Molten Gemstone JP7 pics

[andrapos]

A Pearl Redburst 7 string was brutalized en route to a customer. After replacing the customer's gutiar, I decided to purchase the broken carcass for myself, and have some fun with it. Here's the repaired, repainted, and re-assembled result, a triple color-shift sparkle:

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[Pauly]

I'm in love! That's sick.

 

[eaeolian]

WOW. That's some serious flip-flop, uh, -flip. Nice.

 

[Chris]

Phenomenal.

 

[noodles]

 

[Shaman]

Damn, that's one pretty axe! Very nice work with the paint.

How bad was it damaged?

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful

 

[FoxMustang]

Damn, that is some serious color shifting. Completely awesome

 

[jim777]

I'd buy that one

 

[zimbloth]

I might be more into it if it wasn't $1000 over what it should be.

 

[The Dark Wolf]

It reminds me of like maybe a 70's muscle car, or a roller derby. I remember when I was a kid back in the 70's, there were all kinds of things that had that sparkly/metal flake look. They always had these iron-ons (anyone remember those?) you could put on a shirt, with lots of m,etal flake. Like a metal flake Hulk, or Sheryl Teigs.

Nice job, at any rate. Certainly unique.

 

[Leon]

hot damn!

 

[noodles]

They always had these iron-ons (anyone remember those?) you could put on a shirt, with lots of m,etal flake. Like a metal flake Hulk, or Sheryl Teigs.

Whoa, hold on, we're almost to 88mph...

 

[Donnie]

I might be more into it if it wasn't $1000 over what it should be.

Where do you see a price?

 

[Christopher]

Nice Work Pete!

 

[darren]

That looks awesome.

 

[eleven59]

Where do you see a price?

I get the feeling he's talking about all JP7s, and how they're overpriced for a production model guitar not build in America.

At least, that's what it usually is.

 

[Donnie]

I get the feeling he's talking about all JP7s, and how they're overpriced for a production model guitar not build in America.

At least, that's what it usually is.

Ah.
But they are built in the US.

 

[eleven59]

Ah.
But they are built in the US.

Ah, my mistake. It's probably still the "overpriced production model" thing, along with the "overhyped signature model" thing.

 

[eaeolian]

Ah, my mistake. It's probably still the "overpriced production model" thing, along with the "overhyped signature model" thing.

How many US-made production 7 strings are there currently on the market?

2. The Carvin and the JP7, and Carvin carries, well, the "I can't buy it in a store" stigma. (I'm not counting the small builders that ONLY build 7s to order.)

They're nice guitars. Expensive, but still cheaper than mine was - and, as every JEM and UV owner knows, you *always* pay more for an "artist model" - but they're exremely high-quality guitars, or at least the one I played was.

 

[zimbloth]

Nah I just think they're way overpriced for the features you're recieving. I'd say the same thing about the Universe and I own/love those. When you're getting in the $1899 range, you're paying above custom shop prices for a production guitar with inexpensive components. Basswood, maple, bolt-on construction, solid-color finishes, rosewood fretboards, i mean these are all cheap. For close to $2000 you should be getting AAAA quilt tops, ebony boards, definitely the piezo option enabled, neck-thru, etc etc.

Doesn't mean it's not a great guitar, it's just IMHO a rip-off at the prices they ask for new. Ask Noodles what he paid for his custom shop 7. I bet it's no more than $1300-1400. I paid $1250 for mine, full blown custom with tons of expensive options. I have a Universe, equally as overpriced, but I only paid $1099 for mine so in that range it's a lot more reasonable.

There's just no other way to rationalize those prices from a value standpoint.