I Don't Have Any Balls

[HeatherAnnePeel]

Presently, but I hope to get an Axis. I have 29 guitars: Strats, Teles, Les Pauls, SGs, Ampeg Dan Armstrongs, OLP MM1s (EBMM-licensed, anyway), etc.. I love my OLP MM1s, which, while they are not the EVH/Axis, are at least the same form factor and layout, and have provided me an excellent intro to the Axis design. Here are my OLPs:

So far, this has seemed like a nice forum. I should point out that I do own a vintage, mint 1984 Music Man HD 150 212 amp, which has been my fave amp for two decades.

 

[LivinItUp]

I have One BALL!!!

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

Very nice, indeed!

 

[LivinItUp]

BTW, ive had 4 OLP's,... they are great little guitars as well!!!!

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

Yeah, I like my OLPs. A lot of people dis them, but I love mine. I'm looking forward to an Axis, as well. Then, maybe a Wolfgang, eventually. Need to have a range of EVH guitars!

 

[LivinItUp]

i got this axis two weeks ago.. for $850.. shipped... check craigslist.... they show up every now and then at that price...

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

Great price! Thanks for the tip, I will check!

 

[LivinItUp]

IMO... i dont like wolfgang's neck... ive only had one wolfy.. standard usa.. and sold it in a week.. nothing like the axis.. and ive had a few MM EVH's, and they sound just like the axis.. and same feel..

 

[LivinItUp]

yeah it was a great price, but it was better when i opened the case.. all the case candy intact, not even one ding on the guitar, no scratches at all. it is MINT

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

I've never played a Wolfgang, but I have played the EVH and the Axis. It must feel significantly different if you didn't like it. Interesting. It looks and sounds cool, however.

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

That purple finish is perhaps the best I have seen on any EVH/Axis. Awesome score!

 

[LivinItUp]

yeh, The wolfgangs looks GREAT!!! but i dont know.. that archtop body, it wasnt for me.. neither the neck..,..

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

I have always preferred the EVH/Axis design, as well. I remember when I first saw it in Guitar Player in 1991, I was like, wow, the first new guitar design in years that I thought was a classic. The OLP at least provides a good entry point, and mine are both great playing guitars. They certainly were very affordable, which is why I bought two, though now I've noticed the price for them has increased since they have been discontinued.

 

[LivinItUp]

use this website to find musicmans and other gear Phatduckk's Craiglist Gear Finder .. all over the country.. im in NY, and got this one from Portland Oregon

 

[LivinItUp]

And youre right! my fist one was a amber OLP.. then i got a black one.. then i got an EVH.. then another EVH.. then a Piano black OLP.. and now this one.. and trust me.. i do like them better than any of my kramers!

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

Cool, thanks! BTW, have you seen this site?:

Ernie Ball EVH Van Halen Music Man Guitars at Rock'N Roll Weekend

Pretty informative, but the guy likes Wolfgangs better, apparently.

 

[LivinItUp]

Yeah.. that was wolfgangguitars.com...

 

[LivinItUp]

im not saying that wolfy's are bad.. they are just not for me.

 

[HeatherAnnePeel]

I just know that I wouldn't like one as much as an Axis. I bet I'd even like my OLPs better than the Wolfgang, but from what I've read the neck profile on the OLP is more like the Wolfgang than the Axis.

 

[LivinItUp]

but u said that u have tried the axis right?