what made u buy a ebmm??

[art027]

Jimi is probably right, he seems to have a lot of info on Musicman guitars and their history. I'm really not sure. However, i doubt that it was in production when it had the Axis name. From what i read, Albert's pinkburst is the only model that has Axis on the headstock. Maybe Jimi has the answer.

Purplesport, i can defenately recommend the MM90 trem Al, i have one and it's fantastic.
You won't regret selling your guitar(s)

Here's another pinkburst:

 

[NorM]

One Word:
Steve Morse

 

[Jimi D]

I thought Jimi or someone had said that for the first year or 2 of production the AL body was called an Axis, then changed when it became Albert's sig model.

Actually, there were a couple prototypes that were called the Axis, but the guitar was never in production as anything but the "Albert Lee".

I have a NAMM article from a 1986 Guitar World in which they talk about Ernie Ball showing TWO new Music Man guitars - neither guitar is named, but they mention a Strat-derived model with contoured horns, and an "angular" model with a unique body shape; unfortunately, they only picture the Silhouette prototype, but I think that Ernie Ball actually showed the "Axis" (Albert Lee) model prototype at the 1986 Summer NAMM. Albert received his trans-pink one (perhaps the very same guitar) while playing at a Christmas party for Sterling Ball that December...

 

[tvanveen]

Ok, so I should stop scouring Euro ebay for pink Albert Lee shaped Axi.

 

[GWDavis28]

Check this out.

http://translate.google.com/transla...002&start=40&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&sa=N

 

[marc_odijk]

When I saw Van Halen with his EBMM, I knew it.....I'd had to get one also.
After the EVH I bought a Silhouette stoptail and 2 Axis sports.
Sold the Silhouette and one of the sports, and now still have the EVH, wich I will keep forever and one Axis sport, wich is for sale.

 

[dan ratcliffe]

A few reasons.

Eddie Van Halen. Imagine it. Its 1991 and a highly impressionably 16 year old Dan Ratcliffe is reading magazines like guitar world, guitar for the pracising musician and kerrang, watching the Poundcake and Runaround videos, and dreaming about owning an EVH EBMM. It hasn't happened yet. Does any one remember Eddies Purple flame guitar with a plain black headstock? Best. Guitar. Ever. In this reporters opinion. I have two Axes, the closest i can afford to a pukka EVH right now.

Steve Lukather. Was it '93 when his guitar came out? I saw him on the Candyman tour when he came to the UK, and he had the red and blue Lukes with the floyd. Sweet. I have a black Luke.

Super Slinkys. At £5 a set, it makes me glad I'm not a bass player!

T-shirts. I was on holiday in 1992 and I found a guitar store which had a medium sized white ernie ball t-shirt with the logo. It still fits to this day. I should probably eat more and practise less.

 

[mrwinders]

The neck.


First introduced to the brand and the necks at a GC clinic with
Albert Lee, then Vinnie Moore.

First Bought and axis, sold it and bought a green Steve Morse model. Still have that one, I am sure its probably a pretty rare color for a Morse. Probably for good reason!

Just love the necks so much that I recently bought a Mystic Petrucci off ebay and again am in love! This neck is thinner than the Morse, but both are awesome!