Official: New 24-fret JS on the way!

[HeavyMetal4Ever]

What Marshall is that, looks like a JVM to me?

Rock on!

[Myst and rain]

I sure hope they'll release it in another color than white...

Anyway, it looks cool. The lower cutaway is different... Interesting...

[marianozz]

Looks odd. Reminds me of a yamaha bass for some reason...

[jb4674]

Have you guys noticed that the headstock logo is chromed instead of gold?

Jimmy

[II Hamish II]

Originally Posted by jb4674

Have you guys noticed that the headstock logo is chromed instead of gold?

Jimmy

The gold is only on th JS1000s and JS900s. JS100s are white, JS1200s a yellowish colour. The rest have silver.

[jb4674]

Originally Posted by II Hamish II

The gold is only on th JS1000s and JS900s. JS100s are white, JS1200s a yellowish colour. The rest have silver.

Ok smartie pants, I was merely pointing out that this proto has a silver logo instead of the gold logo.

Jimmy

[jono]

In that they're both 24 fret superstrats with an HS configuration?

[frantick]

Originally Posted by jono

In that they're both 24 fret superstrats with an HS configuration?

OK, yes, just that. Now I suppose I'll get flamed cuz there are a million HS strat-style configurations out there! It's the way the pickup is slammed up against the neck too. Oh, and because I've been eyeing a Vigier lately. YOU GOT ME!

[Myst and rain]

Originally Posted by jono

In that they're both 24 fret superstrats with an HS configuration?

Come on man, the cutaways and/or horns look so much alike... It's in plain view. Add the neck pickup and you've got a guitar that certainly is reminiscent of the Vigier.

[jono]

I think pretty much all suprstrats with the same pickup configuration and 24 frets look fairly similar.

The Vigier Excaliber with it's HSH configuration is just an RG clone by your reasoning then?

[Zgicc]

Originally Posted by jono

I think pretty much all suprstrats with the same pickup configuration and 24 frets look fairly similar.

The Vigier Excaliber with it's HSH configuration is just an RG clone by your reasoning then?

+1 my initial reasoning. Being superstrats with same pickup configurations doesn't really hit me as being similar...

With that reasoning all guitars are basically clones of each (which they are.. roughly)

/sarcasm.on

http://www.espguitars.co.jp/original/images/mv_hfbk.jpg

Oh dear another similar guitar... and they also ripped off the finish!!! What has the world come to?

/sarcasm.off

[Myst and rain]

Originally Posted by jono

I think pretty much all suprstrats with the same pickup configuration and 24 frets look fairly similar.

The Vigier Excaliber with it's HSH configuration is just an RG clone by your reasoning then?

All I meant to say was that I agree with frantick that it has a resemblance. I never said I agreed it was a rip-off/clone.

[frantick]

OK, rip-off was a bad choice of words. "It looks like" should've said. And yes, there are probably a million HS's out there, for sure there's a million HH, HSH, and SSS's out there.

But that ESP has a slanted pickup and what looks like 26 1/2 frets, so it's WAY DIFFERENT! ;-)

-cp

[II Hamish II]

There is definitely a resemblance, but really as Joe said, it is the Radius body with a deeper cuttaway.