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32, been playing guitar for almost 20 years and have owned and played lots of JP models. The JPX (7) is the one for me for sure! I can't live without these tall frets, love em'!

I mainly play DT stuff, prog, instrumental shred stuff, & metal. Mostly covers at home for fun but my band from college is getting back together this summer to record some of our old stuff!
 
I've got a fully loaded JP6 in mystic dream, matching headstock, etc. One of the early ones (not D-sonic or CL/LF set).

I play all sorts of stuff live: Grace Potter, Rx Bandits, jazzy gigs (Bill Withers, etc), surf rock and ska. I do progressive stuff on the side, and I can do it all with my JP6.
 
34 and have a jp6 rosewood neck. This is the longest I've ever kept a guitar and don't plan on ever getting rid of it. I play anything from metal to blues on it and its fantastic!!
 
I'm 32 and I found my JP6 love at 23. I have 3 now, with a couple that have come and gone. I play a variety of things with my tasty JPs!
 
I'm 31 and bought my first JP6 10 years ago :)
I play dream theater stuff when I'm alone.
In bands I played various rock, punk and pop stuff
 
Jom Tanakrit said:
I'd say don't let a guitar categorizes and/or limits what you can play on it! Say, you don't have to always play AC/DC on a SG. I own JP as well and I can say you can pretty much do anything on it. I do a lot of jazz, rock, blues, fusion and many other nonsense. Sometimes I grabbed tele, strat, or gibson but once I get back to my JP I can feel the difference that it is far more comfortable, felt great and sounded good, for my preference. You got a light-weight, good-looking, fast/comfortable, 24-fret, floating trem, piezo, coil-split and great wood combination/sounding guitar...I don't know what else you'll need! Cheers man!
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Wise words... I certainly dont let my JP limit me in any way what so ever. I get some of my best 'blues' tones through my JPXi plugged straight into a Champ clone - I also get some real heavy tight metal when into Mark V.

Just love it :-)
 
I'm 18 and I own a JP6 BFR and JP7 BFR. I use them for everything really. Primarily prog I guess though. These are the only two guitars I will ever need, though knowing me, I'm going to just end up getting more of them. I find unique qualities in both of them. Especially the JP7 BFR, since it's the Koa model. Nothing says home like a JP.
 
I'm 51 and my JP was my first guitar ever, at 42... yeah, I'm late to the party but making up for lost time. With the piezo my options are pretty much unlimited. I play rock/prog, country and blues, it covers them all.

The JP, along with mbgreene's AL and my Luke III are my "untouchables". They'll never be sold.

Hey Kev, thanks for the shoutout, I remember that deal like it was yesterday. :)
 
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Hee Hee Fred - the fact is that I would not be the owner of a fully loaded MD JP6 without your help.

I ended up with an awesome guitar at a fraction of the price - a fraction I could afford.
 
You're right, a fully loaded Mystic Dream JP6 for $600... what a deal! I know it cost you a little more money and a lot of time to make it right, but it was worth it. That was a fun ride watching that adventure unfold.
 
Yes Fred it was fun. I didn't at the outset expect to have got all the white paint off, because to be honest it wasn't that bad a spray job.
It looked ok and I'm sure you remember your daughter saying that it looked like one of the best guitars you had?

The piezo was a learning curve for me, and this forum, along with Beth from Customer Service, provided good info.

I looked at that guitar many a time and was curious as to why somebody would have wanted to respray a MD guitar white.
He was a pro player who appeared on TV and maybe he felt white looked better on TV - but we'll never know why he did it.
I did send him an e mail asking why, but he didn't respond.

Anyway, strip it I did, with the knowledge that I could use my mates spray booth and respray it. - A usefull skill I picked up when I worked in a factory when I was 16 and later when I resprayed my 54 Oval Bug ( boy I wish I still had that!!!).

But yes Fred you are spot on - a fun ride and a total experience that will live with me.

Go on - find me another beater!!! lol
 
I'm 48 and I own a JP13 and a JPXi. I am currently in a power rock/pop original band. I'd say I would feel comfortable playing any style with the JP13
 
I am 72 and play a Majesty. I do solo chord melody gigs, duo gigs with a piano player (think piano bar) , I am in a Western Swing band that does a show once a week and other gigs, and an animal club band ( you know: Moose, Eagles, VFW, etc ) where we do a great variety of music depending on the audience. I run the Majesty stereo into two Amps or channels depending on what I am using. I find the Majesty to be a comfortable work horse.
 
Hi all, 34, play a 2001 std JP7, an amazing machine to do metal and other stuff like that. But it's a pleasure to play blues and jazz on.
 
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