An old JP with a new twist

[AgustinJP50]

Hi guys, just wanted to share something I found today.
Some of you who have been on this forum for some time might remember this rare 22 fret, maple topped JP6 with a fixed bridge: IMG_1991a.jpg Photo by Octavarius | Photobucket
I found a couple of interesting pictures today that I hadn't seen before (not even when this guitar was discussed), here they go:
Production: IMG_1920a.jpg Photo by Octavarius | Photobucket
So there was more than just one: IMG_1932a.jpg Photo by Octavarius | Photobucket
In case anyone missed it from the previous picture, notice the angled headstock: IMG_1925a.jpg Photo by Octavarius | Photobucket
And an angled headstock usually means... Tada!: IMG_1985a.jpg Photo by Octavarius | Photobucket
So the Armada was the first production neckthrough EBMM, but it wasn't their first attempt at one.
Wonder why JP chose to stick with the bolt-on instead of a neckthrough and then, years later, what made him think about a neckthrough design for the Majesty, having previously dismissed it.
What do you guys think about that guitar now? Did anybody know it was actually a neckthrough? Or am I the only one that's surprised about this?

 

[phatdilac]

but it wasn't their first attempt at one.

 

[dave1812]

I've seen those Pics before. But I was wondering the same thing when the Majesty came out.
It would have been a cool Production Model though.

 

[MikeVt]

Yes - if it's the same one I think it is, it was an early prototype of a neck-through, with a diff scale as well. Those of us that went to the forum bash in 2005 got to handle it. It never went to production obviously. Here's a pic of me holding it....ugh...seems like a lifetime and a whole person's-worth of weight ago!



Mike

 

[xjbebop]

Very cool. I like little historical tidbits like that...

 

[GWDavis28]

Yes - if it's the same one I think it is, it was an early prototype of a neck-through, with a diff scale as well. Those of us that went to the forum bash in 2005 got to handle it. It never went to production obviously. Here's a pic of me holding it....ugh...seems like a lifetime and a whole person's-worth of weight ago!

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Mike

2005!!!!!!!!

Glenn |B)

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

If I remember correctly it had a shorter 24.75" scale instead of the standard 25.5" on the rest of the EBMM line.

 

[MikeVt]

If I remember correctly it had a shorter 24.75" scale instead of the standard 25.5" on the rest of the EBMM line.

I think you're right, Pete. I remembered the scale difference too, but I didn't remember if it was shorter or longer.

Mike

 

[Dr.Strangenote]

I would so use that 22 fret JP every single day..

 

[PaoloGilberto]

wooow
always wondered why JP did not choose from the beginning a neck through
and always dreamed of a neck through JP ))
now I have the Majesty and love it, I sold other guitars I had after ) (JP, Luke, JP Sterlings)
and consider now selling the JP7 for a Majesty 7 )

 

[MikeVt]

Funny....I'm not a neck-through fan AT ALL. I much prefer bolt-ons. I just like the fact that the bolt-on neck can be replaced, repaired, etc...with a minimum of fuss.

Mike