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whitestrat

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We Just Get Lucky Alot

BP... If luck is all it is, then I'm happy to say we're lucky as well that you get all the luck, and we get to enjoy it on our guitars...

But seriously, there's got to be something different from they way you're doing things compared to others. I'm damn sure even a PRS, with all it's vaunted success, and claims of woodworking and finishing, would be hard pressed to come up with something as good as an EBMM, and still keep it at EBMM prices.:eek: They'd charge much more for one...

I see all these europeans complain of expensive prices for EBMMs, and honestly, they're not cheap for me either. But this is the only brand I can think of where I'd never question the cost vs performance argument... I hear people complain that EBMMs are overpriced here in Singapore. I'm damn sure they've never played one.:rolleyes:

And if they have, and still think they're overpriced, then these people are plain stupid.:p

I just wonder why more artists don't play EBMMs?:rolleyes:
 

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We Just Get Lucky Alot

A succesful English football player was once asked why he seemed to be so "lucky" on the pitch.

"I dunno", he said, "The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get...."

Very modest answer BP, but you make your own luck.
 

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Ricman, I agree. Luck is the skill of preparing for luck. Man, I can dig right into this topic with great zest, as it's part of my life's study.. but, better I just say - I'm lucky to have such guitars to play.
 

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Bruce...I wil not call you a deep thinkin man!

there are core design parameters that we try to follow really closely. Ergonomics, Balance, weight, materials, fit and finish..

I believe that all good makers have their own concept of fundamental design and execution
 

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I think the mojo/voodoo, whatever, starts with being open. Innovation starts with a clean slate, and I believe that's part of the MM mojo factor. At least that's part of it for me. Gutsy design that starts with a fresh mind or minds, and not just a knockoff of what's already been done and has already been embraced. As though it asks: "What's the best design?" from scratch, each time. Tons of other good stuff goes into it too, I'm sure, but I think this open approach begets oodles of voodoo.
 

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there are core design parameters that we try to follow really closely. Ergonomics, Balance, weight, materials, fit and finish..

THAT's what I'm refering to... But I think there's something else missing. a very critical self-examining standard that ensures these parameters are followed closer than most other brands.

BP, you guys rock!:D
 

Josh O

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whatever it is, it's all good! Over the years, many guitar have passed through my hands. I was a big PRS and TCM fan, had only two PRS and had six or seven TCM guitars. Both Paul and Terry build one hell of a guitar but there's something about the EBMM guitars that just feel so much more natural to me. I owned an Axis a few years ago, my first EBMM. I really liked the feel, sound, etc and the only reason I had sold it (boy I wish I had that guitar still on my wall) was I was growing tired of the Floyd Rose. It wasn't until last year when I sat down with a JP6 at Pete's place after a JP clinic that I rekindled myself with EBMM guitars. That JP6 and now a JP7 are my two main and only squeezes and I have thoughts of one day picking up another Axis. BP, you da man.
 
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