Just wondering

[jimmyp]

Just a quickie. I love my Van Halen model with all my heart - I bought it new, it has played like a dream for years and I'd never sell it. However, I can't help but notice from the photos that have been posted that mine has one of the plainest tops and fewer birds eyes in the neck than just about any others. I appreciate that you can't tell a tree to grow the same as another, but can't help but feel a bit cheated as I paid full whack for a brand new EBMM guitar and it is quite a plain Jane. Is it just pot luck what quality the top and neck are (obviously I know you can order premium tops on Axis now) - how does the factory decide what wood is used on which instruments?

 

[kbaim]

Jimmy,

If it plays great, don't feel so bad. You can always find another on Ebay, etc. that might look better.

Better to add than replace if you can afford it. especially guitars that feel perfect.
KEITH

 

[Lew]

Top's are overrated imo.I prefer a good solid colour.

 

[dwf1004]

Jimmy:

This was not an option back then, but the premium upgrade is the only thing that gives you leverage as to what you want on the guitar. Otherwise, now AND back then, it's luck of the draw.

My EVH's neck doesn't look like it has measles, but you sure as h*ll can tear up and down that neck like a son of a b*tch! That's what matters to me.

 

[jimmyp]

Jimmy:


My EVH's neck doesn't look like it has measles, but you sure as h*ll can tear up and down that neck like a son of a b*tch! That's what matters to me.

Agreed

 

[JFRICK]

The neck on my EVH doesn't have the birdseye's that I've seen on other's either. It's hard to tell by looking at my avatar, but the back edge of the top (around the trem unit) is like a quilt, but up near the neck it fades into a shallow flame. All the one's I've ever seen are either flame or quilt, not both. That's one thing I really like about the appearence of mine.