anyone own a Prestige AX1220BBK?

screamndemon69 · #1 02-11-2004, 08:58 AM

i am picking one up for a really good price and just wondered if anyone around here owns one. it is pretty heavy but plays nice and looks very cool.

caprile · #2 02-11-2004, 09:44 AM

I don't own one, but have played it a lot. I didn't find it heavy at all! cool guitar. Go for it!

screamndemon69 · #3 02-12-2004, 10:12 AM

i only own one hard tail - well, as hard tail as a "vibrato" on a Strat which might as well be a hard tail. the rest (8 others) are all trems. i am working on a USA Fender Subsonic (baritone) and a USA Fender Tele in a deal (brand new!!) which will bring up my choices in trem or non-trem and overall sound choices as well.

i should have the AX1220 by the end of next week or early the following week.

i'll ask if someone can host pics of her and a full family pic when she arrives.
were these AX1220 guitars only made for a year or so or are they still in production? i think i only saw it in the 2002 catalog.

screamndemon69 · #4 02-24-2004, 11:18 AM

i got the AX1220 yesterday and set it up with new strings, intonation, ect. and it really plays nicely!

the bridge pup has been changed to a Dimarzio - don't know which

but it sounds nice and has good, even output. i would like to buy a new bridge for it as this one has some minor pitting and the set screws are a little corroded- anyone know where to get one? it's a GTB100 Wilkinson i believe.

screamndemon69 · #5 03-08-2004, 08:32 AM

the guy i got this guitar from says the pups had not been changed out but they are both Dimarzio's and the stock model AX is listed as having V7 & V8 pups like the RG models. is it possible these pups were stock on some of the models?
they sound good - not sure which models they are - just thought it to be odd.
the bridge has some pitting and the set screws are corroded so i called a local Ibanez dealer to find out about replacement parts and it will be $70 for a new bridge. i'll get one just to have a new spare. the guitar plays and sounds great and i've gotten a lot of compliments on the looks and sounds of it.

caprile · #6 03-08-2004, 09:17 AM

Congrats on the guitar. The 1220 always had V pickups, as far as I know.

screamndemon69 · #7 03-09-2004, 08:55 AM

i thought the V's were stock as well but the pups have Dimarzio on them. the bridge has silver/nickel(?) pole pcs and the neck pup has blk pole pcs. i haven't pulled them out to see what they are, but if it is written on the back side of them, curiosity will get the best of me and i will have to find out what they are.