First i ever heard of this?...BP chime in!?

[lenny]

As always looking around for EBMM's and come across this guy selling a RARE black Al ...and he says and i quote....."This guitar has the same neck as Eric Clapton's 'blackie' guitar. Ernie Ball, did a 3d Cad/Cam on Eric Claptons 'blackie' guitar neck and then recreated it and put it on the Albert Lee model. The neck is the ultimate and so incredibly comfortable, that your playing becomes much better. Every nuiance of Eric Claptons neck is captured in the Albert Lee, perfectly broken in after many decades of use."



any truth to this ...i just needed to ask....Thanx in advance.



Ernie Ball Albert Lee Music Man Guitar BLACK - eBay (item 110408654192 end time Jul-08-09 16:53:39 PDT)

 

[Dante]

*sniff*
*sniff*
*sniff*


i smell... b*lls**t!

 

[MrMusashi]

his nickname reminds me of the first time i visited usa. coming from a remote part of the world, where salespeople in stores everywhere could be trusted and fake goods were unheard of i ended up buying a camera down by the beach... boy that was a waste of money

now, im not saying this guitar is, but ill wait till i see more evidence before making the final judgement

MrM

 

[Larry]

Sharp looking guitar none the less.

 

[Sweat]

This AL was posted in the ebay thread as well, i contacted the seller about his claims, like black being rare etc. no response.

 

[lenny]

I was asking more about the 3D cad/cam stuff....

 

[Sweat]

I was asking more about the 3D cad/cam stuff....

lenny asked about all his claims but including that, but like I said no reply so makes me think pretty much bs.

 

[banjoplayer]

Never heard sth. like that

I believe the Clapton Custom Shop models do have a V-shaped neck. Which neckshape did the Original "Blackie" have? Also a V? The AL does not!

Nevertheless - this AL looks great, and I usually find black guitars boring

 

[lenny]

lenny asked about all his claims but including that, but like I said no reply so makes me think pretty much bs.

Good to know he doesnt return emails!!!Thank Bro!

 

[Big Poppa]

I dont think that is the case Dudley did refret blackie for Eric in our shop in the late eighties..a little trivia they didnt take it to fender

 

[Colin]

I dont think that is the case Dudley did refret blackie for Eric in our shop in the late eighties..a little trivia they didnt take it to fender

is it true a necklace was made from the old frets?

 

[candid_x]

I dont think that is the case Dudley did refret blackie for Eric in our shop in the late eighties..a little trivia they didnt take it to fender

...even then. That is interesting.

 

[DrGonzo5150]

is it true a necklace was made from the old frets?

Wow... You know i never heard anything like that before now!?! And i pride myself on my useless rock/muso trivia.

 

[DrBob]

Never heard sth. like that

I believe the Clapton Custom Shop models do have a V-shaped neck. Which neckshape did the Original "Blackie" have? Also a V? The AL does not!

Nevertheless - this AL looks great, and I usually find black guitars boring

I have a vague recollection of reading about the Clapton Strat and the stated reason for the 'V' profile neck was that Clapton asked for it to replicate a neck on an old Martin acoustic he had..

 

[GWDavis28]

I was asking more about the 3D cad/cam stuff....

Lenny, with 3D digitizers, you can recreate any neck shape. I'm not saying that EBMM did this, I'm not in the know. But the dude could have had it done somewhere and then had a machine shop do the work.

CAD is my life, I love it and live it every day man.

Glenn |B)

 

[John C]

lenny - the ebay seller is blowing smoke about EBMM doing this for the AL; however EBMM has done the 3D/CAD duplication of neck shapes twice:

The first time was the old EVH Signature in the early 1990s; although they made some changes (widened the heel about 1/16") after he left as an endorser that neck shape lives on for the Axis models.

The second time was 5-6 years ago for Steve Morse - when they were putting together prototypes for the Morse Y2D model they digitized the now well-worn neck from Steve's original Morse Signature #1. Once that neck shape was finalized EBMM also started using it on the regular Morse Signature, so all SM Signature models (regular and Y2D) have that neck shape.

 

[lenny]

Yah i figured it was smoke but i wanted to know if there was any truth to the neck shape being cad/cam'd for the AL originally ..i dont find it a V shape at all...in fact i find its a different shape than anything i have played...I just dig the way my AL's feel and was wondering ...thanx for all the help......i knew about the EVH and the morse i just didnt think they had that stuff in the late 80's

 

[beej]

It's funny, that story has been out there for a long time. I've heard it before. Maybe the seller did and just assumes that it's true.

 

[lenny]

True Enough Beej.....I just know i love my Al's!!!......I missed out on an old pinky that went for under 700.00 Us .....i forgot about it hahahaha oh well i will get an original pinky someday!

 

[beej]

Oh man! Yeah, I have a soft spot for the old pinkies ... just a classy guitar.