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Whitestrat,

The white guitar above the green strat, is that a 70s reissue? American ? I dig the fat headstock
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Nope. It's a Fender Japan Craft Premium 68 reissue. Built almost to the same specs as what Jimi Hendrix used at woodstock. It's even got a 40mm nut!
 
Guitar Centre.

That's the 2006 LE. Really nice, but the gold hardware kinda put me off, I want to actually play my guitars, not keep them

Which cutaway? The normal ones? The BFRs' cutaway doesn't bother me at all, I've tried quite a few normal JPs, and a few friends of mine have them too, and the fatter lower horn does get in the way sometimes, while the BFR has even better upper fret access with the thinner lower horn.

Neck-trus ain't gonna happen for EBMMs. This has been debated before over there, and it isn't gonna happen for a variety of reasons. That being said, a well-designed bolt-on neck can be just as good as a neck-thru (quoted from the EBMM forums).

Although the BFR is not a limited run for the JP, the market force will decide whether it will be discontinued of not, as BP pointed out in one of his post. But then again, a JP Baritone is in the works, only available as a BFR, that adds to the possibility that the BFR is here to stay!
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Dude, there's no guitar centre here in Singapore. Heh.

I didn't meant the horns. I meant the forearm cutaway. And oh ya. Thanks for reaffirming that the lower horn on the normal JP is thicker than the BFR. I thought there was something wrong with my eyes. But personally, I don't like the BFRs. It's no longer a JP to me, even though he still puts his name on it. Previously, it was different enough as a signature series. Now, it looks too commercial for my tastes.

BFR for JP is meant to stay, from what I gathered. BFR for the Luke, is not.

uh... neck-thrus not for EBMM? Didn't you see the new JP prototype pics? they're ALL neck thru...
 
oh serious? damn... that would've been nice though...

oh, but for the record, I'm much happier with a bolt on. Less repair problems... heh.
 
my new amp. mesa boogie stiletto deuce. connected to marshall 1960a cab. very loud!

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Dude, there's no guitar centre here in Singapore. Heh.

I didn't meant the horns. I meant the forearm cutaway. And oh ya. Thanks for reaffirming that the lower horn on the normal JP is thicker than the BFR. I thought there was something wrong with my eyes. But personally, I don't like the BFRs. It's no longer a JP to me, even though he still puts his name on it. Previously, it was different enough as a signature series. Now, it looks too commercial for my tastes.

BFR for JP is meant to stay, from what I gathered. BFR for the Luke, is not.

uh... neck-thrus not for EBMM? Didn't you see the new JP prototype pics? they're ALL neck thru...
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lol... Yeah, I know... I assumed you got your JP in the US, until I reread your post...

But if you notice, JP now use the BFR exclusively everywhere. He dropped all his regular JPs, as various backstage pictures of his big guitar flightcase suggested, and further affirmed by BP. It has nothing to do with commercialism, the change in forearm is due to JP's massive arm, it's no longer comfortable for JP to play his regular JP, and it effects his picking angle too, hence the change in the forearm curve. Plus, feedbacks from BFR JP owners are happy with it, and it actually provides better support for the player.

Yes, the BFR is meant to stay. But to answer a question of a forumite, BP said that if ever one of the model (regular and BFR) is gonna be dropped, it will be up to the market force, ie. after a while, sales of BFR slumps, and it is no longer feasible for them to continue to make them; same thing that the SUB series had gone through. But, the fact of there is a JP BFR baritone in works will put the discontinued talk to rest at least for a few years :D

That being said, I'm just completely excited over the BFR models, especially when you see the quality of the tops that these are getting.
Any day now! Woohoo!

BTW, killer Mystic Dream you have there... I almost got one a year ago, till I watched SCORE :D

oh, but for the record, I'm much happier with a bolt on. Less repair problems... heh.
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So true :)

And if the plane doesn't let you carry a "guitar" on board, take the neck and body apart and you'll be able to board it with your "guitar neck and body". This is documented in Steve Morse's dairy.
 
dude!! where can i find the EBMM? i've been tryin to find it in singapoire... or did u have to ship it over?
 
But if you notice, JP now use the BFR exclusively everywhere. He dropped all his regular JPs, as various backstage pictures of his big guitar flightcase suggested, and further affirmed by BP. It has nothing to do with commercialism, the change in forearm is due to JP's massive arm, it's no longer comfortable for JP to play his regular JP, and it effects his picking angle too, hence the change in the forearm curve. Plus, feedbacks from BFR JP owners are happy with it, and it actually provides better support for the player.
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Whether EBMM actually took out the cutaway because of JP's forearm is one thing. Honestly, you can't make a top with that kind of cutaway. so, for the BFR tops to work, the cutaway has to be removed. So that's the commercial bit to me. Whether this is true or not, we'll never know. BP is a salesman after all. never forget that.

But we do know that JP works out, and he might have put on a bit more bulk than we know. Which is why I wouldn't fully discount that reason either.

JP uses the BFRs only now? Well, do you see Steve Vai use the old JEM77BFP? or do you see him marketing whatever new JEM is released? I know he still plays Flo and Evo, but he does occasionally bring out others. He has to. Otherwise no one will believe he uses any of the new JEMs.

honestly, I wouldn't take too much of what EBMM says as gospel on their artists. It could be the truth, and it could be good PR work. One thing's for sure. We'll never know.
 
JP uses the BFRs only now? Well, do you see Steve Vai use the old JEM77BFP? or do you see him marketing whatever new JEM is released? I know he still plays Flo and Evo, but he does occasionally bring out others. He has to. Otherwise no one will believe he uses any of the new JEMs.
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Strat, nevermind what JP uses now or in the future. Doesnt really matter. We buy guitars for ourselves, so long as we find it comfortable playing them. Not as if I am buying a guitar and wait for the endorsee to come to my house to play it. Haha.
 
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