They're the best for traveling/gigging because they're built solid and compact.

[@wvmountaineer69]

Did you see where Alex said that he went through 5150 Studios and found enough material and is going to release 4 VH albums?

[@jimmyz2098]

That's not what he said. 🙄

[@wvmountaineer69]

That's what I read. 🙄

[@ryanteacher8134]

Change the tuner buttons to pearloids and it'll look about 1000 dollars more expensive, trust me.

[@garcdonald]

Presidential!

[@rocinblues]

Real nice guitar and here's the but.... any guitar over $125 should have locking tuners. The slew of Asian guitars that I've played over the past 4 yrs had inexpensive locking tuners, and I never saw a bad one - although many had zero lube, and after a light douse they worked as good as many of my guitars that had Schallers, Gotoh, or Grovers. To my point just looked at a set of inexpensive Grovers $70, and then a set of Guyers for $50.. funny. Guyers used to be $19 four years ago on Aliexpress.

[@uziforyoutosay1749]

Steve….that was a sterling performance.

[@GaryBertolo]

I hoped it was going to be an Albert Lee, with a Babicz 2 point vibrato/trem!!! ¡¥¡

[@waysmt1]

Dude.. your channel is getting expensive to watch! Your axe skills , accompaied with that stellar software toneage,reviewing these affordable guitars.. I'm exercising my will power to not get every one 😂

[@mykneeshurt8393]

How many guitars do they send you at a time? Do you have a trailer parked outside full of guitars? lol.

[@dragan4658]

I know you're not listening to the "why can't you play it clean, you can't tell what the pickups sound like unless it's clean" ....lol

[@RichardWhole1]

EVH WG by Fender, natural wood same price.. Floyd...

[@GaryBertolo]

It's way too dark a color to see any sort of flame top... ¡₩¡

[@Okay-George]

first comment!!!! yay

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

I'm sorry but it looks kinda cheap

[@domg7616]

They just need to make the axis 40 D again.

[@michaelthomas9991]

Nice looking guitar, great review. Of course you’re playing, so the guitar sounds badass. Have you ever considered putting out a blooper reel? That would be great fun, and we could verify that you’re human. Thank you for producing your vids, man!