Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

[sosomething]

IIRC somebody here had an original 4-pickup EBMM Morse and I'm very curious to know their detailed impressions on it, both positive and negative.

I've been offered a mint Steve Morse from the original run + cash for a guitar I have for sale and am strongly considering the deal.

Is it anything like a Tele (in tone or feel)? That would be a plus, for me...

 

[sosomething]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

nobody?

 

[tone?]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

I don't own one but played a few
the ebmm necks are to die for awesome but a bit narrow

the poplar body was kinda heavy and not resonant in the way I would like
poplar doesn't sound as airy as I would like
plus all those pickups and do hickies on the morse guitar is totally overkill

must be the absolute stupidest model ebmm created
I mean it is so out there that who else but steve morse want it or buy it??
Unless you play morse tunes all the time

just my two cents

nice guitar no doubt but it's too off the beaten path

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

I think Butch Snyder had one.

 

[sosomething]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

Thanks!

I'm wondering if this isn't the kind of axe I could really use to expand the palette of my band's instrumental sounds...

I think I'm gonna go for it unless something better comes along first.

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

Thanks!

I'm wondering if this isn't the kind of axe I could really use to expand the palette of my band's instrumental sounds...

I think I'm gonna go for it unless something better comes along first.

Whatcha offloading?

 

[sosomething]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

The infamous SG Junior of Deeeewwwwm.

I just have too much redundancy in my stable right now and am dying to try something different.

With all the recent talk of "munchkin-hand nut widths" I actually went out and looked it up - the EBMM nut width of 1-5/8" is only 1.7mm thinner than my Tele at 1-11/16".

We made all that racket over the difference between 43mm and 41.3mm. That's like... less than this: > <

So as a result, my EBMM gas went through the roof...

 

[tone?]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

That little space of wood you mention makes a HUGE difference in our hands

I remember once reading about string gauges and the difference between 9's and 10's is hard to nothing tension wise but our fingers are so sensitive that we percive it as alot larger

from experience I can tell you it's true

remember these are instruments we are talking about not furniture
tiny things matter

 

[jeremy]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

yup, that .0625" makes a noticable difference.

they are cool guitars but i dont like the way they sound. it could work for your stuff though. a tight focused sound that might fit in the mix pretty well.

 

[B2D]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

yup, that .0625" makes a noticable difference.

Yep, it's not much on paper, but then again neither is .009 vs. .011. I love the EBMM nut widths, but then again i have midget-carny hands that smell of cabbage.

I like how the SM's feel, but all those switches and knobs for the 4 pickups drive me nuts. I like the 3-pickup SMY2D versions guitars better.

VS.

 

[JaySwear]

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i sold a beautiful purpleheart and ebony neck because of that fraction of an inch just couldn't get over my fingers running into eachother. although i can definitely see how it would not matter to some people. they're the lucky ones. they can go from a giant baseball bat sized neck to an ibanez wizard one with no problems. i'm definitely NOT one of those people though

 

[sosomething]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

I hate thin necks like Jackson and Ibanez use, but I can be versatile within reason.

For instance, I don't have much trouble going from the '59 profile on my 339 to the '60s slim taper on my SG Classic, or from the 24.75" scale length of either of those guitars to the 25.5" scale length of my Tele..

One thing that might make it more comfortable for me is the fact that the SM has a 12" fretboard radius like literally all the other guitars I own at the moment.

I think I'm gonna give it a shot.

If I just can't vibe with it, I can get out of it for the same money I'll have in it. Wouldn't be the first nice guitar I sold to break even.

One thing that'll kill it for me is if the tone is just dull or thin or lifeless and it's intrinsically part of the guitar. If the tone is happening, I can get over practically anything else. If it's not, it's gone. Period.

 

[J Moose]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

I played one, only one I've ever seen in person, very briefly in a GuiTarget a year or two ago and really didn't like it.

Didn't like the way the body felt, didn't like the neck. Didn't like the crazy switching. Didn't like all the pickups that left me no room to pick anything... the middle pickup on a strat gets in my way and the Morse was 1000 times worse. Overall it felt & sounded like a hot-rodded mexi-caster... which is cool if you're into that sorta thing.

It was a nice looking piece of firewood IMO. Maybe it was Monday guitar.

The right guy might love it... but i'm not that guy, nor am I Steve Morse.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

IIRC somebody here had an original 4-pickup EBMM Morse and I'm very curious to know their detailed impressions on it, both positive and negative.

I've been offered a mint Steve Morse from the original run + cash for a guitar I have for sale and am strongly considering the deal.

Is it anything like a Tele (in tone or feel)? That would be a plus, for me...

Sounded great.

Couldn't keep it because I can't play on 1-5/8" nuts.

You needed to put the humbuckers way down otherwise they would mess up the magnetic field of the single coils. The single coils were great, in particular the bridgeish one. The humbuckers are garbage.

Steve's switch right below the strings doesn't work for me. I would have re-wired it with a 5-position blade switch and get rid of that thing.

I still have an unused creme-colored pickguard that doesn't have the hole for that silly below-strings switch. Looked much better with it.

Best fretwork.

Recessed tone-o-matic == winish. Still thing string-through is probably better.

 

[sosomething]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

I played one, only one I've ever seen in person, very briefly in a GuiTarget a year or two ago and really didn't like it.

Didn't like the way the body felt, didn't like the neck. Didn't like the crazy switching. Didn't like all the pickups that left me no room to pick anything... the middle pickup on a strat gets in my way and the Morse was 1000 times worse. Overall it felt & sounded like a hot-rodded mexi-caster... which is cool if you're into that sorta thing.

It was a nice looking piece of firewood IMO. Maybe it was Monday guitar.

The right guy might love it... but i'm not that guy, nor am I Steve Morse.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

Mexi-caster??

Seriously?

Have you played other EBMM models?

 

[uOpt]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

BTW, yes the thing is definitely a glorified Tele IMHO.

 

[sosomething]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

BTW, yes the thing is definitely a glorified Tele IMHO.

Well now THAT I can totally vibe with. I love Teles and am very comfortable with them.

My interpretation of moose's comments were that he thought it felt and sounded like a hot-rodded mexican fender e.g. of middling quality with a lot of crap on it.

Hot-rodded Tele >>> just right for Adam

mucked-up mexican fender >>> not right for Adam

 

[uOpt]

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The MIM comment is definitely unfair. Just the feel of the neck (apart from the unusable nut width) with perfect fretwork, perfect sides and the (non-)finish doesn't fit.

Also, the paint on the body is poly but it is very thin and not armour like in Mexico.

The Tele vibe comes from the neck, scale length, hardtail, no sissy belly or elbow cuts and a fattish single coil in the (more or less) bridge position of a hardtail.

For high-gain work that is "modern style" (let's say Morse, Vai, Satriani, Pertucchi) the humbucker's are not bad. I never tried putting in other pickups as it was clear I couldn't keep it.

 

[tone?]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

I kinda agree with moose
the guitar is retarded lol
I mean it is totally built for one person only
it has no contours which sucks but has a strat shape
the pickups are insanely laid out
and the poplar sucks assss

lol

sorry no ofense I just think it is hilarious why ebmm won't make a 11/16 nut and won't budge on that as an option or make their bodies a but larger but they mass produce an instrument that is from mars???


Well at least the specs are

and the worse most pittifull thing is that they do have the best fretwork and necks in the business. It drives me crazy!

I asked em why they don't have a custom shop the other day and they almost killed me!!

Lol

 

[J Moose]

Re: Who here had the EBMM Steve Morse model?

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

Mexi-caster??

Seriously?

Have you played other EBMM models?

Yup. One of my friends has an early EVH & an Axis, both of which are great instruments.

Also played quite a few Silhoutes and they're pretty cool... as are the basses... Sting Rays & stuff like that. One of the best I've ever come across was a Petrucci baritone that was owned by the man himself & given as a gift to an old friend of mine... who traded it for a bunch of line 6 pedals. A rather sad story for another time... but whatever.

Anyway, I saw the Morse & had always wanted to play one... and it took about 3 minutes for me to put it back on the rack. I always wondered why I never see anyone playing them, and the reasons why were clear pretty much immediately.

It was NOTHING at all like a Telecaster.

Maybe hand geometry is similar...

Dude, its got a tune-o-matic bridge and dual cutaways...

How could it sound like a Tele???

The clearest memory I have of the thing is that it felt terrible and was a strat with too many pickups.

Maybe it was a dog... I dunno...

But how many people have you ever seen playing them? Besides Butch...