Japanese Ernie Ball Instruments

[silverburst]

Hiya. Took yet another 11-hour flight to Japan and frequented a few of my favorite guitar shops yesterday, picking up some eBay fodder to ship back. Noticed some Japanese made EBMM guitars. what is up with this -- has this been covered here before?

 

[RitchieDarling]

Hiya. Took yet another 11-hour flight to Japan and frequented a few of my favorite guitar shops yesterday, picking up some eBay fodder to ship back. Noticed some Japanese made EBMM guitars. what is up with this -- has this been covered here before?

There is no such thing, my friend.

I saw LOADS of EBMM copies at NAMM. Almost all Japanese or Korean.

Wonderdog usually fixes that.

Ritchie

 

[bovinehost]

Actually, I think there ARE some, although it's been a long time since I read about it and I'm not sure what the deal is.

 

[Disquieter]

those are the EX series ebmm's i believe, made in japan.


official EBMM, but japanese.

no longer made if i remember right.

 

[mcvinyl]

those are the EX series ebmm's i believe, made in japan.


official EBMM, but japanese.

no longer made if i remember right.

That's correct. They have the pickup selector switch in the same spot as the EVH.

Saw plenty of them myself when I was just over in Japan. To me they looked better than the OLP but not as good as the U.S. EBMM's. Having said that for some reason I seem to remember that they were U.S. parts but just assembled in Japan, which would mean they are no different.

Either way Japan is the place to go if you want to see EBMM's. I went to the Gakki Centre shop and saw more of them assembled in one place than I have ever seen before. It was fantastic!!!!

Simon

 

[silverburst]

I'll try to get some photos. There are alot of them.

 

[Colin]

I'll try to get some photos. There are alot of them.

looking forward to that, I have a Japanese EBMM catalog somewhere here I'll look it out and scan it

 

[mbgreene]

There have been a number of posts/threads over time on the guitar side regarding the EX line, you want want to search around over there

 

[RitchieDarling]

Oops!

Obviously, I stand corrected...... Sorry about that......

Ritchie

 

[Slim]

Why would EBMM ever wanted to assemble guitars in Japan Their labor cost is lot more than in United States. That is why Toyota, Nissan, Honda are assembling cars here in USA

 

[robelinda2]

wasnt it because they were way behind in production during the EVH years? I could be way off the mark, but i remember reading a story like that.

 

[Colin]

wasnt it because they were way behind in production during the EVH years? I could be way off the mark, but i remember reading a story like that.

no, it's not an EVH. If they where behind in production, why would they produce another model to try and catch up?

 

[robelinda2]

i dunno, so whats the deal with the Axis EX's then? they are/were USA parts werent they?

 

[Colin]

i dunno, so whats the deal with the Axis EX's then? they are/were USA parts werent they?

it was for the Japanese market, many companies make different models for different markets.

 

[Big Poppa]

THey were for the japanese market and there are a few left. they made stingrays too.

 

[robelinda2]

thanks for the clarification BP. there was an Axis EX for sale here in Melbourne actually last year, there's a place here that imports used japanese guitars, it was sold before i got to play it though.

 

[Colin]

THey were for the japanese market and there are a few left. they made stingrays too.

Wow, didn't know that about the Stingrays. Can anyone post pics?

 

[bovinehost]

they made stingrays too.

Those are what I vaguely remember seeing.

 

[Disquieter]

i want one, buy me one.


the ex's are strung thru body too IIRC.

 

[silverburst]

I'm already looking for a shipping company. I've loaded up on enough stuff that I cannot possibly carry it back. None of which I can post pics of here.