★ Modern Eagle MEGA Thread ★

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Steve, did you get every ME1 SC...?

Markie: "Hey Steve, you can't own 'em all."

Steve: "Hold my beer."

 

[11top]

Steve, did you get every ME1 SC...?

Lol.
Never had the ever elusive green one.

 

[Herr Squid]

Lol.
Never had the ever elusive green one.

Ah. I forgot there was emerald. Was one ever actually sighted in the wild? Or did it just exist in the catalog?

 

[Herr Squid]

OK, I didn't catch the ration of crap that I was kinda fishing for in my puny prior posts. Ah well.

Without further ado, here are some betterer photos to please Hans (truth be told, I think his are nicer).

There may be better Modern Eagles, but this one is mine. It's a first run, 2006 build date. The neck is a milk chocolate brown, smooth as silk. The fretboard and headstock have some pretty wild figuring to them, these photos make it look like the surface of the fretboard is kind of a moonscape. It's really not that lumpy, though the grain is quite open.

I've retrofitted this one with 59/09 pickups (love em!) and lampshade knobs. The color is Slate, not as iconic as Faded Blue Jean, but I love this color on this top.

 

[Silvertree]

OK, I didn't catch the ration of crap that I was kinda fishing for in my puny prior posts. Ah well.

Without further ado, here are some betterer photos to please Hans (truth be told, I think his are nicer).

There may be better Modern Eagles, but this one is mine. It's a first run, 2006 build date. The neck is a milk chocolate brown, smooth as silk. The fretboard and headstock have some pretty wild figuring to them, these photos make it look like the surface of the fretboard is kind of a moonscape. It's really not that lumpy, though the grain is quite open.

I've retrofitted this one with 59/09 pickups (love em!) and lampshade knobs. The color is Slate, not as iconic as Faded Blue Jean, but I love this color on this top.

That’s beautiful!

 

[Silvertree]

First year ME1

I love this guitar so much.

 

[Black Plaid]

Ah. I forgot there was emerald. Was one ever actually sighted in the wild? Or did it just exist in the catalog?

I swear I saw someone here on the forum post theirs.

 

[Black Plaid]

2012 NOS Me 1

OG ME 1

 

[Jazzedout]

Guys these are all stunning!!!
BRW necks rule!!

 

[ViperDoc]

OK, I didn't catch the ration of crap that I was kinda fishing for in my puny prior posts. Ah well.

Without further ado, here are some betterer photos to please Hans (truth be told, I think his are nicer).

There may be better Modern Eagles, but this one is mine. It's a first run, 2006 build date. The neck is a milk chocolate brown, smooth as silk. The fretboard and headstock have some pretty wild figuring to them, these photos make it look like the surface of the fretboard is kind of a moonscape. It's really not that lumpy, though the grain is quite open.

I've retrofitted this one with 59/09 pickups (love em!) and lampshade knobs. The color is Slate, not as iconic as Faded Blue Jean, but I love this color on this top.

DUDE.

I THINK SLATE WITH AMBER KNOBS ALONE IS ONE OF THE BEST-LOOKING FINISHES OUT THERE. BUT WITH THAT BRAZILIAN WAVE AND 25TH ANNIVERSARY EAGLE? FML. TMM. OMG.

 

[Herr Squid]

2012 NOS Me 1

OG ME 1

I always thought those 2012 ME1s were a great score: OG woods from the 2005 time frame, plus the updated hardware and pickups!

 

[WA Paul]

Gone, but never forgotten

I modified the recipe for this one

 

[11top]

I always thought those 2012 ME1s were are great score: OG woods from the 2005 time frame, plus the updated hardware and pickups!

I only have one ME1 with RP pups. All the others were switched out (mostly 59/09s with original RPs in the case pockets).

 

[11top]

The fretboard and headstock have some pretty wild figuring to them, these photos make it look like the surface of the fretboard is kind of a moonscape.

I‘m a huge fan of that figuring in BRW. I sent some similar fret board blanks to PRS for PS builds, but that’s the best fret board I’ve seen on a ME1. Beautiful.

 

[11top]

Some of the early ME1s had really nice “black” BRW necks. This is the back of my charcoal SC:

 

[Andrew Paul]

First year ME1

SORRY 11............ That's a 12 TOP !!!

 

[Andrew Paul]

SOOOOO Many Absolutely stunning Modern Eagles in this thread! Here are my two:

 

[Kiwi]

Modern Eagle Quatro, photographed by my friend David Campbell (who's even better at playing guitar than taking pictures!):

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

I wish Tom ( @Serious Poo ) was still around. His ME1 is a personal favorite.

 

[Andrew Paul]

Modern Eagle Quatro, photographed by my friend David Campbell (who's even better at playing guitar than taking pictures!):

That top is ridiculous!!!