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kestrou

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I have lots of guitar hangers at my house - have posted a few pics previously, but never with "all my Balls at once" - so, after a little re-arranging, here goes!

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From left to right (you might have to scroll):
The first three aren't exactly EBMM, but are very Morse-related, so included them here. In about 1980, DiMarzio made Steve a couple of backup guitars - one with birdseye maple top, which you see here, and the other with a blue top. In the mid-80s, Steve was in discussion with Guild to build his signature guitar - they never quite came to terms, but Guild did produce a handful of prototypes (I've heard numbers between two and twenty of them) which were never actually approved - here's two of them.
Y2D Sunset Purple with flame top
Y2D Rosewood top/neck with wobble bar
Morse 4/50
Morse 11/50
Morse 27/50
Morse 46/50
Y2D Dark Lord - 1st run
Y2D De-Purple
Morse 1999 Blueburst
Morse PDN Neptune Blue with regular neck
Morse PDN Neptune Blue with roasted neck and custom pick-guard
Petrucci BFR Solar Flare
SBMM JP60D
Albert Lee Sky Blue

What's missing from the pic? The True Gold! Long story short, I was contacted by EBMM that Steve would like to have the original one back - and can't say "no" to my hero, right? :) - so got it back to him and there's an identical one just being completed in manufacturing now.

Hope everybody enjoyed the show - am always on the lookout to add more to the family!

Kevin
 

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Not really a Morse guy, eh?? :confused: :rolleyes:

Nah, just kidding, it looks great! And the story on the Gold Morse is awesome - I still remember the NGD!
:cool:
 

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I think you have more Morse's than his-Steveness himself.

So what true gold are you getting?
 

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No way do I have more than his-Steveness - but I do *love* every one that I have! :)

And the True Gold is a reproduction of the one in this thread: http://forums.ernieball.com/music-m...e-morses-original-one-off-true-gold-hand.html

Kevin

Aaaaah, you're the guy who bought that gold Morse. Ya know I never told you, but I saw that ad when it was still live and was considering it but just didn't pull the trigger. Good for you I didn't, or it would be MY "balls to the walls". hahahahahaha

congrats
 

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great picture!!!

great story about giving Mr. Morse back his original guitar and getting a new one made for you! wow!

do you guys think, that steve was a bit angry about his son selling it off? ;)
 

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insane, Kevin!
Although it´s not EBMM-related I´d love to see a close up of the DiMarzio and the Guilds.
This pic... I can´t believe... :)
 

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Kevin, your collection is incredible and I am officially jealous !!!!

The DiMarzio guitars, are they the guitars Steve is playing on this photo :
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???

I agree with banjo : we need more pics !
 

kestrou

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Awesome pic.. you need a bigger wall Kevin haha

Actually,

There are more hands to the right of that picture you can't see...

And then three of the walls in the master bedroom are covered...

And then one wall of the kids playroom...

And then the three walls of the stairwell - which is where I keep rarely played guitars (usually those first-50 Morse's are some of the guitars that stay there)...

And, yes, they're all full and I'm looking for where to add more! :)

Kevin
 

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Kevin,

They look about 16 inches apart... Is each hangar anchored to a stud? Or how did you do it?

Had a carpenter out yesterday to look at building a really warm, classy wall to hang my machines up... and looking for ideas.
 

kestrou

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Kevin,

They look about 16 inches apart... Is each hangar anchored to a stud? Or how did you do it?

Had a carpenter out yesterday to look at building a really warm, classy wall to hang my machines up... and looking for ideas.

Spike,

I think you already know that I'm using Guitar Grip "hands" - and *sometimes* they anchor into a stud, if it just happens to work out that way. Most of the time it doesn't and I'm using toggle bolts.

Those hangers have a 1/4x20 thread insert in them - easy to buy toggle bolts exactly that size - then flip the bolt "backwards" so the thread end is towards the hanger. Have had some of these up for four years and never been a problem with them even getting loose.

Hope that helps!

Kevin
 
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