JP's Touring BFR's and rig (pics inside)

[richb]

Is it just me or does it look like the Silverburst has a rosewood fretboard? I thought the two that were made have ebony.[/QUOTE]

Yup both have Ebony boards def does look like rosewood in that pic,the lighting can play tricks on your eyes for sure..
Richb

 

[Bluepicasso]

Which one is this one? It's the cover of the new young guitar, which is a japanese magazine.

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[petruccirocks02]

Which one is this one? It's the cover of the new young guitar, which is a japanese magazine.

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Now that thing is sick! I wish EBMM would put a color like that on the BFR JP's.

-Phil

 

[ProtoChicken]

Now that thing is sick! I wish EBMM would put a color like that on the BFR JP's.

-Phil

Maybe they will announce some new BFR colors at NAMM?

 

[DaPatrooch]

That's the first good pic I've seen of that guitar, thanks! That is sick. I can't tell, does it have any ebony or rosewood fretboard?

 

[RocketRalf]

It looks like the 20th finish to me.

Also, no LoneStar this time around?

 

[ScoobySteve]

It looks like the 20th finish to me.

Also, no LoneStar this time around?

Maybe he has a different international touring rig? Not sure.

But for all his G3 affairs he toured solely with the Road King series II and an extra for backup, plus his usual rack mounts.

Not sure, could be different.

 

[bkrumme]

Maybe he has a different international touring rig? Not sure.

But for all his G3 affairs he toured solely with the Road King series II and an extra for backup, plus his usual rack mounts.

Not sure, could be different.

Changes up his rig with every tour. The main effects stay pretty much the same, but he's switched from Mark IVs to Road Kings and back a couple times.

 

[petruccirocks02]

Maybe he has a different international touring rig? Not sure.

But for all his G3 affairs he toured solely with the Road King series II and an extra for backup, plus his usual rack mounts.

Not sure, could be different.

The G3 tour that was JP, JS, and Vai, he used the Road King. They were series I. After that G3 tour, when he played with JS, and Paul Gilbert, his rig consisted of his Mark IV's and some rack effects and whatnot.

-Phil

 

[Hendog]

It looks like the 20th finish to me.

Also, no LoneStar this time around?

Oh yeah! I just glanced the first time and a mistakenly took the wood CII+ for his Lonestar.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

That's the first good pic I've seen of that guitar, thanks! That is sick. I can't tell, does it have any ebony or rosewood fretboard?

can't tell about the fretboard, but it definitely has pickup rings on it. Interesting to know what that is. Maybe it was a exclusive BFR for Japan?

 

[bkrumme]

can't tell about the fretboard, but it definitely has pickup rings on it. Interesting to know what that is. Maybe it was a exclusive BFR for Japan?

I'm not seeing the pickup rings you're talking about. I see the normal route for a BFR.

 

[ProtoChicken]

I'm not seeing the pickup rings you're talking about. I see the normal route for a BFR.

+1

Perhaps all your early morning left handed Photoshopping has caused permanent eye damage?

 

[leftyguitarblue]

I'm not seeing the pickup rings you're talking about. I see the normal route for a BFR.

here, I blew up the pic a bit, maybe you are right. Maybe it's the lighting, or the small pic, but it looked like the rings to me.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

+1

Perhaps all your early morning left handed Photoshopping has caused permanent eye damage?

could be!

 

[Hendog]

Petrucci does not use pickup bezels. He doesn't like them.

 

[bkrumme]

Petrucci does not use pickup bezels. He doesn't like them.

I remember seeing something on one of the DT DVDs about that. There's a functional reason why he doesn't like them but I can't remember what it is.

 

[ProtoChicken]

I believe he said he thought he got better tone with the pickup directly mounted into the body as opposed to being suspended by pickup rings. Doesn't the prototype he plays on the Score DVD have pickup rings? It's this one right?

 

[bkrumme]

I believe he said he thought he got better tone with the pickup directly mounted into the body as opposed to being suspended by pickup rings.

That would make sense. You get better tonal transferrance from the wood of the guitar with a direct mount.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

I believe he said he thought he got better tone with the pickup directly mounted into the body as opposed to being suspended by pickup rings.

yes, plus he likes to tuck his pinky finger in the bridge routing a little for wrist support.

BUT he did have a prototype BFR on the Score DVD that had the rings.