EBMM Abasi Kaizen

[OneTwoThrill]

Yeah EBMMs might as well be unobtanium for you Europeans. I've seen the markups over there and they're bonkers.

The design has grown on me over time, and I like the wild colors. But I don't think I'd pull the trigger on one without trying it out first, and that's not gonna happen here in Halifax. Maybe if they put out an 8 string version.

Regretfully as you mentioned it, in europe we can afford a custom shop guitar for less than an EBMM manufactured in series. Really frustrating for some references and no chance to sell it after some time if want another.

An over-frustrated European.

 

[xzacx]

member since 2006, never heard of Animals as Leaders. That's crazy

I've heard of them many many times, I've just never listened because that's not the kinda thing I'm into.

 

[StevenC]

I've heard of them many many times, I've just never listened because that's not the kinda thing I'm into.

What is the guitar in your avatar, and how well would the pink Kaizen match it?

 

[Sermo Lupi]

The target demographic is someone who gets hands-on with it and writes things like...

"so essentially you can create a whole cascade of harmonics that just produce a multiplicity of possibilities"

Tosin, is that you??

 

[xzacx]

What is the guitar in your avatar, and how well would the pink Kaizen match it?

It’s a Custom Shop SL7, and it would absolutely match the pink Kaizen—whether it did or not haha.

 

[NoodleFace]

These things are so fuckin ugly jesus christ

 

[StevenC]

It’s a Custom Shop SL7, and it would absolutely match the pink Kaizen—whether it did or not haha.

I managed to find one picture of it in a tgp thread!

 

[Viginez]

These things are so fuckin ugly jesus christ

its a bit weird how they combined a classic headstock with a hyper modern body design

 

[Wucan]

Finally had the chance to try out a Kaizen in a local store. BRF quality for sure. High grade flame on the roasted neck, which is smooth with just a little grip to not slip. Immaculate frets. The Ember finish is INSANE in person, not my color of choice but the sparkle is so pretty. Despite all the frills it's a light guitar, very comfy and easy to adjust position. Sadly didn't have much time to play with pickups or abuse the trem to say anything new. And I love the multiscale even on the 6, I prefer playing on 24.75 but this felt no harder to manuever despite the longer bass side.

Yeah damn, between all the EBMMs I've played the Kaizen is up there for sure, fantastic guitar. But too bad the price tag is just too much even for my GASsy ass so I'll be waiting forever for a deal on an used one.

 

[nightsprinter]

Finally had the chance to try out a Kaizen in a local store. BRF quality for sure. High grade flame on the roasted neck, which is smooth with just a little grip to not slip. Immaculate frets. The Ember finish is INSANE in person, not my color of choice but the sparkle is so pretty. Despite all the frills it's a light guitar, very comfy and easy to adjust position. Sadly didn't have much time to play with pickups or abuse the trem to say anything new. And I love the multiscale even on the 6, I prefer playing on 24.75 but this felt no harder to manuever despite the longer bass side.

Yeah damn, between all the EBMMs I've played the Kaizen is up there for sure, fantastic guitar. But too bad the price tag is just too much even for my GASsy ass so I'll be waiting forever for a deal on an used one.

What sucks about the cult of ebmm at least in the bass world for stingrays is that people always want a lot of cash for them regardless of year of mfg. I'd love to own an ebmm guitar one day but the buy-in is nuts

 

[Wucan]

What sucks about the cult of ebmm at least in the bass world for stingrays is that people always want a lot of cash for them regardless of year of mfg. I'd love to own an ebmm guitar one day but the buy-in is nuts

Electric-wise older EBMMs aren't all that expensive. Often see JPs and Silhouettes selling in the ~1500 CAD range so just over 1K USD. I only paid 1000 CAD for my JP6 4 years ago.

 

[nightsprinter]

Electric-wise older EBMMs aren't all that expensive. Often see JPs and Silhouettes selling in the ~1500 CAD range so just over 1K USD. I only paid 1000 CAD for my JP6 4 years ago.

Yeah I'd be in on a 1000 CAD eb for sure

 

[JimF]

They've held their value in the UK pretty well unfortunately. I wouldn't mind having one but they're still out of my budget for a frivolous purchase.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

I recently tried a 6 and 7 string kaizen locally and the body shape is pretty comfy. Very thin and nicely contoured. EBMM always have excellent feeling necks. I still fucking hate the pickup setup though. The tuners are kind of hard to get at and use ime. I wish they'd either committed to regular tuners or just eschewed the headstock for a headless design tbh.

 

[MikeH]

I'll be honest, I hated these from the moment I saw them. Weird shape, weird tuners, just not my bag at all. But I sat down at GC recently and played one, and let me just say...

I get it. One of the best playing guitars I've ever put my hands on.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

According to Nick at Axe Palace the Kaizens are getting discontinued in their current colors. They're probably going to release new colors.

 

[somethingsomething]

According to Nick at Axe Palace the Kaizens are getting discontinued in their current colors. They're probably going to release new colors.

Maybe he meant the original line of colors? They just released a bunch of new finishes. But EBMM does cycle through finishes pretty frequently.