This is definitely an idea who's time has come - there's enough "history" now that someone could have plenty to write about if they chose to... Add a whack of cool pics and you could easily fill a 200 page trade with the history of EBMM guitars and basses. And there are enough cool anecdotes, bits of trivia, and points of interest around the development and evolution of these guitars that that it really should be collected and collated in some format other than a loose bunch of messages in a newsgroup or a few snippets from interviews in a magazine article... In depth interviews with BP and Dudley would be a must, and smaller bits with each of the artists talking briefly about their signature axes would also be cool... Structurally, you'd have to deal with the the pre-MM to current history of EB, including info about Ernie himself and the birth of guitar strings as we know them today, as well as Emergenza, the Battle of the Bands, the CLB Foundation, etc... Then you'd need the pre-EB history of MM as well (though more briefly - but there are the first two chapters). After that you could get into the meat, starting with the reintroduction of the StingRay and developement of the Sterling Bass, then the developement of the first EBMM guitars (the Silhouette and the first AL née Axis proto) and their introduction at the Summer '86 NAMM, the first signature instruments (Morse & Luke and the European distro of the "unofficial" Albert Lee Silhouette sig.), the Stingray 5, the EVH, the Axis, Silhouette Special, Axis Sport, Super Sport, Silhouette Bass, Bongo, Pet 6 & 7, S.U.B., S.U.B. 1, S.U.B. Sterling and Benji... each referencing construction details in terms of the development, things that have come and gone, hardware evolution, etc... whew! And you'd have to have a good factory tour! It would be a terrific project, and with BP's blessing and support it could be a wonderful book!
