Vede
Well-Known Member
First, a hastily snapped iPhone photo! (Only one because I'm a terrible photographer and there are already several Emerald Green JPX threads and this guitar looks just like those guitars.)
Without further ado:
Great guitar. My first JP. I love it.
Some things to note:
I purchased this guitar online from The Music Zoo and it arrived with a really wonky setup. The strings were a mile off the fretboard like it was a slide guitar. The neck was totally straight and the trem was at the proper height and angle, but the bridge saddles were up far too high. And because the pickups in the JPX are direct-mounted into the body without any foam or springs to raise them up, the mix of high strings and low pickups resulted in super weak output. I'm a hard rock and metal guy, and instead of getting "CHUNK! CHUNK! CHUNK!" under heavy gain, the guitar was sort of going "hunk, hunk, hunk" instead. There was absolutely no beef. And this guitar is totally supposed to bring the beef.
After putting some relief in the neck and bringing the saddles down, I needed to loosen the screws attached to the tremolo mounting claw in the rear of the guitar to get the bridge back to the proper angle. No problem. I removed the back plate and...saw that a small hole had been (accidentally?) drilled into the wood back there, almost like (perhaps exactly like) someone had tried to install a trem stopper. The hole was clearly drilled after the guitar was painted because the paint around the hole is chipped and there's no paint in the hole itself. Good times.
Anyway, once I got the action down to where I wanted it, the pickups were still a little farther away from the strings than I wanted them, so I brought the pole pieces up a bit. That did the trick. Now the JPX feels and plays brilliantly with plenty of "CHUNK! CHUNK! CHUNK!" When setup properly, these are truly great, extremely comfortable-to-play guitars with loads of sustain and, as expected, plenty of beef.
I received the JPX last Friday and I keep meaning to call The Music Zoo to figure out what in the hell happened to this thing - why it shipped with a terrible setup and a hole that shouldn't be there - but I haven't had time during the day. Will try tomorrow. I should point out that this is the third guitar I've purchased from Music Zoo over the years and I've never had a problem. I'm pretty confident they'll make this right.
Without further ado:
Great guitar. My first JP. I love it.
Some things to note:
I purchased this guitar online from The Music Zoo and it arrived with a really wonky setup. The strings were a mile off the fretboard like it was a slide guitar. The neck was totally straight and the trem was at the proper height and angle, but the bridge saddles were up far too high. And because the pickups in the JPX are direct-mounted into the body without any foam or springs to raise them up, the mix of high strings and low pickups resulted in super weak output. I'm a hard rock and metal guy, and instead of getting "CHUNK! CHUNK! CHUNK!" under heavy gain, the guitar was sort of going "hunk, hunk, hunk" instead. There was absolutely no beef. And this guitar is totally supposed to bring the beef.
After putting some relief in the neck and bringing the saddles down, I needed to loosen the screws attached to the tremolo mounting claw in the rear of the guitar to get the bridge back to the proper angle. No problem. I removed the back plate and...saw that a small hole had been (accidentally?) drilled into the wood back there, almost like (perhaps exactly like) someone had tried to install a trem stopper. The hole was clearly drilled after the guitar was painted because the paint around the hole is chipped and there's no paint in the hole itself. Good times.
Anyway, once I got the action down to where I wanted it, the pickups were still a little farther away from the strings than I wanted them, so I brought the pole pieces up a bit. That did the trick. Now the JPX feels and plays brilliantly with plenty of "CHUNK! CHUNK! CHUNK!" When setup properly, these are truly great, extremely comfortable-to-play guitars with loads of sustain and, as expected, plenty of beef.
I received the JPX last Friday and I keep meaning to call The Music Zoo to figure out what in the hell happened to this thing - why it shipped with a terrible setup and a hole that shouldn't be there - but I haven't had time during the day. Will try tomorrow. I should point out that this is the third guitar I've purchased from Music Zoo over the years and I've never had a problem. I'm pretty confident they'll make this right.
