digitalpig
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Do I have a Prototype JP7?? EBMM guys, help me!
I already asked this to a few persons over here, but we could not find some answers yet, so I decided to make this thread. (I just copied the text from a mail I wrote recently.)
Sooo...
I just purchased a JP7. Mystic Dream, fully loaded, great guitar.
After I received it, I noticed that there are a few slight constructional differences to any other JP model I've seen before.
I posted the serial number in the identification thread over here, but Dan from EBMM told me he could not find the number in their database. He assumed it was made in spring of 2001.
Then Pete DuBaldo offered his help and told me where I could find the work order number (as most of you might know, it's a white sticker under the bridge pickup). I mailed it to him and he showed this number to another guy of EBMM he knows, but even that number doesn't show up at EBMM's databases, too.
So, first thing to state: I have a guitar with weird serial and work order numbers.
But as I said, it's not just the numbers that are a bit strange, there are some slight differences in the construction as well. I have taken some pictures of all the small differences, you can find them here (click for larger images):
1. The signature is located nearer to the tip of the headstock than usual (but Ernie1966 told me this just happens on some Pets, so that's not that special):
2. The "Made in ..." label is printed in golden letters and it is a bit angled and aligned with the 5 upper tuners (Again, Ernie told me this was the way it was done back then, so it's not so special, again):
But now, here they come...:
3. The tremolo base plate has no "Music Man" label engraved:
4. The preamp box has a different shape and it has no labels on it at all. No labels on the piezo eq screws:
5. ...and no labels on the output jacks:
6. The battery box is located lower, it is placed nearer the lower strap pin. Notice the cutout in the upper right corner of the preamp box (otherwise they'd overlap each other):
7. Another thing I noticed yesterday was that in the middle position of the magnetic pickup switch, there is hum. So it's not humcancelling, which could just be a wiring issue the previous owner might have done. But the switch seems to be untouched after being wired up in the factory.
Well, that's it for now.
You see, the strange points are 3 to 6. ^^
Ernie1966 told that he has two of the first 100 JP7's and both have the normal labeled and sized parts on them.
Let me point this out: I have absolutely no doubt that this is a genuine EBMM guitar. It feels, sounds and plays perfect and all the electronics including the piezo work fine.
So, more and more it seems to me that I have some kind of a pre-production model or even a prototype in my hands.
I don't know whom to ask anymore, maybe you guys can help me with that?
What guitar is this??
Let me know what you think. Especially you EBMM guys, please help me!
Thanks!
Felix
P.S.: And thanks to Dan from EBMM, Pete DuBaldo and Ernie1966 for trying to help me so far.
I already asked this to a few persons over here, but we could not find some answers yet, so I decided to make this thread. (I just copied the text from a mail I wrote recently.)
Sooo...
I just purchased a JP7. Mystic Dream, fully loaded, great guitar.
After I received it, I noticed that there are a few slight constructional differences to any other JP model I've seen before.
I posted the serial number in the identification thread over here, but Dan from EBMM told me he could not find the number in their database. He assumed it was made in spring of 2001.
Then Pete DuBaldo offered his help and told me where I could find the work order number (as most of you might know, it's a white sticker under the bridge pickup). I mailed it to him and he showed this number to another guy of EBMM he knows, but even that number doesn't show up at EBMM's databases, too.
So, first thing to state: I have a guitar with weird serial and work order numbers.
But as I said, it's not just the numbers that are a bit strange, there are some slight differences in the construction as well. I have taken some pictures of all the small differences, you can find them here (click for larger images):
1. The signature is located nearer to the tip of the headstock than usual (but Ernie1966 told me this just happens on some Pets, so that's not that special):
2. The "Made in ..." label is printed in golden letters and it is a bit angled and aligned with the 5 upper tuners (Again, Ernie told me this was the way it was done back then, so it's not so special, again):
But now, here they come...:
3. The tremolo base plate has no "Music Man" label engraved:
4. The preamp box has a different shape and it has no labels on it at all. No labels on the piezo eq screws:
5. ...and no labels on the output jacks:
6. The battery box is located lower, it is placed nearer the lower strap pin. Notice the cutout in the upper right corner of the preamp box (otherwise they'd overlap each other):
7. Another thing I noticed yesterday was that in the middle position of the magnetic pickup switch, there is hum. So it's not humcancelling, which could just be a wiring issue the previous owner might have done. But the switch seems to be untouched after being wired up in the factory.
Well, that's it for now.
You see, the strange points are 3 to 6. ^^
Ernie1966 told that he has two of the first 100 JP7's and both have the normal labeled and sized parts on them.
Let me point this out: I have absolutely no doubt that this is a genuine EBMM guitar. It feels, sounds and plays perfect and all the electronics including the piezo work fine.
So, more and more it seems to me that I have some kind of a pre-production model or even a prototype in my hands.
I don't know whom to ask anymore, maybe you guys can help me with that?
What guitar is this??
Let me know what you think. Especially you EBMM guys, please help me!
Thanks!
Felix
P.S.: And thanks to Dan from EBMM, Pete DuBaldo and Ernie1966 for trying to help me so far.
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