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[mbgreene]

Thanks - that's a great read

 

[Headstock]

Thanks for the entry... lots of great history in there!

 

[whitestrat]

Great Story BP!!! Keep em coming!

 

[candid_x]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing, BP.

 

[glockaxis]

By the way guys, does anyone remember how the title "Axis" came about and why it was used temporarily on more than one model? I remember findin out years ago but forgot and the search terms I'm putting in aren't working for me. Thanks

 

[Big Poppa]

It was a cool name and when the evh thing went to hell we used the name since we had already spent the ton of money to trademark it. The axis was the Albert Lee but we didnt offer it up for general sale so the only people who had seen the name were internal or artists

 

[starsky]

Great story BP, thanks again for sharing.

 

[Spudmurphy]

BP since you posted that last link to the blog I was then able to read it before that I was only getting the May blog.

Great blog which puts a lot of "meat on the bone" to what you have told us over the years.

Fantastic story about your friendship with Albert.

Once again - thanks very much for sharing.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

Beautiful story BP. Thank you.

 

[Dizzy]

Great Story BP - it's great to learn the background history of the business.
Even better to learn that most of the same stories are those of friendship and loyalty.

 

[koogie2k]

As always...I love reading these. It is such an honor for BP to post this stuff for us Knuckleheads. To be honest, I never heard of Albert Lee, Steve Morse and very little of Luke. Since I got immersed into EBMM, I have had my eyes and ears opened up to so many great artists. For that, I thank you, and for sharing the history with us.

 

[Mikey]

Thanks Big Poppa for sharing these stories!
I think these inside-view-stories work way better than any commercial ad one could imagine.
Very cool!

 

[dmullen]

I really love these stories...thanks BP

 

[mr.b]

BP. your stories are great. when's the book coming out?

 

[universe777]

... when the evh thing went to hell...

I never really followed the career or gear of EVH, but seeing this mentioned in the thread made me interested to find out the back story of why the MM/EVH partnership went kaput.

I did a Wiki search and yielded this: "Edward was allegedly upset that Ernie Ball could not produce enough of this guitar to meet demand, and subsequently moved his endorsement to the Peavey Electronics corporation." (I also looked through 18 pages -- or 442 thread post which were returned under the search parameters "van halen", but wasn't able to shed any signifigant light)

I think at this day we all know to take whatever we read on the internet with a grain of salt so I just wanted to see what the general consensus of forum members is; Is this accurate? If it is, i'd say shame on Eddie...ultimate quality isn't going to come from large-batch production.

 

[roburado]

BP, thanks! That was great!

 

[Danserrano]

bp, thanks! That was great!

+1!

 

[lpcoco]

Thank's for sharing BP.

Its awesome to be able to read those personnals stories of the hisory of the company.

Sterling, "YOU ROCK"!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RobW]

Yeah, it's really cool reading this stuff.

It was a cool name and when the evh thing went to hell we used the name since we had already spent the ton of money to trademark it. The axis was the Albert Lee but we didnt offer it up for general sale so the only people who had seen the name were internal or artists

Ahhh...so this would explain the pic that someone posted here of the REO Speedwagon guy with th Axis/Albert Lee

 

[KoreyD]

Man, that sounds like the good life! Thanks for sharing.