What's not to like about Balls?

[threeminutesboy]

I had that mod on mine easy to achieve indeed

I don't need anything on my balls now except ..................the game changer

 

[Big Jazzer]

no, the only thing BP stayed away from was ebony because of it's natural Prima-Donna'ness as a wood. one forumite, a teacher (which needed to play the same positions ad nauseam) had SS frets set in. and they were indeed silky smooth and very durable, but tonewise, nickel still wins. this was a reasonably recent thread, you could do a search if u r so inclined.

the day SS sounds better than nickel, all the major brands will swap to SS.

I am more than aware that there is debate about the ss frets, however it is not a clear cut case of them being worse, or indeed better tonally. There are makers I respect that cannot hear the difference, although there are also top players I respect that do not like them.
There are also examples of big name brands not finishing the frets very well.
I liked them, so that was enough for me. I love the idea that there will be no need for a refret in the usual time frame.

 

[MarioHalen]

I have one major beef with EBMM.

That is simple, they monopolise my guitar life, I simply cant play anything else without me thinking... this isn't as good.

DAMN YOU BP!

 

[dmcguitar]

I just think it'd be awesome if they gave us a truly custom shop.. to mix and match their guitar parts. for instance axis neck on a std jp... or maple fretboard on jp, just things like that.. obviously an upcharge and longer wait... my dream guitar would be a few slight variations, all done with existing EBMM production pieces (just a different combo then the std models allow)

 

[Astrofreq]

THe cool thing about pickups is that you CAN change them. Nothing is permanent. If you don't like the Axis pickups order different ones. Easy solution.

The Axis pickups, to me, are THE reason to use an axis. They just rule. I wish they had floating floyds, but I ain't complaining. My Axis is my favorite, most comfortable guitar ever.

 

[Jack FFR1846]

I just think it'd be awesome if they gave us a truly custom shop.. to mix and match their guitar parts. for instance axis neck on a std jp... or maple fretboard on jp, just things like that.. obviously an upcharge and longer wait... my dream guitar would be a few slight variations, all done with existing EBMM production pieces (just a different combo then the std models allow)

I think a lot of us say we'd like this. But another small US company, famous for their custom shop used to give you all the options. But their basic, nothing different starting point was $2600. I could buy that same thing off the rack in a guitar store for $1000 at full mark up. And they recently shut down because they weren't profitable. So I'm thinking that a custom shop Axis with maybe an added tone knob, floating floyd in green spalted maple and carved top and chambered might retail for $10k. And that would be a reasonable price for the custom work being done. It would essentially require a complete shop to do the custom work. I'm sure they'd sell, but I'm pretty happy with what's available.

 

[DaPatrooch]

Stainless steel frets are really the only thing I would want, because I'm starting to see some fret wear on my guitars. But even that's not a really big deal, if the frets ever start to become a problem than I can just have them replaced. My JP is perfect for me. Other than that I love the models for what they are. About the custom shop thing, if you put, say, a Silo neck on an Axis, well then it's not an Axis anymore.

 

[jamie_au]

The only thing I don't like about Ernie Balls:

- They're too nice. I don't know if anyone else feels like this, but for some songs, and with some kinds of music, I want a total 'dog' guitar. Certain guitars named after a recently dead jazz great are great for that, as are strats. To me, I seem to get more inspiration from one of those than a guitar that's perfect, like an EBMM, and the more I put into one of the dogs, I get more out...whereas I don't need to put as much into an EBMM.

Also, while a custom shop would be amazing (A double-neck baritone/standard would make my life), I can totally understand the reason they don't offer one.