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GoKart Mozart
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Cool video, but a damn shame that Dudley Gimple isn't mentioned anywhere in the entire video by name and being credited for the LP/Tele hybrid body design of the VH model.
Hero worship abounds...
Hero worship abounds...
DrKev
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Nice video! I enjoyed that. I left a comment, which mentions Dudley specifically.
GoKart Mozart
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I did the same, haha! Thought it needed to be said, especially since he has a damn picture of Dudley in the video around the 14:00 minute mark.
On a related note, one of the YT comments mentioned that Dudley's Tele/LP hybrid shape was originally offered to Albert Lee but he passed on it. I can't remember EVER hearing about that in my 20+ years in this group.
We've heard BP and Albert both tell the story about the A.L. model origins (Dudley & Sterling came up with the retro Jetson's shape, Albert seeing the prototype guitar at the MM Christmas party in '87 or '88 and falling in love with it, etc.). Never have heard though that he had first dibs on the Tele/LP shape that later became the VH model.
Interesting that, knowing he and Lukather were good friends, and Lukather pointed him in the direction of EBMM, that the EVH has the same narrow neck the Lukes do... is this an EBMM thing? Are all the EBMM necks narrow? I think it's the smallest neck I ever played on my Luke 3...
The other guitarist in my band has an original EVH (not an Axis), the neck is very similar to my Luke 3, slightly different profile but still quite small.
The other guitarist in my band has an original EVH (not an Axis), the neck is very similar to my Luke 3, slightly different profile but still quite small.
mantrarock
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I think for the Luke, EBMM 3D scanned or reproduced Luke’s favorite neck. I would assume they did the same for the EVH…
GoKart Mozart
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Yeah, according to Luke the neck was based on an old Valley Arts neck and tweaked from there.
Vintage Guitar Interview
Can't find the post, but there has been plenty of discussion previously about the VH neck being a scanned copy of the striped Kramer 5150 guitar that was Ed's main guitar in the 80s.
Vintage Guitar Interview
Can't find the post, but there has been plenty of discussion previously about the VH neck being a scanned copy of the striped Kramer 5150 guitar that was Ed's main guitar in the 80s.
DrKev
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1 5/8” was the nut width on the EVH guitars, as it was on just about all guitars MM made until the Petrucci models came along. It was vintage Fender’s standard and most common spec (by a country mile).
lifeson1
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Watched this last night, I am thankful for Pete on putting it together, and helping me revisit such an important part of my life as a young player and discovering all these wonderful EBMM guitars.
Also can’t wait to pull out Fuego this weekend to run through some of my favorite Floyd riddled VH licks to keep the nostalgia going.
Also can’t wait to pull out Fuego this weekend to run through some of my favorite Floyd riddled VH licks to keep the nostalgia going.
Iperfungus
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Ninemile
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I need to get more educated on Dudley! I did read that he once worked at Knut Koupee Music in Minneapolis, which is a store I often visited in my youth. But as far as the body design of the Axis/EVH, I thought it was a shape borrowed from the Gretsch Beast, from the 1970's. Is that not accurate or was Dudley also involved with that as well?Cool video, but a damn shame that Dudley Gimple isn't mentioned anywhere in the entire video by name and being credited for the LP/Tele hybrid body design of the VH model.
Hero worship abounds...
Astrofreq
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Sometimes I miss my green EVH, but I still prefer my hardtail purple Axis.
DrKev
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The Beast? I've never heard that before. True or not, I cannot say.
Ninemile
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It would interesting to play one. Several are for sale. Here's one: 1979 Gretsch 8216 BST Beast 1000 1500 Gunstock Walnut Brown | Reverb
Looks like this. Definitely not night and day from our precious Axis' (my most favorite guitars):
Johnny Alien
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The Gretsch Beast is a cool guitar. I don't think it looks anything like an Axis.
EBMM_EVH_1992
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Ed's neck was modelled from a scan of his Kramer 5150
CoffeeDrinker71
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For those of you who have experienced playing both the EVH model and the Axis, how do the necks compare? Are there any major differences besides the slightly wider neck of the Axis?
