So today I went in to my local Guitar Center, expecting to test out the standard JP's and the JPX to see which one I wanted to purchase. Now because I love unfinished necks from my personal experience with my Jackson, I'm thinking this whole time that the regular JP6 is going to be my axe, and I would be asking GC to put an order in for a fully loaded JP6 in White. Well, I walked in to the store with my Pops because I love to have his feedback before making such a huge decision.
I look on the wall and at the top I see a JP12. Never before have I seen a JP11 or a JP12 at my local GC so I figured, "You know what? Lemme give this new neck radius a shot." To my surprise, I couldn't put the guitar down. What felt like ten minutes was an hour in reality, and my Dad was just like, "So what? Are you gonna buy it yet?" I set the guitar down and picked up a regular JP in El Dorado Gold just to feel how the aesthetics felt and to basically compare the major differences of the guitar. To be honest, I was choking all over the place. My mistakes really shined, and I wasn't feeling that "inspiration" that I was feeling from the 12. Although there were things about the JP6 I loved, for whatever reason I was playing like I never played before on the 12, and my Dad noticed it as I was playing the regular JP6. He told me, "You played like a monster on that 12, on this one you just aren't yourself." At that moment I realized, the JP12 was the guitar for me, and I NEVER expected to purchase it.
Guys, I have lurked around on this forum since 07, and have LONGED for a Petrucci since I bought an OLP back in 05 and realized at the time when I was in 7th grade that I bought a fake, not realizing that Music Man was the legitimate company. Yes, I was young and naive. My Jackson has definitely held me through and will continue to keep that guitar in my tool box, but after purchasing the JP12, my life long dream has finally happened, and I can honestly say that I now own a guitar that I am truly in love with, and one that inspires me to play better than ever.
My thanks go out to Mr. Petrucci, Mr. Sterling Ball and the Ball family, and all who were involved in designing and creating these wonderful instruments. You have won another musician over, and I must say I don't think I can ever own another guitar unless it is a Music Man. The craftsmanship is out of this world, and the tones I am receiving are like none I have heard from any guitar I have ever played.
So with that my friends, I present to you the axe!
I look on the wall and at the top I see a JP12. Never before have I seen a JP11 or a JP12 at my local GC so I figured, "You know what? Lemme give this new neck radius a shot." To my surprise, I couldn't put the guitar down. What felt like ten minutes was an hour in reality, and my Dad was just like, "So what? Are you gonna buy it yet?" I set the guitar down and picked up a regular JP in El Dorado Gold just to feel how the aesthetics felt and to basically compare the major differences of the guitar. To be honest, I was choking all over the place. My mistakes really shined, and I wasn't feeling that "inspiration" that I was feeling from the 12. Although there were things about the JP6 I loved, for whatever reason I was playing like I never played before on the 12, and my Dad noticed it as I was playing the regular JP6. He told me, "You played like a monster on that 12, on this one you just aren't yourself." At that moment I realized, the JP12 was the guitar for me, and I NEVER expected to purchase it.
Guys, I have lurked around on this forum since 07, and have LONGED for a Petrucci since I bought an OLP back in 05 and realized at the time when I was in 7th grade that I bought a fake, not realizing that Music Man was the legitimate company. Yes, I was young and naive. My Jackson has definitely held me through and will continue to keep that guitar in my tool box, but after purchasing the JP12, my life long dream has finally happened, and I can honestly say that I now own a guitar that I am truly in love with, and one that inspires me to play better than ever.
My thanks go out to Mr. Petrucci, Mr. Sterling Ball and the Ball family, and all who were involved in designing and creating these wonderful instruments. You have won another musician over, and I must say I don't think I can ever own another guitar unless it is a Music Man. The craftsmanship is out of this world, and the tones I am receiving are like none I have heard from any guitar I have ever played.
So with that my friends, I present to you the axe!
