Hey all - I've seen many EBMM's come in and go out of my place in my time here. Even guitars I thought I could never part with have had things I didn't like about them which caused the search for the right one to continue until now. I saw Tollie's post about his BFR Morse in Tahitian Blue and based on his description and what I could find online about it I became seriously interested. When this model first came out it was never an option for a number of reasons - the biggest one was the cost. Fast forward a bit and I found one used at GC at a cost I could deal with.
On to the guitar. This guitar ticks all of the boxes for me - finally.
Large full C profile for my larger hands? Check
Roasted flame maple neck? Check
SS frets? Check
Mahogany Body? Check
Quilted Maple top? Check
Bound neck? Check
Pickups which create "that sound" for me? Check
Playability off of the charts? Check
Two interesting things to note - the first of which blew my mind. While looking at the pictures of this particular guitar on the retailer's website I noticed something - compare this guitar to the one on EBMM's October 2017 BFR page - hey - that's my guitar in the pictures!!!! Here's the link to the EBMM page. If you're interested you can compare for yourself
. Ball Family Reserve | Ernie Ball Music Man The second thing is apparently they didn't have any BFR-engraved neck plates at the time as mine doesn't have one - just a standard plate. Sorry for the long post but I had a lot to say this morning . One other note - once I get this thing paid for I'll have to find a Darklord to go with it . Here are the pics:
On to the guitar. This guitar ticks all of the boxes for me - finally.
Large full C profile for my larger hands? Check
Roasted flame maple neck? Check
SS frets? Check
Mahogany Body? Check
Quilted Maple top? Check
Bound neck? Check
Pickups which create "that sound" for me? Check
Playability off of the charts? Check
Two interesting things to note - the first of which blew my mind. While looking at the pictures of this particular guitar on the retailer's website I noticed something - compare this guitar to the one on EBMM's October 2017 BFR page - hey - that's my guitar in the pictures!!!! Here's the link to the EBMM page. If you're interested you can compare for yourself
. Ball Family Reserve | Ernie Ball Music Man The second thing is apparently they didn't have any BFR-engraved neck plates at the time as mine doesn't have one - just a standard plate. Sorry for the long post but I had a lot to say this morning . One other note - once I get this thing paid for I'll have to find a Darklord to go with it . Here are the pics:
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