Help! Fake Music Man JP6 w/piezo - 2001

[topten guitars]

Hi,
I'm going to buy a MM JP6 guitar on Ebay (USED condition) but I'm not sure it's a legitimate guitar, I also have doubts about whether the microphones are the originals.

Can you please help me decide if I should buy the guitar?

One of the photos shows the back of the headstock shows a legend of very light letters, which can not be read ... but which indicates the origin of the guitar.
The Serial Number is 5222770861

Regards

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

From what I can see in your photos it looks real and the pickups appear to be the original custom-wound DiMarzios (used until 2006/2007). You should ask the seller for the serial number and have EBMM check it for you in this thread http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-ball-music-man-guitars/3830-serial-production-date-guitar.html

 

[DrKev]

The Serial Number is 5222770861

The guitar looks real but no, that's not the serial number, (too many digits).

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

The guitar looks real but no, that's not the serial number, (too many digits).

Correct, I believe that may be part of the ebay item number?

The serial stamped into the neckplate of a JP guitar made in 2001 should be somewhere around G15### - G18###

EDIT: found the listing, it looks good to me. That was a steal at $1100

2001 Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci JP6 w/Piezo Mystic Dream | eBay

 

[tbonesullivan]

I don't see anything that would indicate it was fake. I have no trouble reading the writing on the back of the headstock, and you aren't going to see birds eye maple necks and mystic dream flip flop finishes on knockoffs.

The writing on the back is usually the same color as the writing on the front of the headstock, in this case gold.

 

[banjoplayer]

The writing on the back is usually the same color as the writing on the front of the headstock, in this case gold.

wow, never got this, I asked about it a long time ago, didn´t get a satisfying answer and never knew why sometimes the printing on the bacck on the headstock is in black or gold or something else...

 

[tbonesullivan]

I'm assuming they are decals, so they probably have a sheet made for each particular guitar. Since they are all off the same sheet, they would be the same color.

 

[DrKev]

I'm assuming they are decals, so they probably have a sheet made for each particular guitar. Since they are all off the same sheet, they would be the same color.

Music Man do not use decals. All the headstock logoing and lettering is silk screen printed.

 

[jones4tone]

Music Man do not use decals. All the headstock logoing and lettering is silk screen printed.

I did not know that! Nice nugget, DrKev. I’ll have to go give mine a close look now.

 

[tbonesullivan]

Ahh.. that makes more sense. Changing paint colors would be an extra step, so they make them match.

 

[spychocyco]

Wish I had seen that deal before it ended. Then again, maybe I don't. Spending $1,100 on myself in December is probably not the best idea I've had.