EVH Striped Series
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JeffB
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I am partial to the old black and yellow one too. I had several pics of him rippped out of magazines with that guitar up on my corkboard wall in my bedroom., circa 1980.
I would also be fine with the B&W. It would be a.fun guitar to have.
Basswood body kinda sucks tho. I have owned geat basswood guitars, including an absolutely KILLER MIK wolfgang,.and MIJ Destroyer, but they often sound stuffy and compressed when its the cheap stuff..Too bad they couldn't do alder or even poplar for this one.
I am partial to the old black and yellow one too. I had several pics of him rippped out of magazines with that guitar up on my corkboard wall in my bedroom., circa 1980.
I would also be fine with the B&W. It would be a.fun guitar to have.Basswood body kinda sucks tho. I have owned geat basswood guitars, including an absolutely KILLER MIK wolfgang,.and MIJ Destroyer, but they often sound stuffy and compressed when its the cheap stuff..Too bad they couldn't do alder or even poplar for this one.
EVH Striped Series
He's used it a little in the past but ADKOT has wah on a lot of tracks. He used the wah a fair amount on the 2012 tour if you listen to the bootlegs.
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He's used it a little in the past but ADKOT has wah on a lot of tracks. He used the wah a fair amount on the 2012 tour if you listen to the bootlegs.
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EVH Striped Series
To the OP - congrats on the order!
I'm really pretty intrigued by these new Striped Series guitars. In fact, I put a white/black on order last Thursday.
For what it's worth, I was told that the release date for the guitars has recently slid from April to mid May.
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To the OP - congrats on the order!
I'm really pretty intrigued by these new Striped Series guitars. In fact, I put a white/black on order last Thursday.
For what it's worth, I was told that the release date for the guitars has recently slid from April to mid May.
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ItsaBass
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+1,000,000,000.
i am not a nationalist, but 900 for a groovy messican paint job that a five year old could do is just too high imo. if that's what you want, spend local and hire your local mexican-american handy man to do it for 40 bucks. there aren't even that many usa-made bolt necks that i'd pay 900 for.
seriously, though, i say wait till they hit the used market, or build your own from used parts and get a better guitar exactly to your specs for less money. wwevhd.
+1,000,000,000.
i am not a nationalist, but 900 for a groovy messican paint job that a five year old could do is just too high imo. if that's what you want, spend local and hire your local mexican-american handy man to do it for 40 bucks. there aren't even that many usa-made bolt necks that i'd pay 900 for.
seriously, though, i say wait till they hit the used market, or build your own from used parts and get a better guitar exactly to your specs for less money. wwevhd.
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JeffB
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Yep, it may be good stuff. Just eems weird with the abundance of Alder guitars available from FMIC for even half that price out of Mexico (or even the classic vibe strats with Alder out of Asia, where the Alder has to be.imported)). BUT, it also may just be Eddies pref these days. Lord knows he could choose whatever wood he wants for his wolfies and he has been rocking basswood for them..heck, since the EBMM days, no?
Yep, it may be good stuff. Just eems weird with the abundance of Alder guitars available from FMIC for even half that price out of Mexico (or even the classic vibe strats with Alder out of Asia, where the Alder has to be.imported)). BUT, it also may just be Eddies pref these days. Lord knows he could choose whatever wood he wants for his wolfies and he has been rocking basswood for them..heck, since the EBMM days, no?
JeffB
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OK..yep that is what I was getting at..basswood is just his preference these days, despite the fact his original stripeys were not made with it.:bigthumb:
That said, I betcha 99% of the people who buy this guitar would rather it sound like his original stripeys than his ebmm/wolfies My MIK wolfie was THE best floyded superstrat type I have ever owned..and that includes a pile of old charvels, jacksons, ibbs, and even a killer nightswan..but the wolf is a very different sound with the basswood, and modern eq pups.
Regardless, looking fwd to seeing some in hand.
OK..yep that is what I was getting at..basswood is just his preference these days, despite the fact his original stripeys were not made with it.:bigthumb:
That said, I betcha 99% of the people who buy this guitar would rather it sound like his original stripeys than his ebmm/wolfies
My MIK wolfie was THE best floyded superstrat type I have ever owned..and that includes a pile of old charvels, jacksons, ibbs, and even a killer nightswan..but the wolf is a very different sound with the basswood, and modern eq pups. Regardless, looking fwd to seeing some in hand.
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And the neck has graphite rods for reinforcement, which is a plus in my opinion.
Pickup and bridge swaps will be straight forward for those so inclined to change those on the Striped Series. I know I'm eager to try the Wolfie pickup but I know that I'll likely get a Grosh Blown 59 if the stock pickup doesn't impress me.
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And the neck has graphite rods for reinforcement, which is a plus in my opinion.
Pickup and bridge swaps will be straight forward for those so inclined to change those on the Striped Series. I know I'm eager to try the Wolfie pickup but I know that I'll likely get a Grosh Blown 59 if the stock pickup doesn't impress me.
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leftyaxeman
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I'd be all over it if it came lefty!
I'd be all over it if it came lefty!
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I wish lefties got more respect. In some ways, I was fortunate to learn to play right-handed even though I'm a southpaw like you.
Maybe you could send Fender an email and ask them about the possibility of a left-handed Striped Series. It would be interesting to hear their response.
I wish lefties got more respect. In some ways, I was fortunate to learn to play right-handed even though I'm a southpaw like you.
Maybe you could send Fender an email and ask them about the possibility of a left-handed Striped Series. It would be interesting to hear their response.
WoodGrain67
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I think that its smart that he's hitting the under-$1K market. Enthusiasts will love it, even though $900 for a MIM-strat-with-goodies seems steep to me. Still, I took a Sterling AX40 (basswood body and maple neck) for $550 and a $140 Frankenstein pup to make my $690 guitar for having fun playing VH songs.
Look for a cheaper amp in the next year once EVH sees how well the striped guitars will sell, maybe an overpriced Mustang-VH with specific presets.
I'm still waiting for the super-cybertronic EVH playing gloves to come out, so that I can just wear that tone on my fingers and not care what guitar or amp that I'm using.
I think that its smart that he's hitting the under-$1K market. Enthusiasts will love it, even though $900 for a MIM-strat-with-goodies seems steep to me. Still, I took a Sterling AX40 (basswood body and maple neck) for $550 and a $140 Frankenstein pup to make my $690 guitar for having fun playing VH songs.
Look for a cheaper amp in the next year once EVH sees how well the striped guitars will sell, maybe an overpriced Mustang-VH with specific presets.
I'm still waiting for the super-cybertronic EVH playing gloves to come out, so that I can just wear that tone on my fingers and not care what guitar or amp that I'm using.
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Say what? Who's closing down?
If you're thinking about Ibby sneaking the Prestige moniker, which had become synonymous with "Ibanez Japan", onto cheap Indo-made junk, that's just greed and a desire to push something like their J-custom moniker of the last decade, or the "Custom Made" inlay near the last frets from the 90s, onto what used to be the Prestiges, in parallel with a greedy price bump. Unless something happened in the 2 days since I last checked out their website, FujiGen Japan ain't going anywhere, seems to be doing well and is even launching and expanding its own, non-OEM owned brands - and that's the factory whose biggest-name current client Ibanez is the one responsible for the earliest and bigges push into IndoChina... Which, upon a closer look, was actually diverting from Korea, not Japan. For a lot of brands, their Japanese stuff is their "American Standard", if you will - the home turf, the top of the line stuff. Nobody's shutting that down when there's plenty of people willing to lay down often $2k or more on their main product line, and it's also that flashy stuff in the hands of good players that builds brand image and rackes in the dough sticking their logo on the simpler Corts and Samicks of this world.
Or, wait, do you mean to say Terada's going bust? I had just figured they had a planned move to Mexico for it long before the Pawn Shop series ever came out, and just contracted the guys building their offsets (and, for those outside the US, the rest of the CIJs) for a short, limited run to give the line some publicity, fix early teething problems with Japanese efficiency, and give the early models a nice quality bump - then cash in on the hype and sneak it off to Mexico. Are you just going by the events with Pawn Shop moving, or have there been serious announcements about wrapping up Fender CIJ and/or Terada leaving the business entirely???? ...cuz that would SUCK!
Say what? Who's closing down?
If you're thinking about Ibby sneaking the Prestige moniker, which had become synonymous with "Ibanez Japan", onto cheap Indo-made junk, that's just greed and a desire to push something like their J-custom moniker of the last decade, or the "Custom Made" inlay near the last frets from the 90s, onto what used to be the Prestiges, in parallel with a greedy price bump. Unless something happened in the 2 days since I last checked out their website, FujiGen Japan ain't going anywhere, seems to be doing well and is even launching and expanding its own, non-OEM owned brands - and that's the factory whose biggest-name current client Ibanez is the one responsible for the earliest and bigges push into IndoChina... Which, upon a closer look, was actually diverting from Korea, not Japan. For a lot of brands, their Japanese stuff is their "American Standard", if you will - the home turf, the top of the line stuff. Nobody's shutting that down when there's plenty of people willing to lay down often $2k or more on their main product line, and it's also that flashy stuff in the hands of good players that builds brand image and rackes in the dough sticking their logo on the simpler Corts and Samicks of this world.
Or, wait, do you mean to say Terada's going bust? I had just figured they had a planned move to Mexico for it long before the Pawn Shop series ever came out, and just contracted the guys building their offsets (and, for those outside the US, the rest of the CIJs) for a short, limited run to give the line some publicity, fix early teething problems with Japanese efficiency, and give the early models a nice quality bump - then cash in on the hype and sneak it off to Mexico. Are you just going by the events with Pawn Shop moving, or have there been serious announcements about wrapping up Fender CIJ and/or Terada leaving the business entirely???? ...cuz that would SUCK!
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...and as to the topic at hand, I must say : WHAAAAT??? C'mon guys seriously, you gotta stop salivating over anything sly ol' Ed routinely puts his name on. The guy's more of a one-man branding company than a musician these days, and his business sense outdoes his tone. Don't believe me? Great, that kinda proves the point. EVH's got you wrapped around his finger by the purse-strings, and you guys don't even realize it.
Remember Ed and Peavey? Who the heck would wanna do Peavey, of all things? EASY, they were simply the most desperate company willing to give him the fattest chunk of his signature items' exorbitant price tags. And, he saw that was pretty much tapped out, cue in about-face and a new line of get-the-real-deal EVH gear, in more collect-em-all colours shapes and varieties, from yet another company. Lol, it's like Pokemon.
Everyone by now knows the guitars he got famous playing, and these ain't it. Try custom-ordering a Destroyer-styled build with a Fujigen AlNiCo8 pickup (stunningly original name, there - yes, that's the actual product name, not a description!!!) from FujiGen's custom shop for something closer to the real thing, from the original makers of the real thing.
...and as to the topic at hand, I must say : WHAAAAT??? C'mon guys seriously, you gotta stop salivating over anything sly ol' Ed routinely puts his name on. The guy's more of a one-man branding company than a musician these days, and his business sense outdoes his tone. Don't believe me? Great, that kinda proves the point. EVH's got you wrapped around his finger by the purse-strings, and you guys don't even realize it.
Remember Ed and Peavey? Who the heck would wanna do Peavey, of all things? EASY, they were simply the most desperate company willing to give him the fattest chunk of his signature items' exorbitant price tags. And, he saw that was pretty much tapped out, cue in about-face and a new line of get-the-real-deal EVH gear, in more collect-em-all colours shapes and varieties, from yet another company. Lol, it's like Pokemon.
Everyone by now knows the guitars he got famous playing, and these ain't it. Try custom-ordering a Destroyer-styled build with a Fujigen AlNiCo8 pickup (stunningly original name, there - yes, that's the actual product name, not a description!!!) from FujiGen's custom shop for something closer to the real thing, from the original makers of the real thing.
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Quartersawn maple + basswood is actually a pretty sensible choice in its own right... the EVH-"branded" (read: Licensed/Designed-style) parts and the murky origins, however, are a letdown. And considering how we KNOW the guy's getting a big chunk of the price going straight to his pocket for his endorsement, it's by definition unable to achieve good value for money - since any competitor's offerring of similar design and wood choice would be much cheaper for not paying Ed, and as to the licensed parts, I somehow can't see anyone doubting that a simple solid OEM like Gotoh Japan's parts would around outperform this stuff.
What we're left with is a $900 guitar whose only first-tier feature is quartersawn maple. At an alright MIA/wicked sick souped-up MIJ price point.
Quartersawn maple + basswood is actually a pretty sensible choice in its own right... the EVH-"branded" (read: Licensed/Designed-style) parts and the murky origins, however, are a letdown. And considering how we KNOW the guy's getting a big chunk of the price going straight to his pocket for his endorsement, it's by definition unable to achieve good value for money - since any competitor's offerring of similar design and wood choice would be much cheaper for not paying Ed, and as to the licensed parts, I somehow can't see anyone doubting that a simple solid OEM like Gotoh Japan's parts would around outperform this stuff.
What we're left with is a $900 guitar whose only first-tier feature is quartersawn maple. At an alright MIA/wicked sick souped-up MIJ price point.
aleclee
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I was starting to wonder if I was the only one who was partial to the black & white.
