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Astrofreq
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I love that song and Reflex is a great name for a guitar.
Pain-Free Music
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My thoughts are about this whole naming thing come down to this....
I don't care what it's named!!! I just want one!!! In emerald green, tremelo, maple fretboard and piezo!! Then after that one, and my wife cools down from the major purchase, I want a second one, this time no tremelo, blue, maple fretboard again, and piezo. Then I'm done buying electric guitars for life!
I have the Axis Sport. I LOVE my neck. Let me say that again, I LOOOOOVVE my neck. I love the neck joint where it's contoured and not blocky like a strat. I love how comfortable it is to wear. The only things I'd add to it are humbucker in neck position, ergonomic arm bevel like a Petrucci or Strat and piezo. (I'd love to that at versatility, and plus, I'm jealous of JP and how good he sounds on the duo disc he did with Jordan Rudess.)
I've played the 25th in GC and it truly is everything I want in a guitar, except that it's not green or blue and doesn't have a piezo. I've yet to play a guitar that sounds or feels better. I can't wait for this production run version to start. I probably might sell my Chapman Stick to fund this guitar, because it truly would be everything I want in an electric guitar.
Side note: The photoshoped headstock where it said, "The Sh*t!" was just too funny!
I don't care what it's named!!! I just want one!!! In emerald green, tremelo, maple fretboard and piezo!! Then after that one, and my wife cools down from the major purchase, I want a second one, this time no tremelo, blue, maple fretboard again, and piezo. Then I'm done buying electric guitars for life!
I have the Axis Sport. I LOVE my neck. Let me say that again, I LOOOOOVVE my neck. I love the neck joint where it's contoured and not blocky like a strat. I love how comfortable it is to wear. The only things I'd add to it are humbucker in neck position, ergonomic arm bevel like a Petrucci or Strat and piezo. (I'd love to that at versatility, and plus, I'm jealous of JP and how good he sounds on the duo disc he did with Jordan Rudess.)
I've played the 25th in GC and it truly is everything I want in a guitar, except that it's not green or blue and doesn't have a piezo. I've yet to play a guitar that sounds or feels better. I can't wait for this production run version to start. I probably might sell my Chapman Stick to fund this guitar, because it truly would be everything I want in an electric guitar.
Side note: The photoshoped headstock where it said, "The Sh*t!" was just too funny!
beej
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Michael ... he's not the CIC ALOC for nothing, y'know. Mind like a steel trap 
mb99zz
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Good score, Michael!
browndog
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Zombi, what a great thread this turned out to be. I have had allot of fun PhotoShoping names as well as trying to guess the name.
bkrumme
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Reflex is a cool name. It's a bit retro, but I like it.
John C
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Cool - the EBMM Reflex. Nice to bring back an unused name kind of like when they rebranded that early 90s signature model the "Axis".
Speaking of "Axis" - while Albert Lee is thoroughly deserving of a signature model I do think that "Axis" kind of fits the AL design, particularly since BP has said the design process was to push the shape bounderies while maintaining the Fender Strat's "axis of balance".
Again, absolutely no disrespect meant to the more than deserving Mr. Lee on that, I just like that genesis of the "Axis" name.
Speaking of "Axis" - while Albert Lee is thoroughly deserving of a signature model I do think that "Axis" kind of fits the AL design, particularly since BP has said the design process was to push the shape bounderies while maintaining the Fender Strat's "axis of balance".
Again, absolutely no disrespect meant to the more than deserving Mr. Lee on that, I just like that genesis of the "Axis" name.
jamminjim
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Reflex is a great name! I'd love to have one too. Great call MB!
PeteDuBaldo
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It will be funny when it is only offered in gray!
SteveB
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Great Job mbgreene! That old prototype Reflex looks like a proto-Morse. Hmm.
the24thfret
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What if EB made a sparkle version called the ReFlecks?
phatduckk
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well Dargin - sign me up for a GoldTop. You teased about this a few weeks ago! spill the beans yo
mb99zz
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I must have missed that teaser...do share Phatty!
phatduckk
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somewhere in the "who'd you want to have a sig 25th" thread i said "whoever insists that they do a GoldTop" and Dargin made a teasing comment. dont remember exactly what he said but he hinted that it was being thought about
zombi
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No problem. I've had a lot of fun too and a question i'm sure a lot of us wanted answered has been laid to rest. So, is this an official announcement or are we supposed to be keeping a lid on it?
agt
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I am sure that BP and crew considered all of these things in advance, but in the 24 hours or so since the announcement, several things have occurred to me as to why Reflex is a such a great name:
(1) "Reflex" conjures images of speed, agility, and responsiveness, all attributes of the 25th.
(2) "Reflexion" is the UK spelling of "reflection", and the 25th is definitely a reflection back on EBMM's past achievements/innovations and simultaneously a look forward to the future.
(3) In Math/Geometry, a reflex angle is an angle larger than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. To those familiar with Trigonometry, this ties in nicely with "the other side of the Axis".
(4) The prototype Reflex guitar that Colin and Foggy posted photos of looks a whole lot like a Silhouette. If so, that name has evidently been around for approximately 25 years, because the Silo debuted in 1985.
(5) RE: FLEXible: truly one guitar that can cover just about any sonic territory.
(6) A reflex is an involuntary response. One's initial reaction to playing the 25th is instantaneous and uncontrollable: I absolutely must have one!
(1) "Reflex" conjures images of speed, agility, and responsiveness, all attributes of the 25th.
(2) "Reflexion" is the UK spelling of "reflection", and the 25th is definitely a reflection back on EBMM's past achievements/innovations and simultaneously a look forward to the future.
(3) In Math/Geometry, a reflex angle is an angle larger than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. To those familiar with Trigonometry, this ties in nicely with "the other side of the Axis".
(4) The prototype Reflex guitar that Colin and Foggy posted photos of looks a whole lot like a Silhouette. If so, that name has evidently been around for approximately 25 years, because the Silo debuted in 1985.
(5) RE: FLEXible: truly one guitar that can cover just about any sonic territory.
(6) A reflex is an involuntary response. One's initial reaction to playing the 25th is instantaneous and uncontrollable: I absolutely must have one!
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SteveB
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I was guessing that they probably already owned the name from back when they made that prototype.
Since the economy is still so slow, why spend extra money trademarking a guitar name when you've got one on the shelf that you can dust off and use?
Aside from that it is also a cool name, which is why they came up with it back when that old prototype was made.
Since the economy is still so slow, why spend extra money trademarking a guitar name when you've got one on the shelf that you can dust off and use?
Aside from that it is also a cool name, which is why they came up with it back when that old prototype was made.
Purple ASS
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CLIMAXE ?
or did someone beat me to it ? I can tell you the guitar is certainly orgasmic !! Whats the winning prize ?
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