LLink2411
Banned
Let's start this out with an icebreaker, shall we? Remember that the trick to being a good guitar player is 3% talent, and 97% not being distracted by the internet. Frankly I think this worth distracting you away from your practice, and you probably will soon come to agree with me on that.
First, I ask an age-old question:
Now that we have that out of the way, let's have a bit of exposition here. A week ago, I answered the door to find that a socially awkward UPS lady had brought me my new guitar (depiction located here warning: I make fun of nerdy girls). And soon after that ordeal, I had a conversation with my "bro" friend concerning my new guitar (depiction located here warning: I make fun of Schecter users).
Now, not a but a moment ago, I took this hellacious video documenting the opening of the JPX box for the first time:
YouTube- Unboxing the JPX 7
And some guitar porn under the California twilight:
YouTube- The JPX-Factor
And here comes the pictures:
I currently have it strung up with Ernie Ball Nickels 10p, 13p, 17p, 30w, 42w, 52w, 62w.
Now, let's get down to brass tacks: this guitar is very solid. I have got my hands on a number of high-end instruments that BFRs may be compared to: Suhrs, Sadowskys, PRS, Gibson Customs, and Fender Masterbuilts, but none feel anything like this guitar. The feel of this guitar can be described as more akin to your trusty workhorse, rather than boutique "furniture." Whereas most custom-series instruments feel like completely different animals than their standard-series equivalents, this feels like an upgrade to your usual JP guitar.
Overall: the tone is much clearer, the sound has a very razor-sharp quality (on my distortion channel, I can make out each clip clearly), the chambering gives a curiously desirable chorus effect, the neck is paper thin and rock solid, and the guitar lays your playing bare (every mistake is shown in the same clarity as your intended notes)... and on top of all that, the piezo gives that "acoustic guitar in your lap" boom rather than the "painfully tinny acoustic guitar on the other side of the room" tone.
As for the pickups, the Crunchlab (new Taco Bell item) and LiquiFire (what comes out of you minutes after eating the "Crunchlab") are my first foray into the unbelievably high-gain pickups market. There is not one possible way to make these pickups muddy, I would not be surprised if they will eventually start picking up the sounds of my neighbors cursing as I begin to play. The strangest thing about the set is that the Crunchlab will make any rig you put it in front of sound angrier, while the Liquifire will smooth out even the most vicious clipping, and having them both on at the same time just gets strange.
All in all, is this guitar better than anything you will play save for a completely custom-built instrument? I'm sorry, but yes it most likely is.
Thanks for reading!
First, I ask an age-old question:
Now that we have that out of the way, let's have a bit of exposition here. A week ago, I answered the door to find that a socially awkward UPS lady had brought me my new guitar (depiction located here warning: I make fun of nerdy girls). And soon after that ordeal, I had a conversation with my "bro" friend concerning my new guitar (depiction located here warning: I make fun of Schecter users).
Now, not a but a moment ago, I took this hellacious video documenting the opening of the JPX box for the first time:
YouTube- Unboxing the JPX 7
And some guitar porn under the California twilight:
YouTube- The JPX-Factor
And here comes the pictures:
I currently have it strung up with Ernie Ball Nickels 10p, 13p, 17p, 30w, 42w, 52w, 62w.
Now, let's get down to brass tacks: this guitar is very solid. I have got my hands on a number of high-end instruments that BFRs may be compared to: Suhrs, Sadowskys, PRS, Gibson Customs, and Fender Masterbuilts, but none feel anything like this guitar. The feel of this guitar can be described as more akin to your trusty workhorse, rather than boutique "furniture." Whereas most custom-series instruments feel like completely different animals than their standard-series equivalents, this feels like an upgrade to your usual JP guitar.
Overall: the tone is much clearer, the sound has a very razor-sharp quality (on my distortion channel, I can make out each clip clearly), the chambering gives a curiously desirable chorus effect, the neck is paper thin and rock solid, and the guitar lays your playing bare (every mistake is shown in the same clarity as your intended notes)... and on top of all that, the piezo gives that "acoustic guitar in your lap" boom rather than the "painfully tinny acoustic guitar on the other side of the room" tone.
As for the pickups, the Crunchlab (new Taco Bell item) and LiquiFire (what comes out of you minutes after eating the "Crunchlab") are my first foray into the unbelievably high-gain pickups market. There is not one possible way to make these pickups muddy, I would not be surprised if they will eventually start picking up the sounds of my neighbors cursing as I begin to play. The strangest thing about the set is that the Crunchlab will make any rig you put it in front of sound angrier, while the Liquifire will smooth out even the most vicious clipping, and having them both on at the same time just gets strange.
All in all, is this guitar better than anything you will play save for a completely custom-built instrument? I'm sorry, but yes it most likely is.
Thanks for reading!
Congrats.
