telemike
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Can you make the trem non-floating?
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Tony,
First off, thanks very much for your kind words.
You should look around, the Sterling are only $550 when they came out, have you look at Musician Friend? I paid $659 Canadian for my JP50. The AX40 is the same.
please keep us posted, it's a great deal and great guitar
redeleon
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damn, my Sterling JP50 should've arrived yesterday..
its just because of the damn typhoon that hits Philippines,
resulting a delay in the shipment..! argh!
expecting my JP50 on tuesday!
yeah!
its just because of the damn typhoon that hits Philippines,
resulting a delay in the shipment..! argh!
expecting my JP50 on tuesday!
yeah!
patpark
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the trem sits in a recessed cavity, so it won't rest agianst the top of the body like a vintage style trem
you could block the tremelo block in the spring cavity (back side of body) with a small block of wood that is fitted or use something a like a Tremol-no.
patpark
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Hi Tony.
The street selling pricein the USA is $549. The retail list price is closer to $779.
Glad you like it.
Thanks
Pat
its just because of the damn typhoon that hits Philippines,
resulting a delay in the shipment..! argh!
expecting my JP50 on tuesday!
yeah!
Rafael, make sure you let us know how you like your JP50.
Hope all is well in the Philippines, the weather disaster wreaking havoc on you guys.
redeleon
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yes, we experienced 3 typhoons now, which caused a lot of damage in here..
our band HQ/studio was flooded and I mean flooded (you can scuba dive there) due to the Typhoon Ketsana..
and lately, Typhoon Santi (Mirinae) brought really scary winds in Manila..
which also caused the delay in the shipment of my JP50...
all is well now,
its back to normal here in Manila.
ill be expecting my JP tomorrow!
yeah!
Sterling Jp50
Hi Pat and Tung;
Thank you. Looks like GC had the retail cost listed on the guitar's sticker instead. Very cool....$549.00 makes it even sweeter!!!
Peace,
Tony
Hi Pat and Tung;
Thank you. Looks like GC had the retail cost listed on the guitar's sticker instead. Very cool....$549.00 makes it even sweeter!!!
Peace,
Tony
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browndog
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Thats a good question. We have to wait till NAMM or maybe a little before that they may give us some teasers about new colours & models.
redeleon
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YEP $549 IS SWEET!
got mine a that price
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expecting my jp50 to arrive later...
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Humberto_K
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I asked and was told that additional colors will be announced for the AX40 at next year's NAMM show. I was told it would be March before the new colors would ship. I don't know about the JP50 as I didn't ask about that one.
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redeleon
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woah!!!
I bought mine at music123 for $549
and I had it shipped here in the Philippines
making me add $143
so thats
$692
but $1,000??
DaPatrooch
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I tried one and I was very impressed. I played it through a Mesa Dual Rectifier and it sounded good. It was in no way cheap looking, feeling, or sounding. The pickups, as stated before, are pretty fizzy, but good. The neck isn't as flat and it's a little thicker, and the action is set noticeably higher than on the EB model. It stayed in tune very well (for the ten minutes that I played it lol), but it didn't have the trem arm in so I couldn't test it out, but I'd assume it has a good trem. The neck felt nice, but again, it was thicker with higher action and a slight coat, which some people may actually prefer, but I like the bare neck of the EB.
So overall, you won't be disappointed but the EB JP is much better IMO. I just prefer the feel and tone over the SBMM. The sound is more articulate and fuller, which is to be expected with better pickups and higher quality parts/electronics. I still liked it a lot, and it's a great guitar for the money. If you replace the stock pups with the JP sigs it would be even better!
So overall, you won't be disappointed but the EB JP is much better IMO. I just prefer the feel and tone over the SBMM. The sound is more articulate and fuller, which is to be expected with better pickups and higher quality parts/electronics. I still liked it a lot, and it's a great guitar for the money. If you replace the stock pups with the JP sigs it would be even better!
Grr, I recently moved to Europe from the US and I was considering buying an SBMM AX40 in Blue or the SBMM JP50 in the new Stealth Black(which looks killer btw). But I was mainly wanting the AX40.
Over here they cost €829. Well at least theres no tax on it but it still a lot more expensive.
It would be cheaper getting it shipped in from the US. But at the moment, I am (extremely) content with my JP6
Something negative
I compared a JP50 and a EBMM JP6 one the other day,and I found out that there is a little differences.
when I first saw the SBMM JP50, it left me the impression: It's a bit lean compared to the EBMM JP, after scrutinize them left and right I would tell that the carve on SBMM is not that "in place" or not deep enough, the edge of the body is not that round and full as well to the EBMM JPs.
I talked with Pat(thanks for your reply) about this recently and he said it's due to the cost issue which can't be denied both SBMM and the consumers, we pay much less after all, aren't we? , but I still hope SBMM's more effort on the body shapping(the neck is wonderful! except for the fretwire's material and polish,cost issue again),or it's rather a died OLP.
I compared a JP50 and a EBMM JP6 one the other day,and I found out that there is a little differences.
when I first saw the SBMM JP50, it left me the impression: It's a bit lean compared to the EBMM JP, after scrutinize them left and right I would tell that the carve on SBMM is not that "in place" or not deep enough, the edge of the body is not that round and full as well to the EBMM JPs.
I talked with Pat(thanks for your reply
) about this recently and he said it's due to the cost issue which can't be denied both SBMM and the consumers, we pay much less after all, aren't we? , but I still hope SBMM's more effort on the body shapping(the neck is wonderful! except for the fretwire's material and polish,cost issue again),or it's rather a died OLP.