I Found A RARE Van Halen Inspired Guitar!!!… For An INSANE Price!

[@JohnnyBeane]

Sweet guitar man!

[@jayguitar]

Thanks dude! I'm loving it! A change of strings and and setup later - WOW! Stunning guitar! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@JohnnyBeane]

@@jayguitar Nice! I played one and it was great! Merry Christmas Jay!

[@robt6127]

Christmas came early for Jay. Funny knowing how many guitars he has and he still gets as giddy as any OF us for NGD!

[@iddddaduncan]

Look at all those beautiful axes!

[@duckydrummer6331]

What a beauty! Sounds great too.

[@MichaelKennedy-e3x]

Wow Jay i started following you years ago. All things Lynch! Glad to see your getting deep into EVH! We are so blessed to be from that era of music EVH Lynch Randy Warren etc. Rock on my brother! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@Scottocaster6668]

Ive had my Amber Quilt '02 Peavey Wolfgang since 2004. The best guitar ive owned! Good for you Jay, Xmas comes early👍🏻 This will be the best playing, sounding guitar in your arsenal!

[@jayguitar]

Way cool! Well, thats another one on my list now! I have to have all three makes right???!!! 😂 Yep, Christmas come early for sure! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@Scottocaster6668]

​@@jayguitarMerry 🎄Christmas to you!

[@zukiryder05]

Those are sweet guitars! I love them. I own two of the axis. I definitely want one of these new ax40 models. You got a hell of a deal. Great video.

[@imajestic3330]

yes you do have a few fiddles lying around and they are all beautiful.

[@HeyDavidV]

I think you are going to put "Panama" on it. Also can't believe you scored that guitar at the price! That was a lucky score! 🤘🤘

[@jayguitar]

I know right?! Stunning price - too good to pass up! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@eduardosci1909]

Really good rock tones! Thumbs up, of course!

[@iddddaduncan]

Nice quilted maple

[@jayguitar]

Thanks! Yeah it very pretty! I was really impressed with the quilt top. It is a veneer, but a very very good one. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@jimmyz2098]

Swweet guitar! Sweet visuals and rockin' tunes! As always.... great vid, Jay! Keep on rockin,' Brother!

[@jayguitar]

Thanks man! I appreciate it! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@jordiumethar4963]

Beautiful guitar, I'm in love 🥰🥰 😂😂😂. Runaround is one of my favorite Van Halen songs from the Sammy Hagar era... I can't believe the price!!!😳😳😳🤩🤩

[@jayguitar]

Thanks Jordi! I love that songs too man! Such a great riff! 😃 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

We've been watching that beard getting longer and longer for a couple of years now. Are we going to start hearing some ZZ Top on the channel? 😉 Happy Christmas, brother.

[@jayguitar]

Haha!!! Yeah, I've noticed that as well! I was watching the videos from the beginning of the year and it was a lot shorter! I look like Santa Claus right now 😂 Ooooh! Some ZZ Top - that would be cool! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@matt926uk1]

I’ve heard by second hand information direct from Yamaha that the hs-5 monitors don’t sound their best in horizontal orientation.

[@jayguitar]

Ah interesting - I have the older HS80s - they sound great in this orientation and have severed me well for many years 😊 🙏 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@matt926uk1]

@ that guitar is the find of the decade btw, would love a music man or sterling myself but am still really happy with my two evh wolfgang specials, they are great guitars. Merry Christmas!

[@RichardGutierrezRG]

Ok, I have always heard that the body shape was designed for Albert Lee, who played teles, but he really liked a strangely shaped guitar that was named the Axis. When MM got EVH to endorse a guitar, they started with and refined the shape of the Lee guitar. It went on to be named the EVH, then later became the Axis after the endorsement was terminated. Ed loved the guitar and mistakenly thought he owned the design, the custom made pickups...everything but found out after he left (or thrown out because of an affair, according to Valerie) that he didn't, nor could he take any part of the guitar with him.

[@vintagetone22]

Wow nice guitar.christmas came early for you my friend.happy holidays.🌹👍👍🙏❤

[@jayguitar]

Thanks dude! Yes, Christmas day already! 😃 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@danrao3707]

Great score Jay! I’d do the exact upgrades as you. Love the Gotoh 1996 and you can never go wrong with ToneRider. I’m going to guess your decal will be the classy 1955-2020 angel wings. Although “No Bozos” would match well with the red. That would look great on the back. Looking forward to your next video. Rock on brother!

[@MarbsMusic]

Awesome guitar!

[@TheAdilson65]

WOW, excellent!

[@jayguitar]

Thanks man! I appreciate it! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@countzero5150]

I never liked the way the upper horn was shaped on the musicman eddie guitars, very telecaster-ish, I always liked the peaveys the most. They are exceptionally nice guitars though and the sterlings are great too.

[@jayguitar]

You know, I totally get where you're coming from. I was always the same. Having the guitar now though - I must say, I do like it a lot. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@Murphy_R9]

It is very tele shaped because originally it was going to be for Albert lee and his signature EBMM guitar called the Albert lee AXIS! EBMM already had that body shape when eddie came along. so they showed it to EVH when he came onboard and he liked it. if you google EBMM EVH prototype you will see a pic of EVH playing a real early model and it has axis on the headstock!

[@countzero5150]

@@Murphy_R9 that's a really cool bit of Eddie lore. I didn't know that, thank you for sharing.

[@Murphy_R9]

@@countzero5150 Yeah and what is really strange is albert lee went with that really weird shape for the body for his sig guitar? it looks kind of like a half star or something? EBMM knowing he played tele's all those years thought Albert was after something very tele inspired but he was not at all! If you look at the EBMM Albert Lee guitar it is very, very far from a tele!😅

[@MetalKillsRap2]

If they would put the toggle switch back to where Eddie had it on the bottom horn I’d get one.

[@Murphy_R9]

Those are amazing guitars for the money! I have the AX40D which is the version that comes with the custom wound dimarzio's that are exclusively in the EVH or AXIS. Sterling only offered this version for one year. If you look online for Sterling AX40D you can see what i am talking about.

[@jayguitar]

Very cool! I had wondered if this was the D model as I had read about it. I'm guessing that the D variant is pretty rare. I have changed the pickups to the Tonerider Panama set now - wooooo! They are screaming! Totally awesome! Its like the guitar'd lungs have been opened up! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@Murphy_R9]

@@jayguitar Yeah like yourself i got lucky and found a store that had two brand new ones left and was clearing them out cheap! I Paid $425 shipped with a EBMM gig bag. mine is the quilt cranberry burst finish. which is like a dark blood red color. you got a crazy good deal on your red one. They are extremely great guitars for the $$$ and of a high quality overall! Even the stock trem does not really need to be replaced but the Gotoh 1996t is always a great upgrade!

[@arun7837]

Lots of new guitar days 👀

[@jayguitar]

Ha! Yep - much gear has arrived at the studio this year brother 😊 🙏 You must come over and check some of it out someday 🤘 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@bifbassman]

Really nice ✌️

[@jayguitar]

Thanks man! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@Murphy_R9]

Yes SWEETWATER is now selling these new but there are some changes from the older ones. The Body is now made from"JABONE" not basswood like on the older ones. Jabone is a basswood substitute and tonally there is no difference also the floyd locking nut is is now top mounted so they screws do not go through the neck on the Sweetwater ones. On the older ones the mounting is through the neck.

[@jayguitar]

Ah thats interesting and thanks so much for the info about the build. I had very briefly seen them but hadn't read the spec. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@Murphy_R9]

@@jayguitar Yeah the changes are not that big a deal to be honest. the Jabon body wood is the same thing as Basswood tone and weight wise and the locking nut mount being a top mount is sometimes considered better? Mine has the through neck mount for the locking nut.

[@rf1316]

I bought a Firefly off Guitars Garden its way better than I thought it would be

[@jimmyz2098]

I got that axe too. I literally could NOT beleive it after unboxing it, tuning it, and getting it to settle in some. The thing absolutely SMOKES!! Igot the amber one. And I want to grab the Red one when they finally release another batch of those. Also got 2 different of the Firefly Stripe Series. OMG Even better. Firefly is CRUSHING IT!

[@jayguitar]

Oh coooool! I have been looking at the Firefly guitars too! I emailed the company to see if they ship to the UK but no reply. OH well. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

I remewmber when these came out, think there was an orange flame top too

[@jonhaworth2692]

Got a lovely blue one on EBay for £180👍

[@richardwright345]

How many guitars are too many?

[@jayguitar]

Ha! Trick question.... you can never have enough guitars 😃 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@51char]

I’m guessing the decal will be 918V

[@stevedahl]

Why not get a USA Axis ?

[@geraldbrigner1832]

I thank you mite put JP 1

[@jayguitar]

😃😃😃 Thanks Gerald! I appreciate it brother! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘

[@imajestic3330]

That is sweet

[@robertcosta394]

316 decal???

[@robertlevasseur8896]

Indonesian? Sounds great.

[@Murphy_R9]

Yes they are all indonesian made.

[@jayguitar]

Yes, correct 😊 Really well build - I'm super impressed with it! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 😊 🤘