most iconic musicman guitar!

[lukeuser78]

Hey, was thinking what Musicman guitar sold it for you in the first place, like a famous player, a original Morse, a one off model, demo guy at a music show, mine was seeing Luke in 97 play the original MK2 Blue Luke model, had to have one, no messing!!!

 

[whitestrat]

A Silhouette. Seriously.

 

[mb99zz]

What got me into or aware of MusicMan....it would be the EVH model. I was a casual fan of Van Halen and saw this beautiful guitar on a video (the EVH) and remember thinking: "that is the coolest looking guitar ever".

I immediately wanted to know more about the guitar and snagged a Guitar Player (I think) magazine that had a lenghty story on the development of the EVH guitar and t his company I had never heard of before -- MusicMan. And the rest is history.

 

[IslandBoy]

The EVH got me over here, then I tasted the rest ..................

 

[Roubster]

It was Steve Morse. I got heavily into Deep Purple in my high school years after departing from listening to Metallica constantly. When I started working and started getting in some money I told myself I NEED to get me a Music Man...so I started doing research and ultimately ended up here and bought my first Silhouette. Have gone through a few different MMs, but I never looked back and want more . Of course it took me a long time to actually get a Morse model...but I absolutely love my Y2D as well as the others I have right now.

 

[TheShreddinHand]

John Petrucci when he made the jump from Ibanez to EB. BUT, it wasn't until the BFR model came out that I knew I had to have EBs. The original JP is nice but the BFR just did it for me!

-Eric

 

[beej]

First time I saw the Morse model I was excited. Took years to get one, but that was the one.

 

[banjoplayer]

First time I saw the Morse model I was excited. Took years to get one, but that was the one.

+1 (exactly)

 

[peterd79]

my first sight of EBMM was an EVH model that was on a guitar book back in the day (if im not mistaken someone on the forum was able to score that guitar- it had the brown back) and just thought it was a beautiful guitar.
but what got me hooked was the purchase of my 20th Anniversary Silohuette and as they say i was hooked... i had a standard Silo as well but sold it to a great fourm memeber...
Prior to my 20th i had close to 20 electrics trying to achieve great tone... most were close enough... but the 20th nailed it and sold most of them off and i've got one guitar that smokes!!!!

 

[browndog]

It was the EVH for me as well. Been owning the Axis model ever since late 05.

 

[ScoobySteve]

JP brought me here. No denying it. I saw his axe, looked it up, and came a running here. The JP was my first EBMM, but I realized I just play so many different range of styles that I needed a more versatile guitar. The 25th was just a match made in heaven.

One day, I will have a JP again.

 

[Pott]

A Silhouette special. I just played one and knew I had to get a MusicMan one day. To me it is THE MusicMan guitar. They don't seem so popular on these forums however?

 

[bazxkr]

Ashamed to say it but had never heard of Steve Morse til joined Purple. Saw him with them in '95 was smitten with him and the Blueburst & instantly became huge fan so had to get one. Took til 2010 I'm afraid (I'm a slow saver) and the ol'lady still don't know I bought it haha... if she goes on this forum I'm dogmeat.. oh, & by the way that goes for the ASS & Y2D too. She only knows about the AL SSS & JP6 cos damn couriers only went and delivered when I'm out

She can have the new windows next year


So the SM Blueburst did it for me & is solely responsible for emptying my bank

Cheers
Baz

 

[mb99zz]

A Silhouette special. I just played one and knew I had to get a MusicMan one day. To me it is THE MusicMan guitar. They don't seem so popular on these forums however?

There are several of us Silhouette Special fans here. It is my #1 guitar. The EVH brought me here, which resulted in my first MM purchase (an Axis Super Sport). Since then, I got a Silhouette Special and it just seems to be getting better with age. Just fits like a glove.

 

[dibart77]

Definitely Eddie Van Halen for me. Not sure I had heard of EBMM before him. Did I ever tell you my Manny's story?!?

When the EBMM EVH was first announced in 1991, I was a HUGE Eddie Van Halen. When I saw the first photos, I was shocked at the departure from Eddie's Strat-style Kramer. It took a few weeks for the body shape to grow on me, not because I thought it was ugly, but just different. Then I saw a magazine article with Eddie playing a purple quilt EVH, and I was done. I HAD to have one!

Remember that this was before the Internet, and it was not easy finding a local EBMM dealer. I remember receiving a mail-order catalog from Bill's Music House in Maryland, and I called them to ask if they had a purple quilt EVH in stock. They said they didn't, but it could be ordered for $1499. I was a senior in high-school at the time, and $1500 was an awful lot (about 6 weeks' pay at my job at the deli), particularly via mail order for a guitar I had never touched/played (or even seen one in person). I needed some time to think about it...

A few weeks later my friend Chris and I headed into NYC for (I guess) a concert. I asked him if we could go over to 48th Street to see if any of the guitar shops there had EVH's in stock so I could play one. We walked into Manny's and there, low and behold, hanging on the wall were three EVH's -- a Pink one, an Amber, and a Sunburst. I asked for permission to try out the pink one and started jamming. My God, I was blown away. This thing destroyed the I****z I had been playing.

But I really wanted a purple quilt... So I asked the salesman if he had any in stock. He said he had one upstairs in the store room, and that if I was serious he'd bring it down and open it up. I told him that, if the guitar looked and felt as good as this pink one, he'd sell it to me that very day. So he called for it to be brought down from the store room.

I distinctly remember every minute of this: The salesman pulled the hardshell case out of the cardboard shipping box, and he set the case down on top of the glass counter. He then clicked open the left latch, then the right, and then the middle one. He opened the case. The smell of the case (come on, you know that wonderful smell) hit me, and then my eyes focused on THE guitar! It was stunning. My heart was racing. He handed it to me. I plugged in and played. I was a religious experience. A done deal -- I HAD to have this guitar. Here's the conversation that followed:

DiBart: "I'll take it!"

Salesman: "OK. How are you going to pay? It's $2199."

JDB: "What?!?"

S: "I said it's $2199, plus tax."

JDB: "What do you mean $2199?!? Everyone else is selling it for $1500!"

S: "Do they have any in stock?"

JDB: "Well, they can order it."

S: "But do they have any in stock?"

JDB: "No."

S: "We do. And they're $2199, plus tax."

JDB: "That's not right."

S: "It is what it is. How are you going to pay?"

JDB: "Hold on, man. You can't be charging $2200 for a $1500 guitar!"

S: (getting visibly angry) "You said if I brought the guitar down you'd buy it. Don't be giving me a hassle. $2199 is the price, and that's that."

JDB: "But I don't --"

S: "Get out."

JDB: "What?!?"

S: "You heard me. Get out. Get outta my store."

JDB: "F*** you, man. Where's the manager?"

S: "I am the manager. Now get out."

So Chris and I walk to the door and we're stunned... We step out on the sidewalk and start walking toward 7th Ave.

I say to Chris, "Can you f***ing believe that?!?" and he's shaking his head 'no' as the door to Manny's opens and the salesman comes out on the sidewalk, with his fist in the air shouting, "And don't ever come back in this store again!"

The next morning I called Bill's Music House and ordered my purple EVH.

And, P.S., at the salesman's request, I have never set foot in Manny's since, even though I work 6 blocks from there. And now I own 50+ Ernie Ball Music Man guitars... Looks like that idiot f***ed up that day and lost out on a LOT of commissions!!!!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Saw\and heard Albert Lee on a DVD - once I got to try one I was hooked, and it's still my fav EB guitar.

 

[D.K.]

Standard Morse - his playing was always outwordly, but as soon as I saw WHAT he plays, I wanted it.

 

[paranoid70]

Most Iconic MM instrument would be the Stingray. Most Iconic guitar probably the EVH/Axis.

 

[mb99zz]

Jeff, that's a horrible story but, as you state, the manager lost out on lots of sales since.

 

[BethG]

most iconic mm instrument would be the stingray. Most iconic guitar probably the evh/axis.

+1