The new Ernie Ball Music Man Vault

[St_Genesius]

Y'all see this? EBMM is now selling their prototype and color tests direct from the factory. Nothing on there right now that threatens my wallet, but I LOVE the idea.

https://shop.music-man.com/

 

[Silence Kid]

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Damn. Hot pink Majesty or Prism Albert Lee for me. Someday. Maybe.

 

[St_Genesius]

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Have you seen that GC-exclusive green Albert Lee? It very much my brand of DUMB, but the price is, unfortunately, someone else's brand of dumb.

Damn. Hot pink Majesty or Prism Albert Lee for me. Someday. Maybe.

 

[Mincer]

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Wow, the Micro Prism Morse and Silhouette Special!

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Can't say that any of them float my boat...at any price.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Can’t believe how much I like this:

 

[Mincer]

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Music Man is a brand like Dean- you either get it or hate it.

 

[St_Genesius]

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You aren't alone. as far as I can tell, it was literally the first one to sell.

Wasn't me, for the record. Though I've enjoyed mine enough that I'm tempted to get another- probably an HH, though.

...probably.

Can’t believe how much I like this:

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[Chris Pile]

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Had a couple of Stingray basses back in the 80's - kickass stuff. Never have owned a Music Man guitar, but I worked on plenty - they are nice. That Majesty is a gorgeous piece of axe.....

 

[St_Genesius]

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Yeah, I get it. 3/4 of their models look like BS shredder wankocasters for dudes who haven't had an unmedicated erection since the Clinton adminstration.

But I love the idea of a mainstream manufacturer seeing up a website to sell their one-off experiments.

Can't say that any of them float my boat...at any price.

 

[B2D]

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Wow. They really will do anything to avoid opening up a custom shop, won't they? :laugh2:

 

[Silence Kid]

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I sort of don’t blame them - I notice EB has really great communication/cust. service. While it may be a coincidence and while it seems like a ‘simple’ thing to accommodate at least minor customer requests to an outsider, it seems like customer service seems to go out the window for guitar companies that decide to institute a ‘Custom Shop.’ Either that or it just brings out the whiners

 

[Mincer]

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I sort of don’t blame them - I notice EB has really great communication/cust. service. While it may be a coincidence and while it seems like a ‘simple’ thing to accommodate at least minor customer requests to an outsider, it seems like customer service seems to go out the window for guitar companies that decide to institute a ‘Custom Shop.’ Either that or it just brings out the whiners

I can see that being an issue. The thing is the words 'Custom Shop' implies that they can build anything. Fender's 'Custom Shop' will only build something that is Fender-derived. It essentially just mixes and matches different things that have appeared on past Fenders, and that's it.

 

[B2D]

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I sort of don’t blame them - I notice EB has really great communication/cust. service. While it may be a coincidence and while it seems like a ‘simple’ thing to accommodate at least minor customer requests to an outsider, it seems like customer service seems to go out the window for guitar companies that decide to institute a ‘Custom Shop.’ Either that or it just brings out the whiners

Until I get the ability to spec out MM guitars with the woods, finishes, pickups, frets, hardware and neck profiles I want, I reserve the right to ***** and moan.

I'd really just settle for the body wood choice, frets and finishes. everything else on most MM guitars seems to be dialed in really well.

 

[Mincer]

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I'd like to bring back 'Blue Dawn'.

 

[B2D]

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I'd like to bring back 'Blue Dawn'.

That was a nice one.

All I want is an AL HH in Pearlescent white, or the option to do a Y2D or silo special in a mahogany body. :/

 

[Mincer]

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That was a nice one.

All I want is an AL HH in Pearlescent white, or the option to do a Y2D or silo special in a mahogany body. :/

BOTH OF THESE!!!!

 

[Silver]

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The Silhouette Special is tasty.

The thing that always frustrates me about EBMM is the extremely limited colour options.

 

[St_Genesius]

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Here you go: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StVincentBD--ernie-ball-music-man-st-vincent-hh-blue-dawn

And in a shape that you definitely haven't repeatedly said you hate!

I'd like to bring back 'Blue Dawn'.

 

[B2D]

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BOTH OF THESE!!!!

See what i mean? I'm really not asking a whole lot. For the frets I'd be happy with whatever they use on the Petrucci models.

I'd even settle for maple/basswood on the Y2D