| | |  | Electric Guitars | Home » » » AXL Badwater SRO Electric Guitar with Maple Fretboard, Antique Brown | | | | | | | Description: | | With a distressed body and antiqued hardware, Badwater Series guitars look and feel of ancient artifacts. These shocking guitars are equipped with EMG-designed pickups for hard rocking tones and clean delivery. Even the headstock and backplate have vintage distressing. No area was spared from the destruction. Badwater guitars have a one-of-a-kind style and excellent playability. The brown finish model has the look of a museum-quality guitar stored away for decades. The Badwater Series has received Guitar World's December 2007 Gold Award for Overall Value. | | | Features: | |
• Distressed, Solid Alder Body
• EMG-Designed Pickups: 2 Single Coil & 1 Humbucker
• Anitqued/Anodized Hardware
• Rock Maple Neck
• Maple Fretboard
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 38.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 12.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 9.35 pounds | | Package Length:
| 40.25 inches | | Package Width:
| 17.25 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.25 inches | | Package Weight:
| 9.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Good mod platformNov 03, 2011
By micahwc
I love the way my sro badwater looks, which is why I bought it. Since purchasing it I have replaced the tuning machines, replaced the strings, replaced the output jack, adjusted the pickup height and the bridge settings. Now the guitar is my favorite to play. The neck feels perfect to my left hand.
The pickups are okay, there is really only one position I like; however, I like it a lot. The bridge pickup needed to be raised considerably to sound good, but this makes it's volume considerably greater than the other two pickups.
The guitar is constructed well. I could see the benefit of oiling the fret board, though I have not done so myself. The fret ends on mine are fine, they have not cut me.
Overall, I enjoy playing it. I think it is a great platform for modifications and it looks a lot better than most guitars of its price range. You get what you pay for, but for its cost it is not a bad guitar. Comparing it to $800+ dollar guitars is stupid. If you have an American Standard Strat, play it instead of buying this. If you want something which is good for a low price, and has a unique look to it, buy this one. If you want a good platform to mod, consider this.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 What do you want for nothing?Apr 16, 2011
By C. Taylor
"wankenoodle"
Three stars is about all I can give this guitar. And, I really didn't expect much for $199. The few other "glowing" reviews of this guitar did not really get my hopes up. Everything I read sounded as if it was written by a beginner guitarist. I just bought this guitar to have something to throw in the corner at the office, that I can pluck on a little bit at lunch break and that I won't care about the cleaning crew stealing. And that, my friends, is all you get for $199. If you expect any more than that, well, you just haven't lived very long. One hundred and ninety-nine dollars is a stupid price and, for that, you get a stupid guitar.
Immediately, the weird coating on the pick guard starting peeling off along with the "EMG Designed" sticker. I guess the pick guard is painted to look old. It just really looks kind of stupid. The silly "anodized" coating on the hardware is about awful. One can see the dripping from the overspray. The "distressed" body is OK, I guess, if it really is Alder. I dunno. But, I can see scratches all over the body that look more like these were unintentionally made through poor handling procedures on the way to my door, not the shipping, mind you, but the lousy factory handling. The fret wire is still sharp on the edge of the fretboard, and will cut the inside of your palms if you don't immediately take care of that. The plastic nut is worthless. The tremolo bridge is less than worthless. The "EMG Designed" pups make you sound like you are playing into a pillow. The intonation, well, what's that? That's right, there really is no intonation on this guitar. I'm going to keep it, though, because, like I said, I just wanted something I wouldn't care about the cleaning crew stealing from the office. And I got exactly that.
My other guitars? Fender USA Deluxe Strat and Tele, Ibanez Artcore hollow body, Eastman semi-hollow, Brian Moore iGuitar, Breedlove acoustic, none of which cost less than 800 bucks and none of which I will ever leave at the office. The cases for those guitars are better constructed than this guitar. This guitar, well, I really don't care. I can practice fingering/picking technique, ignoring the actual sound/intonation, and that's about all. Without a lot of upgrades (new pups, tuning keys, nut, bridge, electronics, dress the frets, etc., this thing is what it is, and that ain't much. If you're a beginner, this might be a great guitar. If you've played a while, steer clear because this is just a throw away.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Great Feel and Nice High Output PickupsDec 21, 2010
By sid
I have two other AXL products (guitar and bass) and this is another fine example. For the money you can't beat them. Nice high output pickups with good tone, action and intonation. Four of the five pkup settings have that wonderful vintage strat sound and the bridge is for the harder stuff. Great for blues, heavy metal or whatever you're into
The styling of the badwater series is distinctive to say the least and they each look slightly different.
Package arrived on time and in good condition.
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