FOLLOW UP: EVH EBMM Is this a Real or Fake (MORE PICTURES)

[Sir Edwardo]

Ok I posted a thread last night about this but here is a bunch more of the main things. Here is the front of the neck (without Signature)

Here is the back of the neck. NOTE: if you can see right where the headstock cuts off from the neck the headstock is glossed. Is this normal?

Here is a closer picture of the headstock to neck

Here is the floyd rose with d-tuna and 5150 sticker (came like that off of ebay)

Next is the back of the guitar (I let my friend play it after a gig onetime... he wore a belt buckle... I got pissed)

Here is a kind of bad picture of the bolt on part of the neck witht the Serial Number which is A80494

Here is a pic of the front of the body

Here is the picture of my MAIN concern. A REALLY BAD pic of the neck. Ok so the fretboard looks like a kind of gloss and i guess feels? But the whole back of the neck is unfinished and what not? I doubt you can really see here but I dont know what else to say.

If someone could PLEASE give me details about my EBMM if it is realy or official or whatever. Hope these pics could help!

 

[blackspy]

With no Made in San Luis Obispo (spelling?) stamp on the back of the headstock, I'd say it's an Axis EX. Why not contact EB customer service or something to find out for sure.

 

[AxSport4me]

I never knew EBMM did the import thing!

 

[Sir Edwardo]

can anyone else help me??

 

[blackspy]

What do you want to know?? It isn't an EVH.

 

[Sir Edwardo]

Then WHAT is it? Is it the one type of guitar that is assembled in Japan? What is the whole deal behind that anyway?

 

[blackspy]

Pretty sure it is the EX, which is assembled overseas. I'm not sure of the specifics. The EX, as I understand it is still a nice guitar, just slightly more affordable.

 

[Sir Edwardo]

Do you know if it has the same Pickups? The one thing im most concerned about is my neck. It is kind of hard to explain but the whole thing is unfinished EXCEPT I think the top of the fretboard it looks like a gloss type finish and I guess sort of feels like it to. Also do the other EBMM have the headstock all glossed then connected to the unfished neck?

 

[Raz]

Nice bird's eye though Spicoli!

 

[jimmyp]

Do you know if it has the same Pickups? The one thing im most concerned about is my neck. It is kind of hard to explain but the whole thing is unfinished EXCEPT I think the top of the fretboard it looks like a gloss type finish and I guess sort of feels like it to. Also do the other EBMM have the headstock all glossed then connected to the unfished neck?

The EVH neck is just finished with gunstock oil - not a sealed finish. That's why it plays like a dream. I have heard of some players finishing the fingerboard so it doesn't discolour the way the unfinished maple does - I think they're nuts to do it, but that could be what someone has done if your board is finished. The EVH stock is finished front and back and there is a clear line where the finish stops - when I got mine new, it wasn't really noticeable, but now the neck has discoloured after 10 years playing, you can see it clearly

 

[blackspy]

Quick search of google seems to indicate the Axis EX has the same pickups/hardware as the standard Axis/EVH guitars. It seems the finish on the fingerboard is a standard feature as well on those guitars.

 

[jimmyp]

Quick search of google seems to indicate the Axis EX has the same pickups/hardware as the standard Axis/EVH guitars. It seems the finish on the fingerboard is a standard feature as well on those guitars.

Well I didn't know that - good job Blackspy. I've never seen an Axis EX so I didn't know they finished the front of the fingerboard. As I said, I've seen people finish the fingerboards on a couple of EVH models to stop them getting that dirty look that just about everyone else, myself included, seems to love.

 

[mhorse]

I didn't know there was a Japaneese version of Axis! That's interesting. When were they made?

 

[AxSport4me]

I didn't know there was a Japaneese version of Axis! That's interesting. When were they made?

Exactly what i was thinking!

 

[mbgreene]

Here are some links to older threads where guys were comparing the US Axis / EX Axis and EVH - hope it helps

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4460

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4804

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4880&highlight=Axis

 

[Derek]

Hi Guys,

We talked about the EX version a few times before. The Axis Ex was made in Japan to quench the thirst of EVH enthuisists because we could not produce enough guitars for the Japanese market. The EVH was discontinued and Kanda wanted to replicate the look of the model without the changes we made to the Axis.

The bodies and necks were shaped in Japan with the parts (pickups-hardware) supplied by us. When we first started this program the internet shops had not caught on and the guitars we only marketed in Japan.

Production ceased about 3 years ago but there is still some left for sale in the Dealer shops.

They are very well constructed instruments, and are worth having in your collection.

They mostly start with an "A" serial # designation. They do not have the Made In SLO or an EVH logo present.

 

[fogman]

Thanks for the lesson of the day.
That's interesting to know.

 

[Jimi D]

Do you know if it has the same Pickups?

It has the same pickups as the AXIS - which are basically four-conducter versions of the EVH Dimarzios...

The one thing im most concerned about is my neck. It is kind of hard to explain but the whole thing is unfinished EXCEPT I think the top of the fretboard it looks like a gloss type finish and I guess sort of feels like it to. Also do the other EBMM have the headstock all glossed then connected to the unfished neck?

The finish line between the headstock and the rest neck is normal on EBMMs; the playable area is "wax'n'gun-oil" finished but the headstock is finished in the same poly as the body. Apparently, the Japanese necks had finished fretboards as well, but I've never heard of this with an SLO guitar.

Anyway, your guitar seems to be a perfectly typical Japanese-made Axis EX. If someone told you that it was an EVH, you were misled, because it is not.