NGD: Sterling JP70

[Santuzzo]

Hi,

pics first:

I got this one last week. Ever since I heard of these coming out I wanted to have one (or two..LOL).
This is an awesome guitar, it plays GREAT. The setup was perfect for me right out of the box, I did not even have to change the action. It was not crazy low, it was more like a medium low action, just how I like it.

The neck feels great, the only flaws I could find was a tiny little mark on the side of the fretboard (looks like wood filler) and a tiny bump on the back of the neck that worried me a bit at first but now it does not bother me anymore.

The trem works very well and stays in tune, but I have not used it in crazy-dive-bomb-mode, as I think this trem was not designed for that anyway.

I was expecting to swap the PUs, but I have to say they sound nice, I like them. I might swap them for DiMarzios at some point, but for now I am fine with the stock PUs.

Lars

 

[acauseforpatric]

Good choice on the green dude, and HNGD!

 

[metalstrike]

Gotta love green

Looks great, Happy NGD!

 

[LolloBlaskhyrt]

That's cool! HNGD!!

 

[Dawn of the Shred]

Congrats and hngd

 

[Orsinium]

Gahhhh I want one soooo baddd, I approve on your choice of color and great guitar

 

[Santuzzo]

Thanks, guys!

I was really torn between purple and green, I honestly think both colors look equally great.
Now I want the purple one, too......

 

[robotsatemygma]

Dang that's a very sharp looking JP! I love green guitars, especially see through.

I didn't know they were making Sterling 7 strings. That's awesomely cool. What would you compare the neck contour too? I've never tried a JP before so I'm a lil curious about them.

 

[lewstherin006]

I just put BKP blackhawks in my green JP70 and the blackhawks are amazing! HNGD!

 

[Gram negative]

I played one of these the other day at the music shop.
I was really surprised at how well it was set up, and how well it played.

HNGD!

 

[Gram negative]

I bet if you put a pair of dimarzio crunchlab/liquifire in there........

 

[ThePhilosopher]

I love it, now if only birdseye maple boards...

 

[Santuzzo]

Thanks, guys.
yes, at some point I might swap the PUs for LF/CL or maybe ToneZone/AirNorton, but I am actually not in a hurry for changing the PUs, as I really like the stock ones.

 

[khobi64]

that colour is so hot, i also love black hardware of the jp shape, i wish that was a option for all jp7's

 

[Griffo]

Very nice. Hope they come to the UK soon!

 

[Daf57]

Nice!! Congrats!

 

[Santuzzo]

Very nice. Hope they come to the UK soon!

They already are available in the UK:
Music Man Sterling JP70 7-String John Petrucci Signature Model

 

[Sterling By Music Man]

Very nice. Hope they come to the UK soon!

They are in the UK. Check with Andertons, although I think that they may have already sold out.

 

[Jonathan20022]

Saw the purple version of this at my GC on the used guitar wall, had to give it a playthrough. But in typical GC fashion, there were a number of things wrong with it, the neck was bowed so every note fretted out. Didn't help that the strings were barely off the fretboard. I mentioned it to the tech and asked him to give it a quick truss rod tweak, and raise the action just a bit.

Played great afterwards, still had buzz but it hadn't been set up properly anyways so no big deal. The neck was beyond flat, which isn't my thing imo but it was extremely thin so I can see a lot of people being satisfied by these guitars. And the stock pups were decent at best, I played through a Bogner and I couldn't get the pickups to be less muddy. There wasn't that much note definition but a CL/LF set fixes that easily.

 

[Griffo]

Cheers for the link and stuff guys. Unfortunately out of stock in both places Will have to keep a check out!