The vintage-style Anodized hardware helps to create the look and feel of an ancient guitar.  There’s no part of the Semi-Hollowbody that hasn’t been distressed—even the backplate and the headstock have been put through this treatment.  While some parts of the guitar are plastic, such as the nut, they don’t detract from the relic look.  The Badwater Semi-Hollowbody is available in both matte sunburst and in off-white finishes.  The price for the Semi-Hollowbody is often less than $350.

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The Jacknife features a solid alder body that is done in a unique V design.  It uses a tune-o-matic bridge, two Alnico P90 pickups, a rosewood fretboard, and a neck made from maple.  This guitar has a volume, tone, and three way switch.  The neck is a bolt-on neck that has a fourteen inch radius.  The Matte Black Jacknife is done in a stylish black matte finish with an aluminum pickguard, black truss rod covers, and an AXL Skull headstock plate logo.  The Matte Black Jacknife is similar in style and design as the other AXL Jacknife series, which includes the Mayhem Jacknife, the Badwater Jacknife, and the Mahogany Jacknife.

Need help finding an AXL Matte Black Jacknife?  There are a number of dealers located across the United States who offer AXL guitars, and many will ship the guitars to the location of your choosing.

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You’ll find a fixed, string thru body bridge on the El Dorado along with a C neck that is bolted on.  The guitar comes in a number of different colors, including red, black, blue, light blue, white, and sunburst.  All of them have a unique headstock binding except for the sunburst model.  The El Dorado’s specs are rounded out with a volume and a tone control.

How much does one of these unique El Dorado models cost?  They won’t set you back too much.  The standard price is around $165.  That’s very affordable for a guitar of this quality.

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The Badwater 1216 features a solid mahogany set neck and a distressed solid mahogany body.  The guitar makes use of two EMG-designed Alnico humbuckers.  Also, it features a rosewood fretboard that really delivers a warm tone.  To add a nice relic touch, the guitar comes with an antiqued tone and volume knob, pickguard, and anodized tuning machines, strap, and bridge assembly buttons.

To finish off that antiqued look, every Badwater 1216 is individually distressed to give it that great vintage look.  This means there are no two identical Badwater 1216 guitars out there, so yours would be totally unique.  The instrument is available in five finishes: crackle black, crackle blue, crackle brown, antique brown, and antique white.

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.

This relic features an offset alder body done in the double cutaway style.  It has a maple neck, and the fretboard is made out of rosewood on all Marquee Capricorns except the natural color option—that style comes with a maple fretboard.  The Capricorn makes use of two single-coil Alnico pickups to give it a nice, rounded low end that still carries some punch in the midrange.  There are two volume controls on the Marquee Capricorn, one for each of the pickups.  This lets you bring in a large variety of tones and really make your own sound.  The bridge is done in a vintage style to help add to the overall look of the piece.  The Capricorn also features a unique two-piece pickguard that both harkens back to many classic designs while also bringing in a slightly modern look.

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.

The AXL Badwater SRO relic guitar comes in a variety of different color options.  The crackle brown/white finish has a nice dirty look to it, as does the off-white finish.  The crackle blue, on the other hand, invokes images of the sea, while crackle black looks almost like the guitar has survived a fire.  The brown finish looks quite different from the others—it makes the instrument look preserved.  No matter which you decide on, you’ll be getting a quality instrument.  The Badwater SRO was named the Guitar World’s December 2007 Gold Award winner.