My last EBMM (hopefully)

[MarkF786]

The St. Vincent guitar was my gateway EBMM - and another five guitars and two basses, here I am.

What got me back into EBMM after my first was the Valentine, not because I know or like the guitarist much, but I like the design and the hardtail - but I hadn't found the right one. I finally pulled the trigger on a BFR in mint condition.

The fretboard looks like it must be dry, because that's supposed to be rosewood! The seller lists it as maple, but all the rest of the run were rosewood - so either it's dry or a one-off anomaly. I've had some very light rosewood fretboards that darken up with a good dose of Fret Doctor.

 

[Astrofreq]

That is gorgeous!!!

 

[GWDavis28]

Congrats!!! Great color!!!

Glenn |B)

 

[beej]

Nice! Love the colour.

(Btw I corrected the thread title.)

 

[Sweat]

Wow, super nice congrats on that one

 

[Ted]

That is awesome! Congrats! When I got my first EBMM guitar-- a new 2018 BFR Valentine Pine Green, the BFR Baby Blue like the one you have was really crying out to me too. It was a hard decision-- would have loved to have both. Baby Blue is such a killer color with the Valentine's aesthetic. The painted headstock is great too.

Yeah, that is some very light rosewood. It might be dried out, but it seems like I remember seeing a few guitars (though not all) from that particular run of Baby Blue BFR Valentines that had lighter than normal looking rosewood on the fretboards-- so maybe they had a supply of lighter rosewood to work with at the time. I'm sure some oil will do it good.

Cheers!

 

[jlf599]

Gorgeous! Congrats!

I'm still pondering a Valentine, m'self.

 

[TripHazard]

Do it, you won’t regret it

 

[MarkF786]

I'll let ya know how it turns out. I prefer hardtail guitars, yet all my other EBMMs have trems. They're all amazing guitars, but I'm curious to experience an EBMM hardtail.

 

[MarkF786]

It arrived today, indeed in mint condition as described, and the fretboard is definitely rosewood. It seems like nice rosewood, but could benefit from some oil.

Typically, I do a full setup when I get a new guitar, but I'm feeling a bit tired today and will maybe just enjoy it as is for a while.