While slightly related to the Marquee Capricorn in design, the AXL Badwater Capricorn is a relic guitar that has its own unique features and sound.  It's design mixes some classic relic elements with a more modern appearance to create a guitar that is both attractive to those looking for a different kind of new guitar and those who want a vintage or replica style model.

This unique relic guitar from AXL features an offset, distressed solid alder body with a maple neck.  The body is done in a double cutaway style.  The fretboard is made from rosewood.  The Badwater Capricorn uses two EMG-designed single coil Alnico pickups.  The instrument also uses independent volume controls for each of the pickups so players can easily decide if they want warm and fat tones or want to sound more aggressive and crispy.  The pickguard is an interesting antiqued two-piece affair that looks more classic but features a modern edge to it.  Likewise, the bridge is done in a vintage style, and when combined with the elephant ear tuners, you’ve got a guitar that crosses the line between relic and modern.  The AXL Badwater Capricorn can be purchased from any authorized AXL retailer, and if there isn’t one in your area, the guitar can be ordered and shipped.

The AXL Marquee Capricorn bass guitar is one of the newest relic basses from AXL.  This instrument combines some of the basic classic elements of a relic while adding in some modern bits and pieces.  It’s designed to appeal to those who want a vintage style bass but also want a bass that's got some new features.  It’s not going to appeal to just everyone, but to those who like this style, there’s not many other instruments out there that can match what the Marquee Capricorn has to offer. Read more

The AXL Badwater SRO relic guitar is a great looking instrument that really captures the feel of a relic.  It features antiqued hardware and a distressed body, creating the illusion that each of these instruments have been around for decades.  Even the headstock and the backplate feature some distressing.  Of course, they don’t sound like they’re that old.  In fact, they feature high quality parts and can deliver amazing hard rock sounds.

The Badwater SRO features an alder body and a rock maple neck.  The neck is done in a C profile and is bolted on.  The fretboard is generally done in a rosewood, although if you purchase a Badwater SRO in a brown finish, it will come with a maple fretboard.  The pickups are EMG-designed and include a humbucker and two single coils.  As far as controls go, this relic has volume, tone, and a five-way selector switch. Read more