WTB - compare Cutlass 7 JR, Kaizen 7 or JP15-7

[MMeyer]

Hello,

Can you share your experiences with all those models - Cutlass 7 Jason Richardson Majora Purple, Kaizen 7 or JP15-7?

Want to buy one of those and I know, all of them are very very different. JP15-7 is the last option that I am thinking about to be honest. My main interest is between JR model or Kaizen. I already own Majesty 7 20th anniversary.

Thanks in advance for your opinions/thoughts

 

[Norrin Radd]

Well, I had a Jason Richardson in majora purple, and I still currently own a Kaizen, but mine are only six string versions. I could certainly speak to the differences between them in that capacity.

The first thing and most obvious is that the necks are very very different. The Kaizen has fanned frets and is multi scale. The JR is standard 25 1/2 inch scale. They both have stainless steel frets, so that’s a wash. The JR is much more traditionally sea shaped. The Kaizen is more D shaped and you really notice it comparatively. It’s definitely larger on the shoulders and thinner in the middle. They were both fantastic! But I preferred the neck on the Kaizen. You may not! So they definitely have a different feel when you are playing them.

Electronics – this is where the big differences are. I’m not going to go into the set up of the electronics, but rather the sound. The Kaizen has the most wonderful neck pick up – it’s a mini humbucker and it sounds fantastic! The bridge pick up is, well I would call it medium output, but it definitely has a mid hump like a very traditional humbucking pick up. The JR on the other hand has much more modern sounding pick ups. And the bridge pickup is the best bridge pickup I’ve ever heard. It is so perfectly EQ’d. You can definitely hear every string equally in its output. I’ve been looking for a long, long, long time for a pick up like that! The JR also has all the fancy push push switching for boost and coil splits – and they both work great!

I don’t think you can go wrong with either one. They are both fantastic instruments. I would recommend playing each of them before you buy if possible because they do feel so differently in the hand. Good luck!