New baby has just born

[Gywhard]

New baby has just born [JP6 with pics, and some questions :P]

I'm talinkin about my first ball, a fully loaded JP in pearl redbusrt colour.

I just love this guitar
Here are three beautiful shot that i took this afternoon!
Gywhard's slideshow on Flickr

The playability is amazin, it just seems that the guitar plays itself (or should I say Herself? )


I've only two little questions.
the first one is that, I noticed that when the tremolo arm is inserted it has a little bit of excursion up and down, question of 1,5 mm max, is it normal?
The las one is that after about 2 hours of experimentins and heavy abuse of the whammy bar (lol, and hell YEAH the guitar staid PERFECTLY in tune ) it felt a bit loose, i mean that i fall down without staing where i put it.
I saw the little screw when dive-bombig the bridge pointing the tremolo arm hole, with what can I tight it?


Thanks a bunch to everyone
PS: This guitar is simply amazing


EDIT: Oh, another little question: I also bought one of thos wonder wipes fretboard polish clothrs, how do i have to use them? Do I have to take all the strings down to clean the fretboard when needed?

Thanks again a lot.

 

[fogman]

awesome! congrats.
welcome to the club!

 

[Gywhard]

awesome! congrats.
welcome to the club!

thanks

 

[robelinda2]

New ball day, aint nothin better buddy!

 

[Gywhard]

I added four new pics to the set! Gywhard's slideshow on Flickr

However, it would be great if someone could answer some of mi little questions

 

[DaPatrooch]

Sorry, I have little experience with the JP bridge, so I can't help you there. But I noticed that the saddles are all in different positions. Are they supposed to be that way? I thought they were supposed to be level with each other.

 

[DJ.]

Nice axe!
Congratulations.

 

[greenwizard]

Nice guitar Gywhard!!!
I don't know what you mean with the 1.5mm "excursion" so i can't really help you out with that. Maybe your bar isn't pushed all the way in.
As for the tightening the bar. Use a 1.5mm Allen wrench with a hexagon shaped head.
You don't necessarily have to remove the strings to use the fretboard wipes. You can just pull the wipe under all the strings and shine the frets. I recommend that you clean the strings before you do this.
Hope that helps.

 

[Gywhard]

Nice guitar Gywhard!!!
I don't know what you mean with the 1.5mm "excursion" so i can't really help you out with that. Maybe your bar isn't pushed all the way in.
As for the tightening the bar. Use a 1.5mm Allen wrench with a hexagon shaped head.
You don't necessarily have to remove the strings to use the fretboard wipes. You can just pull the wipe under all the strings and shine the frets. I recommend that you clean the strings before you do this.
Hope that helps.

ok, i just tightened the allen screw and now the bar is like new, for the bar, when I come back home this afternoon i shall make a little video.

 

[Thew Ebow]

whats the most ammount of 'new balls' a year that forumites have got up to?

congrats on new ball.. i am jelo!

 

[the24thfret]

I got one too! Nice choice. You lower that action yet?

 

[Gywhard]

I got one too! Nice choice. You lower that action yet?

no, it is at standard action, do you thing I can raise some more?
some frets buzz a bit.


however here's the video showing the tremolo arm little excursion when fully inserted. (sorry for the bad video quality but I shot it with my cellphone)
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and i have to precise that that excursion is not caused by the correct entering of the arm because when the arm is in the "upper-excursed" position is still locked.

 

[Gywhard]

no one?
sorry, I know I'm a bit annoyng,

however, the fretboard wonder wipes is it for all the fretboard, wood included or especially for the frets?