The AX54 is a mean looking bass guitar from ESP with plenty of poise, purpose and attitude! Big and heavy with an all over satin black finish, plenty of points and a powerful, active pickup system to produce driving bass lines, perfect for rock and metal music.

The AX54 has a nicely shaped headstock, with 2 a side black chrome ESP tuners, these are of a good quality and keep pitch without flaw, no matter how much abuse is dished out. The gold, blocky 'LTD' logo shines out on the front of the headstock, otherwise it's plain satin black to the front and rear.

The neck is fairly chunky, 39mm at the nut. Finished in satin black to the rear, the neck is great for fast and light fingered fretting, and if you've got small or large hands, you'll find the it's very nice to play.

The 24 fret Rosewood fingerboard is unbound, with neat and tidy fretwork and a good, tight grain. Small dot's provide the position markers, with ESP's traditional block 12th fret inlay, displaying the model number.

The neck is bolted onto the glossy black body by 4 recessed black chrome screws.

The body is an X shaped double cutaway, with excellent access to all 24 extra jumbo frets, and some nice chamfering making things at the top easier. The chamfering continues around the front and back edges of the body, giving a more comfortable playing position and improving looks, giving it a kind of bevelled, stand out shape.

The straphooks are found on the back of the top upper bout, and on the edge of the lower top bout, again giving good balance and a decent playing position when stood up, you don't want to play this sitting down!

The bridge and 2 control knobs are all in matching chrome, all good quality stuff. The pickup is EMG's own SB-4, with active circuitry so you have more control over the tonal response.

The guitar is capable of a broad range of sounds, not just metal mayhem, the pickup system can give subtle jazzy and funk tones through to powerful driving rock lines.

A surprisingly versatile bass guitar with great looks, quality sounds and plenty of playability. More good stuff from ESP guitars.

• Body Basswood
• Neck Maple, bolton, 32" short scale, thin U contour
• Nut width 40mm
• Fingerboard Rosewood, dot inlays, 24 X jumbo frets
• Hardware Chrome, ESP DB4 bridge
• Tuners ESP tuners
• Pickups ESP SB4 with ATB1 (Active Tone Boost)
• Controls 1*volume, 1*tone

In Stock
All products on our website are in stock unless shown as 'Call 08452222603 To Order', this means we can deliver your order to you very quickly, subject to payment authorisation. The next dispatch date is shown against each product, and below is an indication of when you can expect your purchase.

All Guitars are Checked Before Dispatch
All Guitars go through our 12 point checking procedure to make sure that it passes our standards before shipping. This helps ensure your guitar will reach you in perfect condition. All guitars are checked against our 12 point check list and once passed, have a Guitarbitz quality control sticker attached. In addition to this we want to ensure that no harm can come to your guitar on the journey between us and you and so we have a rigorous packing procedure involving multiple protective layers. If you notice that this packaging is damaged when delivered by our courier, it is important to check the goods and if damaged, refuse the delivery and call us immediately. For your peace of mind, we have outlined the 12 point check below to show how we are passionate about your instrument.

1) Finish checked for imperfections or damage	2) Strings tuned up and tested for tone and playability	3) Neck checked for bending or humps
4)  Truss rod adjusted for correct positioning	5) Frets examined for playability	6) Bridge checked for position and hold on strings
7) Strap buttons tested for secure fitting	8) Neck joint examined	9) Machine heads turned and tested for secure grip on strings
10) Nut tested for secure fitting and correct string height	11) Switches, volume and tone controls tested for faulty connections	12) Pickups checked for responsiveness

For more details on our checking and packing procedure, please see our 12 Point Check and Packing Procedures page.

When You Will Receive your Order

Guitar accessories - strings, straps, stands, tuners and other small items
• Orders weighing less than 2kg are posted via First Class Royal Mail on the dispatch date shown.
• Orders weighing less than 2kg with a value over £30 will be sent First Class Royal Mail Recorded Delivery on the dispatch date shown.
• We cannot guarantee a delivery date for these orders, but First Class post usually takes 1-2 days.

Guitars, Amplifiers and larger items
• Orders weighing over 2kg are sent via our next working day courier service.

Interlink Express Courier Delivery
The Home Delivery Service You Have Been Waiting For. Interlink Express will provide you with a one hour delivery window so you don’t have to wait in all day for your parcel.

When Interlink Express deliver:
• You are given a one hour delivery window
• You are notified of this by email on the morning of delivery
• If not convenient you can use the email to change the delivery date

International Deliveries
We can deliver to the following European countries,
• Zone 1 - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain - £15 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 2 - Finland, Portugal and Sweden - £25 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 3 - Switzerland and Norway - £50 (excluding TAX) per order.
Please note that we can only deliver international orders to the billing address of the credit card used. These orders typically take 3-5 working days to be delivered, you can still track your orders via the Internet in the same way.