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TSJMajesty said:
That's one of the most beautiful guitars I've seen. Very tasteful aesthetics.

Is it yours?
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Yes, I bought it from Eddie's Guitars 5 years ago as a 50th birthday present for myself. It plays and sounds as good as it looks.

Here's a pic of the Suhr in a rack next to a few of my Novo guitars.


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gearJunkie said:
Yes, I bought it from Eddie's Guitars 5 years ago as a 50th birthday present for myself. It plays and sounds as good as it looks.

Here's a pic of the Suhr in a rack next to a few of my Novo guitars.


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That's right, I remember now. I see that JP and Majesty in the rack. How do the 3 of them compare? I've never played a Suhr, but I'd like to!
 
TSJMajesty said:
That's right, I remember now. I see that JP and Majesty in the rack. How do the 3 of them compare? I've never played a Suhr, but I'd like to!
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My ranking order (for playability, build quality, and sound) places the BFR Majesty at the top, followed by the Surh, with the JP15 trailing behind. All great guitars. The Majesty is like a McLaren Artura, the Suhr an Aston Martin Vantage, and the JP15 a Corvette ZR1.
 
gearJunkie said:
My ranking order (for playability, build quality, and sound) places the BFR Majesty at the top, followed by the Surh, with the JP15 trailing behind. All great guitars. The Majesty is like a McLaren Artura, the Suhr an Aston Martin Vantage, and the JP15 a Corvette ZR1.
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Do you find the lack of a heel joint on the Majesty helps in that ranking, over the other 2?

I used to feel that way wrt my JP15, but ever since I changed my grip, to keep my thumb behind the neck, and my fingers in an arch over the board, not so much.

But for some riffs, I still rest my first finger (the joint where it meets my palm) against the neck, to help with accuracy. So on those, the Majesty is a little easier to play.
 
TSJMajesty said:
Do you find the lack of a heel joint on the Majesty helps in that ranking, over the other 2?
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Not at all. It's top dog because I don't have to think about anything but playing when I pick it up. It's ergonomically almost perfect, and it practically plays itself, making me a better musician.

I could say something similar about the other two, but the Majesty is a complete package, perfectly executed.
 
gearJunkie said:
My ranking order (for playability, build quality, and sound) places the BFR Majesty at the top, followed by the Surh, with the JP15 trailing behind. All great guitars. The Majesty is like a McLaren Artura, the Suhr an Aston Martin Vantage, and the JP15 a Corvette ZR1.
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Never liked the Majesty but I think I was put off by the first one I got my hands on had the headstock broken clean off at the nut. It had basically nothing to glue and ended up going to the insurance company. I quoted high because it was a horrible job.
 
Eagle said:
Never liked the Majesty but I think I was put off by the first one I got my hands on had the headstock broken clean off at the nut. It had basically nothing to glue and ended up going to the insurance company. I quoted high because it was a horrible job.
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With the Majesty necks being so thin, I can see that would be an almost impossible repair. I am usually drawn to beefy fat neck carves, but there's something about the Majesty neck profile that makes it a joy to play for me.

I now know I need to protect that headstock.
 
gearJunkie said:
With the Majesty necks being so thin, I can see that would be an almost impossible repair. I am usually drawn to beefy fat neck carves, but there's something about the Majesty neck profile that makes it a joy to play for me.

I now know I need to protect that headstock.
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I did a test of attaching 2 pieces of wood together using 3 different products: silicone caulk, Titebond glue, and PL400 construction adhesive.

A weekend later, surprisingly, all 3 held. I even left one piece of wood long, so as to have something to grab with your hand, to break it apart, and still couldn't do it.

My conclusion- glues/adhesives are so good today that the repaired joint ends up extremely strong. Maybe not as strong as wood fibers themselves, when reattaching at a cross-grain intersection, but still pretty damn amazing.
 
TSJMajesty said:
I did a test of attaching 2 pieces of wood together using 3 different products: silicone caulk, Titebond glue, and PL400 construction adhesive.

A weekend later, surprisingly, all 3 held. I even left one piece of wood long, so as to have something to grab with your hand, to break it apart, and still couldn't do it.

My conclusion- glues/adhesives are so good today that the repaired joint ends up extremely strong. Maybe not as strong as wood fibers themselves, when reattaching at a cross-grain intersection, but still pretty damn amazing.
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It was the way it broke nothing wrong with glue joints. Glue joints done properly are stronger than the wood. There just wasn’t much wood and it had broken in a butt join way . Hardly any space to add splines because of the truss rod.
 
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Early this morning, I was playing this 1980s Moonsault made by Kawai (noted more for its pianos than guitars). I’m putting together a live solo guitar set for early September, and plan to use this guitar (along with a pedal board). It’s got a built in booster that runs off a 9v battery. The three knobs are master volume, boost volume, master tone. The switches are a 3-way pickup selector, boost on/off, boost/distortion, coil tap/split, and pickups out of phase. I like it for the tonal variety. The body shape needs the right strap; I play sitting and wear it high.
 
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