Unboxing My Most Important Guitar

This might be the most important guitar I own, and I can't believe I finally have it now! Forever thankful. If you like what I do and want to support me even further, send me a message for guitar lessons, or for transcribing a song for you, session work, ghostwriting, re-amping, production, or general guitar maintenance and tech (Vancouver only)!
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[@BataraKado]

i owned a white lexi model over ten years ago, build quality was insane... cant believe alexi is gone r.i.p

[@EricMorettin]

RIP indeed. Legends live forever though

[@SeanDiegoOfficial]

Congrats, man! Super happy for you and loved hearing your story about chatting with Alexi. I've got two Edwards Alexi models(Scythe & Arrowhead) and love them very dearly. As far as his Jacksons go, Bodom played a gig for Spinefest 2002 and had a party at their rehearsal space afterwards and the following morning, they discovered that Alexi's two main Custom Shop Jackson's were gone. At this point in time, Fender had just bought Jackson/Charvel and were in the midst of lots of changes, I believe even moving facilities? Regardless, Jackson said they wouldn't be able to make a replacement guitar for Alexi for at least a year and ESP told him like 2 months or something along those lines.

[@tankdarla637]

Thats exactly what I was told too. However I also heard that Fender did not take over Jackson/Charvel and did not interfere with their ways because Fender is not stupid.

[@TerranMacKay]

So stoked for you dude this looks absolutely killer!

[@EricMorettin]

Thank you my man! Can't wait to put miles on this

[@pistolpaul1]

Ooooh woooow!!! That guitar is stunning!!! Many congrats on owning such a beauty! Also, brilliant vid, super cool tee and amazing riffing as usual! Bravo Eric 👌🏻👍🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks Paul! Much appreciated! Full demo coming soon

[@tejay9416]

Great video Eric , even sicker guitar dude thing looks mint!!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks 🤘🤘

[@tejay9416]

@@EricMorettin I'm not sure if you remember me this is Tate from Hammarskjold LMAO, glad to see you're doing well tho man hope everything else is good too! 🤟🙏

[@EricMorettin]

@@tejay9416 I remember you bud! Hope you're also doing well 🤘

[@philfrank5601]

I cannot believe it arrived undamaged with zero padding around the box case!...that case fits perfectly, though. Congratulations!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! I was stoked (as you could tell) for the same reason haha. Although this is the SV case, it clearly works for the lawsuit Alexi shape that's only available in the JDM.

[@ak1969]

Absolutely beautiful guitar.

[@EricMorettin]

🤝🤘

[@LicksoftheLegend]

That’s really cool man! I knew it was gonna be an Edward’s just from the lead up of you talking but I had no clue they did an Alexi model.

[@EricMorettin]

Oh yes they did, and have many Alexi models that have the "correct" body shape and colour schemes.

[@JamesFlorio-ti8gc]

That guitar looks incredible 😮🔥🔥🔥💯

[@EricMorettin]

It's a beast!!!

[@fatalbroadcast]

I got the Blackie Edwards,...not sure the year,.....it was the one year they put a Duncan Blackout pickup in,....it did have the pickup booster when I got it,....it isn't standard Rhoads shape,.....I had the boost disconnected, and put the passive Dimbucker in mine,...as the Blackout was way too loud for me

[@EricMorettin]

Nice! Alexi ran the blackout for a while before coming back to passive EMGs. I can only imagine how much gain he was running with the blackouts and the gain boost. Dimebucker would sound awesome in that guitar!

[@DanielBobke]

Pink is not my thing, but I love the sawtooth inlays. Glad you got what you wanted!!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! Inlays are super sick in person

[@rickbrunet2559]

Really sick looking and sounds good!!!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! These guitars sound and play so great

[@gearhead2017]

If you dont look at the headstock you would swear it was an esp or an ltd,sweet axe eric

[@EricMorettin]

Believe it or not, I've heard from owners of ESP standard and Custom Shop builds that Edwards guitars are on par with those aforementioned guitars.

[@troyskinnard1393]

Beautiful guitar!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks 🤘

[@JD-vj4go]

Congratulations! I've wanted one for years but they don't sell them in the US so I'm awkwardly and poorly converting an Alexi 200 to a Pinky.

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks! You have to get these from Japan! Sometimes they come up in North America on the used market.

[@IndyRockStar]

to each his own.

[@freebzz]

Andrew Baena coming in clutch

[@EricMorettin]

He's a very great friend 🤝

[@Giant_Guitars]

Love it. Great video. Subscribed 👌

[@EricMorettin]

Thank you 🤘🙏

[@jonsierra723]

Omg so cool. That’s my favorite version of Alexis guitars

[@EricMorettin]

Mine as well!

[@jonsierra723]

@@EricMorettin full demo coming soon? Yeh yeh???

[@EricMorettin]

@@jonsierra723 oh yeah. Currently recording some tunes with it

[@tankdarla637]

my friend has one identical to that , he said Alexi actually played an edwards so this guitar is more authentic than the extremely expensive custom shop esp version that Alexi never actually got to play. I don't know if thats true, if it is its very similar to Randy Rhoads because Randys guitars were tecnically prototypes and he never got to play the final version they built for him and went with. I am a Jackson freak I want to find out Alexi's Jackson specs were and see if I can mod an existing single pup Rhoads, I have seen un official Alexi Jacksons maybe I can get one of those. i have a Jackson polka dot Rhoads even though Randy did not its still more authentic Randy than other Rhoads models until the new RRVS arrive soon but those I am sure going to cost at least $7000 and there is only a few dozen music zoo exclusive and I am sure they are already sold. My polka dot was a production model in the earlier 2000s and extremely rare for some reason. I have only found 4 ever, including mine and I look for Jacksons everyday. Edwards has been around forever and they are top notch, they make better Gibsons than Gibson does lol

[@joedrt0013]

Play on McDuff... Play on 🤘😜👍💯 Jst got 1 of my HAD TO HAVS... Hot rodn my oldun now... Nice ax man!!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks!

[@HeathanzSinzBand]

awesome!

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks 🤘

[@BaenaCarcosa]

AW SHUCKS

[@EricMorettin]

THANKS B 🤌😩

[@kevinleahyjr1977]

What do you think of the" xvive v3 metal pedal??? $80???" 2012ish

[@EricMorettin]

Never tried it, or heard of it, so I have nothing to say on that product

[@omgwtfbbq2011]

nice looking bit of kit , curious the scallops are they beyond the 12th fret onwards if i saw correct? do they go at a gradient or all the same. awesome video bud

[@EricMorettin]

@@omgwtfbbq2011 fret 20-24 only, and thanks!

[@omgwtfbbq2011]

@@EricMorettin awesome stuff, super beautiful guitar.

[@EricMorettin]

@@omgwtfbbq2011 thanks! Outside of sentimental reasons/association, this guitar plays and sounds so good.

[@omgwtfbbq2011]

@@EricMorettin nice to hear it does look like a beast , id wanted to get one of the esp es for a while but way too expensive. who knows maybe one day

[@EricMorettin]

@@omgwtfbbq2011 Edwards guitars are made in the same factory that makes E2 guitars, which is the esp standard line

[@spongebob6664]

How much was the purchase? The cheapest I can find this sweet bb is for about 1350, on Reverb. The American custom shop paint job fails compared to the finish on this guitar.

[@EricMorettin]

That seems like a good price before shipping and duty from Japan. I've only seen pictures of the ESP model and it looks great as well!

[@spongebob6664]

@@EricMorettin i just noticed that the standard shipping for said guitar is like 250☠️☠️ do the inlays glow in the dark?

[@EricMorettin]

@@spongebob6664 they do not since they're not made of luminlay technology.

[@tankdarla637]

I heard that Alexi played single EMG Hz passive humbucker and a boost of some kind originally, is that true?

[@EricMorettin]

He played Jackson guitars branded passive pickups in his old Jackson RR guitars with the integrated Jackson preamp. He then switched to EMG when he went to ESP with his own unique preamp that is similar to the Jackson one. Then went to Seymour Duncan blackouts for a bit, then back to EMG and eventually designed the ALX set.

[@kongssund]

Congrats on a sick guitar. Got an edwards lpc myself and they are really good quality guitars :)

[@EricMorettin]

Thanks, they're amazing guitars! Excellent build quality

[@Razrback]

So does China

[@Razrback]

But people talk shit about China hmmmmmmm

[@EricMorettin]

I bet a lot of people don't want to know where their brand new 8k OLED TV is made.

[@slagmaggot]

I like it, i have a jackson RR 5 , and a china replica Jackson Concorde, ever see a Vinnie Vincent double vee? They are pretty crazy and pink also

[@EricMorettin]

Yes I have seen the Vinnie Vincent model and it's sweet. Not sure how many of those are in the wild!