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Greg, they a mahogany body a few years ago with the 2012 PDN Honey Roast - mahogany body, roasted maple neck, pao ferro fretboad - and nobody complained about the JP6 sounding dark.
Greg, they a mahogany body a few years ago with the 2012 PDN Honey Roast - mahogany body, roasted maple neck, pao ferro fretboad - and nobody complained about the JP6 sounding dark.
Greg, they a mahogany body a few years ago with the 2012 PDN Honey Roast - mahogany body, roasted maple neck, pao ferro fretboad - and nobody complained about the JP6 sounding dark.
My concern here is if the body is just a slab of mahogany, that guitar is going to sound darn muddy even with the maple board and especially with the LiquiFire engaged. If it doesn't have even a plain maple top, I hope the standard JPs stick with basswood. The problem with basswood, then, is it looks like poop with a transparent finish. So... mahogany with a transparent finish or basswood with a solid finish? Still too many questions I need answered before I drop $2500. I would love to just get the BFR but it will be way out of my price range. I just bought a JP7 last month, for crying out loud.
Hmmm... I might stick with my original plan of saving for either a JPX or white Majesty. I love maple boards so much, but an all mahogany body on a guitar with already dark sounding pickups doesn't really appeal to me. Maybe if I save up long enough I can still find a BFR with the quilted maple top and maple board. Thank God for eBay.
Here are some more pictures: PDN Neptune Blue
A.J. I am sorry to sound like a broken record, but I am a tad confused. Luke III with a maple neck but not any sort of Morse? It sounded like there may have been a change of heart for Lukather, is there any chance for Morse to give the get go on an all roasted neck? I would jump on that like a spider monkey. (feel free to ignore me, I am tired)
(not towards AJ) I had been aching for a Luke for a while, but when I got on one, I found that I was not actually partial to the neck profile.
I just got a rosewood silhouette, and my Y2D is obviously rosewood fret board. But as much as I love the Rosewood neck of my Silhouette, I am not a huge fan of rosewood fret boards. Even then, the Morse has the most comfortable neck, with the silhouette in my close second.
First off, Mahogany Bodies are the farthest thing from Muddy. There is no such thing as a "muddy" tonewood, you're either not playing through good enough pickups, or through a good enough rig to be hearing muddy tones out of a Mahogany Bodied Guitar. There's a lot of assumptions being made on your part about the woods being used here, and since I own a Roasted Honey JP6 I can directly attest that muddy isn't what it is.
That's a video I made using it the week I got the guitar, Liquifire most of the time until the end. And if you're looking to spend 2500, you do realize that raising that budget slightly more will get you in BFR range easily right? Scrapping a wonderful guitar for pickups you might not like is hilarious too, you can order a new Dimarzio to your preference and swap it out. Pickups are $70 on average.
I wouldn't risk hoping to see if one of these pops up in the wild, this is the first and possibly only time you'll be seeing a maple boarded JP ever. I'm not risking NOT owning one.
Hey AJ! Are pick guards colors option to or just black like the honey burst PDN?
Thank you
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Thanks for the video, but it's sort of hard to appreciate the guitar over the pre-recorded music, but I think I get the point.
In my *personal opinion,* too much mahogany makes a guitar too dark. The maple neck/board will help that. I prefer a bit of spank and sizzle to complement the depth of the mahogany.
I love the LF/CL pickup combo, but they are aggressive pickups, which can be difficult to tame so they don't sound like mud in the wrong instrument and amp settings. If I'm spending more than $2k (approaching $3k) on a guitar, I'm not looking to swap pickups like if I were buying a $500 Mexican Strat. The stock pickups in a guitar that price should be an ideal match. If not, I'm looking at another instrument that better suits my needs.
A BFR is a possibility depending on my budget at the time and if they're still available. I'm trying to get a couple of adjunct teaching jobs at local colleges to help fund a new guitar. I really don't have the kind of disposable income to afford the array of MM instruments you own. I prefer having fewer high quality guitars than an entire army of mediocre imported crap. So, when I buy a guitar, every part of it needs to be "correct" for me.
TBH, maple fretboard on the PDN JP aside, the one JP model I am eyeballing the hardest is the JPX-6. The five-way pickup selector and the chambered body intrigue me more than any feature on any other JP model. Plus, the slimmer design of the 10-13 JPs, aesthetically, seem like the perfect rock guitar; a total evolution of the Strat. The traditional JPs are a bit chubby looking. I would love to be all-in on the Majesty, but I can't quite bring myself to fall in love with faux carbon fiber etching and the candy colors. The white one is the least off-putting, but I'm still not in love with it. Losing the carbon fiber and using more of the sparkle finishes would probably seal the deal for me. But, hey, I'm not John Petrucci, and no one is asking me to design a guitar.
My concern here is if the body is just a slab of mahogany, that guitar is going to sound darn muddy even with the maple board and especially with the LiquiFire engaged. If it doesn't have even a plain maple top, I hope the standard JPs stick with basswood. The problem with basswood, then, is it looks like poop with a transparent finish. So... mahogany with a transparent finish or basswood with a solid finish? Still too many questions I need answered before I drop $2500. I would love to just get the BFR but it will be way out of my price range. I just bought a JP7 last month, for crying out loud.
alright, someone get Steve Morse on the horn and get the ok for a maple fretboard. He ok'd the darklord, why not this?
Lot of misunderstanding on what wood is being used on this guitar. Mahogany is a general term for many species of wood. You are confusing African Mahogany with the more commonly understood South American Mahogany. South American Mahogany is very dense and heavy. African is actually quite the opposite. Tonally speaking its closer to Alder than SA Mahogany. Its very light. The Suhr Modern Satins are ALL African Mahogany including the neck and those come in between 6 and 7 pounds. So, it will be less compressed and will very vocal with a very balanced tone.
No problem! Let me know if you want some clips, I'm spending most of the summer working and jamming out so I can record some clips no problem!
I totally hear that, The JPX7 I have is my favorite out of everything I've owned thus far. It's the most versatile in my opinion and the chambering only adds more depth and dimension to any notes you play on it! I think you'll definitely be happy with the JPX7, and trust me if this were available on the Anniversary Models I'd be all over a JPX
I'm really blessed to own what I own and what I have, I hope you get something from this run that you dig! It's cool too because you can just pay a deposit, and then once it's ready pay off the balance and I'm pretty sure there's a couple guys and dealers that offer financing too to help that out! Good luck dude!
Steve Morse doesn't quite strike me as not "down-to-earth". The dude wears wolf cut-off t-shirts, I don't know if it gets more down to earth than that.