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Candy Red or Egyptian Smoke?

While I love looking at the reds and blues, my choices when I consider buying always come back to greys and blacks...



So, for me I'd go Egyptian Smoke...




If I played guitar, of course... :p
 
Egyptian Smoke all the way Pete. It has a "green highlights" it it, very awesome in person. Very hard to photo, in most photos it looks too grey.
 
Well, I prefer ES, but it's a very popular color. You don't see many JPs in CR.
 
My Satriani is in Candy Apple, so I always try to get a new color. I'd like the Egyptian Smoke in a JP7 (with the whole mystical 7's Egyptian theme in mind). I've seen it in person once, and it does look much better than the photos.
 
Well! I would say Candy red...I just bought one in rad red, and the reds seemed to attract more attention, but ES is nice also.:D
 
If I didn't get my black JP... then I would have gone for mystic dream, but then straight after that comes red, it definitely looks awesome. I can imagine the mkII will look even better in red.
 
be easier with pics :-)

HOW ABOUT NOW!?!?!?!?!

Candy-Smoke.jpg


Candy-Smoke-Necks.jpg


One of these is coming home with me today.


LOOK AT THOSE FRIKKIN NECKS! :D
 
Neither personally. I'm not much of a red guitar person, and Grey doesn't do it for me either. Sorry about the lack of enthusiasm for those colors, but you asked
 
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