JP15 Owners: Would appreciate your feedback

[charlie7]

The only JP model I have owned was a 2005 JP6 in lava pearl, and had to sell it for unfortunate circumstances. So I am looking to buy again, and the JP15 Has my interest. I have alays loved how the neck feels and how stable the tremelo is as well. I don't have any experience with the Akoume tone wood or any roasted necks before.

Is the 2026 JP15 significantly a brighter sounding guitar than the older JP's made from basswood, rosewood fretboards?
How would you describe the tones you are getting from your current JP15?

Thanks.

 

[Pott]

My JP15 wasn't brighter than my regular JP6. If anything I found the sound a little thicker, with more sustain overall and warmer overtones. It's still bright enough to be clear and the pickups are also not what I'd call dark, but it's overall a balanced instrument.

Honestly the best word I could use to describe how my JP15 sounded was 'great'. There wasn't ever anything I couldn't change by tweaking EQ knobs.

The trem is like any other competent 2-point floating trems. Stable until you abuse it. It's not a double-locker.