JP6 With JPXI Bridge?

[Twilight Zodiac]

So yesterday I saw that there is a new color JP6, but I also noticed that it had the JPXI bridge. Is that going to be the standard bridge for the JP series now? That would be awesome! Just wondering.

 

[brokenvail]

Not trying to hijack but what is the jpxi bridge? If there was a bridge change I can see them making it across the board like when JP changes pups or strings.

 

[jakedawgwhite88]

I see what you're talking about on that silver jp6 on the music-man website. in an effort to to avoid the trem post bolt touching the high e string or the saddle the post bolt has been moved out a bit, or so thats what it appears to be.

 

[yellowv03]

Yeah on the JPXi they redesigned the bridge so the treble side post is a little further out. Apparently there was a problem on trem dives where the high E saddle could hit the post. Makes sense they would do it across the board if they already redesigned the trem. Although I see it as a problem that doesn't exist anyway. The amount you have to dive bomb the trem to hit the post is ridiculous.

 

[DaPatrooch]

Yeah, I guess it makes sense to just put that trem on all the JP guitars. Is it a new color though? It looks like Sterling Silver to me.

 

[73h Nils]

Yeah, it looks like Sterling Silver.

 

[yellowv03]

It's chrome. The silver paint is just reflecting in it.

 

[dmcguitar]

its the sterling silver paint job... new to the model perhaps... pearl white is gone now... if only they added an ebony fretboard

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Just as an FYI, White Pearl (color 47) and Sterling Silver (color 59) are still available to order.

 

[Twilight Zodiac]

Older thread but, I have seen some new JP6's on Drumcityguitarland and they have what looks like the JPXI bridge...and they are lefty!


Very cool.

 

[MrJJoncas]

True.They have few I think.

Ernie Ball/Music Man John Petrucci 7 Sky Blue with Piezo , JP Inlay, Matching Headstock Left Handed 7-String Electric Guitar

 

[yellowv03]

Holy crap if that sky blue jp7 wasn't wrong handed it would be so awesome.

 

[RocketRalf]

I suspect, looking at the music-man page, that all the JPs were updated wit the new bridge. The JP6 ant the JPX pictures show the new bridge.

 

[Roxy]

I've never experienced any problem with the original design. I like the more contoured look of it too, although it's hardly noticeable. I didn't notice a difference until it was pointed out in this thread. Even then, I had to figure out what you guys were talking about.

 

[mesavox]

I only ever noticed the posts hitting the saddle on my 7 strings (although this doesn't happen on my JPX7.. it all had to do with where intonation settings of any given guitar left that high e saddle.) I'd imagine that even if it was just the 7 strings that had the problem, they'd opt for as universal a design to keep things as simple as possible.