Your dream Instrument?

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday May 30, 2011

I am wondering what your dream instrument is? Whether it be drums, guitar, bass, keyboard, or whatever instrument.

Mine is a custom made Earnie Ball Music Man Axis. I want it to be vintage sunburst with a maple fingerboard and maple head stock.

Similar to this. There are some slight mods I would do to it.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday May 30, 2011

I have the quilted maple in butterscotch.

http://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/axis.html

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday May 30, 2011

They are beautiful guitars, Joe. I wanted one for a long time.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday May 30, 2011

Jules used to have 3 of them. The guy up in Northern Cambria, used to be called Obsession Guitars, is/was a dealer for Axis.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday May 30, 2011

I been looking at some on line places like Guitar center and the like. I'm not sure if Rainbow Music sells them or not. It will be a while before I get one, so I have plenty of time to keep looking around, and dreaming lol.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday May 30, 2011

You know the DiMarzio pickups that come with the Axis, only come with the Axis and are not sold separately on the market. They are very aggressive yet warm pickups.

The only thing I wish I could change is that there is no tone control.

This guitar was originally personally designed by Eddie Van Halen for Ernie Ball. The DiMarzios were also personally designed by Eddie too. I guess part of the agreement was not to sell them separately on the market.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Monday May 30, 2011

yep, a tone/volume push/pull knob would be one of the mods. The thing with me is that I never really use the tone nob. I set it to high and let it there.

Dimarzio's are nice pickups. The Basswood makes a nice warm sound as well. I only ever played one one time, at ford music. I don't remember how they got one. I wanted to try it out after seeing Eddy Van Halen playing one in the Don't Tell Me What Love Can Do video. I instantly fell in love with it and wanted one ever since. That reminds me, I want to find a EVH patch for my hd500. Anyway, it has been my dream guitar for a while now.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Monday May 30, 2011

I am thinking of getting one of these PRS Custom 24 Killer Quilts...50 made. Korina back with quilted maple top and rosewood headstock. I like my korinas, but they don't have that maple top chirp sound that i get from my Custom 24.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday May 30, 2011

Jeff, that is sweet, I would just go with 22 frets.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Monday May 30, 2011

undercoverjoe wrote:Jeff, that is sweet, I would just go with 22 frets.

I am so used to 24 frets that I don't use anything else anymore. You'd be surprised how well those extra frets sustain on a PRS.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday May 30, 2011

lonewolf wrote:
undercoverjoe wrote:Jeff, that is sweet, I would just go with 22 frets.
I am so used to 24 frets that I don't use anything else anymore. You'd be surprised how well those extra frets sustain on a PRS.

Oh, I believe you, its just my clumsy fingers don't work so well on those tiny last two fretboard spaces.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday May 31, 2011

Those custom 24's are nice guitars.

sstuckey · Post by **sstuckey** » Tuesday May 31, 2011

undercoverjoe wrote:
lonewolf wrote:
undercoverjoe wrote:Jeff, that is sweet, I would just go with 22 frets.
I am so used to 24 frets that I don't use anything else anymore. You'd be surprised how well those extra frets sustain on a PRS.
Oh, I believe you, its just my clumsy fingers don't work so well on those tiny last two fretboard spaces.

Don't feel bad I struggle with frets 1 through 24. Apparently guitar playing is better suited for guys who don't have short stubby fingers! ha ha ha ha Therefore my dream instrument would be a custom 11 piece Tama Star Classic. Bubinga wood, double bass, "Type-O Negative" green with all black lugs n rims. I wouldn't give up my Ludwig snare, cuz that thing is one bad mutha huh Jeff?! ha ha ha Full Cage (black of course) all black stands and Paiste cymbals. I also like my shiny new Zildjian hi-hats so I'm keepin' them as well. Jeff can also verify the ass-kickedness of those hats!

lynch1 · Post by **lynch1** » Wednesday Jun 01, 2011

mine would be the J Frog Skeleton guitar used by George in the Dream Warriors and It's Not Love videos. Next would be the Kamikaze guitar, which I should be getting as soon as American Music Supply gets more in.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jun 01, 2011

J-Frog are really cool guitars. I remember Lynch using them before he went with ESP. Although the Lynch ESP is the same thing with a different name.