Would you buy this guitar???

[phillybri]

If for no other reason than it looks pretty cool? Quite a dilemma...

[matcom]

1. not with all that medical tape on it no

:D

[phillybri]

5. That's paint, matcom....

:-)

[matcom]

13. ahem

yeah, i know.

j.o.k.i.n.g.

[phillybri]

20. Ouch...sorry...

:dunce:

[tekriter]

18. Is it falling apart? Is that why it's all taped together??

:evilgrin:

[galadrium]

2. Hell yeah!!!

a music man axis... eddie striped... go for it

[galadrium]

3. How Much?

[phillybri]

8. Check it out on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3722473654&category=2384&sspagename=rvi:1:1

[mr_hat]

4. I like the design OK; I think it would work better with >

a darker fretboard, though. Or maybe the fretboard needs more dramatic inlays. Yeah. That would do it.

[Commendatori]

6. No, you can find kits to do that

Eddie Van Halen-style decorative kits aren't hard to find. That look would be okay on a Strat or something from B.C. Rich, but not on a Telecaster or whatever that is.

[toddzilla]

10. that's either an ernie ball axis, or a peavey wolfgang.

n/t

[phillybri]

12. OLP MM1: the knock-off of the Ernie Ball Axis....

I just got one w/ the translucent purple finish. Great guitar...

[Commendatori]

14. I'll take your word for it, but

in either case it doesn't have that "loud and proud" look that you get from something like a Flying V or other such guitar where that sort of design fits better (in my opinion only, of course).

The real test is whether the guitar, outside of its looks, is a good value for the dollar. I'd prefer my own design to someone else's in any case.

[Maine-i-acs]

7. It's a hell of a lot better than this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=4165227120&rd=1

[phillybri]

11. Holy shit!

:puke:

[BiggJawn]

29. Whoa!

Never have to worry about Melissa borrowing THAT one!

[HEyHEY]

9. There ain't nothing cool about that guitar

[Emboldened Chimp]

15. No fucking way...

It's an Eddie Van Halen knock off. He's so 80's....and his guitars were never cool to begin with.

Never go by what a guitar looks like; go by how it SOUNDS.

[phillybri]

17. I already have one of these and it sounds phenomenal...

n/t

[Emboldened Chimp]

ok, but is still LOOKS like shit...

really, it's corny as hell.

[tridim]

19. BUT he can play "eruption" on it!

I loved that song when I was a kid until I learned how easy it was to play. I felt scammed.

[Emboldened Chimp]

22. yeah, me too

EVH is WAY overrated, imo.

[XNASA]

16. I don't think it looks cool at all.

It looks like something that somebody in a longhaired C*ck-Rock band would play.

Does it come with a free pair of spandex pants?

[thestatusquo]

21. I agree

I agree XNASA, very poison-esque. One shouldn't buy guitars for how they look anyway, what's important is how they sound. For credibility reasons, I will mention here that I do play the guitar.

[XNASA]

23. Let me be one of the first, if not the first DU'er to say....

Welcome to DU.

It's always great to have another guitarist in the fold. There's quite a few of us here.

Here's a pic of me with my Tele....

[Feanorcurufinwe]

26. If it sounds cool when you play it, it will look cool.

[Bake]

24. No way

I didn't like 'em when EVH was cool, and I don't like 'em now.

I prefer something like a road-worn Strat (brownie sunburst),a goldtop LP, or a vintage Martin herringbone. Something that (a) sounds fabulous, and (b) has some mojo!

Bake

[Taverner]

25. But I'm not Eddie Van Halen

Now you might be able to get away with a Sunburst Gibson Les Paul if you're not Jimmy Page, or a Gibson Hollowbody Tonemaker if you're not Wes Montgomery...and you could even get away with a right handed guitar strung lefty if you're not Jimi Hendrix...

But Eddie kinda made this his calling card...

[southpaw]

27. No... but then, I'm a bassist...

But my understanding is that the Ernie Ball/Music Man Axis is quite nice for rock-n-roll playing...

The retro-EVH stripe job is a matter of taste...

[charlie]

28. I wouldn't

Budget models invariably have those tinfoil Floyds that rust and break easily. And if you're someone who actually uses a Floyd, the neck needs to be built to stand some heavy duty flexing, which isn't often the case.

[ForrestGump]

30. I'd prefer this...

Especially if I could play it like this dude:



Especially if I was backing this dude: