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Originally Posted by Azyiu
Hey, heavyjeffd, off topic. I always wanted to ask you this question but keep forgetting about it. So you got JP's EBMM 7, right? Does yours have the Piezo? And how do you like it, man? I want one of his 6s with Piezo!
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I have two.
Best fucking solid body electrics I've ever owned. Hands down. Ernie Ball is easily the most underappreciated guitar company out there.
I quickly realized how shitty all the Ibanez's I owned were and promptly sold them all. The difference was just that severe for me. :o
Don't get me wrong, Ibanez's are certainly good instruments and for some people, the best way to go, but after playing EBMM's for a while it feels like a substantial step down. Although I still own one Ibanez, a JPM1.
Build-wise, the only other electric I have that's even close is my PRS Archtop and in all honesty, I think my JP7's are better built instruments.
The only time I'd ever tell someone not to buy a JP7 is if they were a super heavy trem user. In that case you will want a double-locker. While the non-locking with locking tuners DOES stay in tune very well, if you are doing string-slacking divebombs and whatnot, it will go out of tune eventually, it's inevitable. But I can just about play our entire set and use the trem fairly aggressively in a few songs without any tuning issues whatsoever.
The piezo sounds fantastic. It smokes the piezo in my PRS in a bad, bad way. Granted, I don't ever use it (don't even have a battery in it, I put that in my wah
), it does sound amazing.
As you can tell, I have nothing but praise for the guitars and the organization. Sterling Ball is an amazing man that treats his customers like royalty.
If you are interested in one give Pete Dubaldo a shout at Dubaldo Music (
www.dubaldomusic.com), tell him Jeff sent ya.