jeffrey
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I just got my guitar this morning (thanks Pete!). The case is very nice, I wish they were all this nice!
The guitar, acoustically (how I test everything first) sounds very, very good. Nice and woody, very punchy. The neck feels like a slightly different profile to me, although it could just be some weird perception of my own due to it being painted or something (who knows). Speaking of the painted neck, it's very smooth, no problems at all. It's not sticky or tacky like Gibsons, for instance.
The lower horn being more cutaway is great for me. I have big farmer-sized hands and arms, so the more clearance the better. I was a little worried that the forearm cutaway wouldn't be as nice since the previous one was so scooped out, but really (so far at least) I didn't even notice (which is a good thing).
I only played it plugged in so far through my Pandora PXR4 here at work. It's fairly easy for me to make a comparison to my standard JP7 since I play it through that all the time.
Comparitively, the easiest way to put it is: more of the same. It's got a lot of the same characteristics of the JP7, just a bit more punchy, a bit more presence, a bit more sing-y on the top end. So far I'm really impressed. I can't wait to take it to the band room and really run it through the paces.
I only have one problem with it and it's a problem I've had on both my JP7's to date (it was fixed on one, the other I haven't sent in): the low B string is dragging the fingerboard behind the nut (see picture at the bottom of the post, sorry for the quality, it was taken with my phone). It's actually starting to break through the finish a bit, but it's still really minute, though it probably shouldn't touch at all.
As of right now, it's not causing me any tuning problems, so I'm not really worried about it. And, really, I just got the thing! I really don't want to have to send it ALL the way back to EB and wait a month or whatever for it to come back. They are busy folks, I respect that, and if I can live with it for now, I probably will (unless of course it's causing tuning problems). Hopefully the Blackburst one I'm waiting for won't have this issue as well. If that's the case, then I will probably send the Walnutburst back and get it fixed, I'll have at least one BFR to play in the interim!
Regardless of that small issue, I'm very, very pleased. Well done Sterling, Brian and Scott.
The guitar, acoustically (how I test everything first) sounds very, very good. Nice and woody, very punchy. The neck feels like a slightly different profile to me, although it could just be some weird perception of my own due to it being painted or something (who knows). Speaking of the painted neck, it's very smooth, no problems at all. It's not sticky or tacky like Gibsons, for instance.
The lower horn being more cutaway is great for me. I have big farmer-sized hands and arms, so the more clearance the better. I was a little worried that the forearm cutaway wouldn't be as nice since the previous one was so scooped out, but really (so far at least) I didn't even notice (which is a good thing).
I only played it plugged in so far through my Pandora PXR4 here at work. It's fairly easy for me to make a comparison to my standard JP7 since I play it through that all the time.
Comparitively, the easiest way to put it is: more of the same. It's got a lot of the same characteristics of the JP7, just a bit more punchy, a bit more presence, a bit more sing-y on the top end. So far I'm really impressed. I can't wait to take it to the band room and really run it through the paces.
I only have one problem with it and it's a problem I've had on both my JP7's to date (it was fixed on one, the other I haven't sent in): the low B string is dragging the fingerboard behind the nut (see picture at the bottom of the post, sorry for the quality, it was taken with my phone). It's actually starting to break through the finish a bit, but it's still really minute, though it probably shouldn't touch at all.
As of right now, it's not causing me any tuning problems, so I'm not really worried about it. And, really, I just got the thing! I really don't want to have to send it ALL the way back to EB and wait a month or whatever for it to come back. They are busy folks, I respect that, and if I can live with it for now, I probably will (unless of course it's causing tuning problems). Hopefully the Blackburst one I'm waiting for won't have this issue as well. If that's the case, then I will probably send the Walnutburst back and get it fixed, I'll have at least one BFR to play in the interim!
Regardless of that small issue, I'm very, very pleased. Well done Sterling, Brian and Scott.
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