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Thanks yo! It's beautiful and plays great
I once plugged one of my piezo loaded guitars directly into the input mic of a "brick" type HiFi system and the piezo alone sounded pretty damn good, like acoustic guitars with piezos sound. However, with the mags' settings trough the Triaxis and G-Force and Syn5050 they sound completely different... but in a good way, different is good. Most of my piezo loaded guitars don't have a dedicated EQ, except one that does both Cut and Boost on bass and treble frequencies. Their pots are also SUPER sensitive, it's just a lithe breath over the neutral or it's too much...Thanks yo! It's beautiful and plays great
Honestly it's my first time playing a piezo system for more than 2 minutes, let alone owning one. They sound fine, but I am still getting used to it and learning how to EQ properly. I've been using it mostly with the acoustic amp in the NDSP Petrucci plugin, and it's great, but just need to learn to EQ better I think. I've been using it with the DI only, and definitely sounds a bit nicer. The bass and treble pots for the piezo on the guitar are super sensitive, so I've been trying to find a good balance there as well.
The saddles are whatever EBMM uses normally, which I think are Fishman Powerbridge saddles. Not sure about the preamp since I got the guitar with brand new strings and I haven't yet bothered taking it apart to check it out.
Yeah, that's the kind of EQ the JP12 has, as well as one for the mix of piezo+mags whenever there is a stereo output connected.
Thanks man! It's such a great guitar. I've been playing it a ton. It is great in an unobtrusive kind of way. It's less like my Oni that feels amazing and is impressive and makes me fully aware of it, and more understated in the sense that it is comfortable and effortless and I even forget I'm playing it... I just play it. Until I see the gorgeous finish, that is
but it's such a workhorse of a guitar.Get a tube amp and a load box, have it all... I play mostly at home, more so now that the band's drummer fled 250 km away from me and the bassist. My Triaxis rig sounds good, why should I use amp sims?. I use 2x 1st gen Torpedo Captors with analogue cab emulation that I mix with the Triaxis' own cab emulation in my audio interface. Sounds good and dynamic, no need for the IRs rabbit hole. It took me a long time to get the captors... if there are things that I regret doing in this music context is not buying the Captors earlier...Yeah, that's the kind of EQ the JP12 has, as well as one for the mix of piezo+mags whenever there is a stereo output connected.
I've played with it some more using plugins (really need to get a real amp once again... getting tired of plugins only lol), and I reeeaally liked the way the piezo alone sounded in the Plini suite from NDSP through the clean amp. That amp also has a blend knob that mixes in the DI with the amp sound, and it's friggin' sweet!
Thanks man! It's such a great guitar. I've been playing it a ton. It is great in an unobtrusive kind of way. It's less like my Oni that feels amazing and is impressive and makes me fully aware of it, and more understated in the sense that it is comfortable and effortless and I even forget I'm playing it... I just play it. Until I see the gorgeous finish, that is
I should mention too, but the balance on this thing on a strap is kind of ridiculous. It'll stay in whatever position I want it to be. The fact that it is a heavy guitar I think helps with that.
The Essi is something else, on every level. Very different design philosophy, but it makes complete sense. Kinda reminds me of the Parker Fly in that way, though a bit more radical in some ways and a bit more traditional in others. Dan's eye for detail and design is obsessively keen. Not to mention he's a perfectionist almost to a fault. I consider myself lucky. If you ever get the chance to work with Dan, do it. He's a nice dude, also.
Hah I only got hooked on plugins once I picked the guitar back up after almost a decade of leaving music on the side. Things changed SO much in that time. Plugins were the hot new thing and allowed me to try a gazillion different sounds for a relatively very small entry price. I never had the chance to try a lot of the amps they model when I was younger, so it's been great. BUT... I am tired of trying things on a laptop, now I have a much better idea of what I like, and I miss a physical amp that I can fiddle with. I am still debating whether I want a tube head (probably would look into getting either a JP2C or a Mark VII... but $$$$$), or go the Synergy route and have basically "hardware plugins"
. But it'll be that and a reactive load box, probably a Torpedo Captor since that seems to be what everyone uses.From all I've seen and heard Dan seems like the kind of guy that both gets the innovation and craftsmanship part right which is rare. While I actually do feel pretty content with the guitars I have (like for real) I still really want to at least try to play an Essi someday. The Parker I tried poked me intensely in the sternum at all times though so I hope his guitars doesn't do that hehe.
The Essi is something else, on every level. Very different design philosophy, but it makes complete sense. Kinda reminds me of the Parker Fly in that way, though a bit more radical in some ways and a bit more traditional in others. Dan's eye for detail and design is obsessively keen. Not to mention he's a perfectionist almost to a fault. I consider myself lucky. If you ever get the chance to work with Dan, do it. He's a nice dude, also.
Hah I only got hooked on plugins once I picked the guitar back up after almost a decade of leaving music on the side. Things changed SO much in that time. Plugins were the hot new thing and allowed me to try a gazillion different sounds for a relatively very small entry price. I never had the chance to try a lot of the amps they model when I was younger, so it's been great. BUT... I am tired of trying things on a laptop, now I have a much better idea of what I like, and I miss a physical amp that I can fiddle with. I am still debating whether I want a tube head (probably would look into getting either a JP2C or a Mark VII... but $$$$$), or go the Synergy route and have basically "hardware plugins"
Probably will look into it more seriously closer to the end of the year or early next year, to build the budget.
Have you tried the Ibanez' S series?, seems like they're right your alley...
The Sabers rule, best Ibanez shape imo. Wish they showed it more love. I have an old cheap one that I stripped, painted and then put an LED Killswitch in.
Yeah I'd say it's more comparable to something like a Majesty in the way it sits and feels. It's got the stupidest fret acces I've ever seen, it's a small body with an extra long neck, and the asymmetrical neck shape is to die for. Even the headstock tuner arrangement is the same as the Majesty 8.
) how the body is in the shape of a wedge so you have a thin guitar that doesn't dig into your thigh, the strategic use of composite materials to provide both neck/fretboard stability and resonance, etc. Dan keeps improving on the design with each iteration. It's the many little considerations about the design that, added onto each other, make a better instrument that he is happy with.
Muuuuchisimas gracias!
Hah I looked into the Triaxis, but the examples I have found on Reverb that I can buy locally are around 2k CAD. I'm honestly leaning towards a Synergy setup, since I can still try quite a variety of different amps for not a crazy amount of money. JP2C and Mark V/II are kind of dream purchases, but I can't quite justify them tbh. A multi-fx would be cool basically as just an FX unit, but that'll come later. I have a small MIDI keyboard I got for super cheap, so I could potentially use that.
Oh maaan don't do this to me
that's not a bad price. Maybe I should go try it out in person and see if it calls my name
This is kinda what i doOh maaan don't do this to me
and people do it to me.
