DaPatrooch
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Today I took a ride up to Guitar Center, and low and behold, on the wall was a 25th with the SICKEST top I've ever seen on a guitar. It was like a flamey quilt, I can't really describe it, but it was awesome. It had a rosewood fretboard and trem. I immediately asked a salesman to take it down and let me try it.
I plugged it into a Dual Rectifier, and without any tweaking, I was in tone heaven. The sound and sustain was unbelievable, it sounded better than my JP. It was so warm and full, it sounded amazing for rock and metal. The neck is awesome too, I like it as much as my JP's neck, though it is thicker and rounder. I love all the pickup combinations you can get. I found that I liked the full humbuckers better in series and the split coils better in parallel. I've never really used the Vintage trem before, but it was very nice. I loved the body shape and the arm contour felt much better to me than the Axises I've played.
I'm just restating what everyone's been saying about this guitar, go out and play one! Bottom line, it was the best sounding and one of the best feeling guitars I've ever played. This is definitely at the top of my GAS list!
Oh and another thing worth noting: they had a StingRay5 Stealth and it looked amazing, so if you're thinking about getting a JP Stealth, just do it!
I plugged it into a Dual Rectifier, and without any tweaking, I was in tone heaven. The sound and sustain was unbelievable, it sounded better than my JP. It was so warm and full, it sounded amazing for rock and metal. The neck is awesome too, I like it as much as my JP's neck, though it is thicker and rounder. I love all the pickup combinations you can get. I found that I liked the full humbuckers better in series and the split coils better in parallel. I've never really used the Vintage trem before, but it was very nice. I loved the body shape and the arm contour felt much better to me than the Axises I've played.
I'm just restating what everyone's been saying about this guitar, go out and play one! Bottom line, it was the best sounding and one of the best feeling guitars I've ever played. This is definitely at the top of my GAS list!
Oh and another thing worth noting: they had a StingRay5 Stealth and it looked amazing, so if you're thinking about getting a JP Stealth, just do it!
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