The 2019 John Petrucci MAJESTY Guitar DEMO by Cooper Carter
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- The 2019 John Petrucci Signature Majesty from Ernie Ball Music Man is probably the most versatile, balanced, streamlined guitar you can own in 2019.
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00:00 - Intro Song
01:09 - Overview
02:46 - Intro Solo - Lead Only
3:13 - Colors / Body Details
5:14 - Electronics
8:38 - High Gain Pickup Demo
10:23 - Mid Gain Pickup Demo
11:52 - Clean Pickup Demo
13:52 - Piezo Pickup Demo
15:55 - Closing Remarks
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MY GOD, that intro though!
Any time I hear "what's up guys I'm Cooper Carter..." I know i'm about to get bombarded with some epic guitar playing. This does not disappoint.
Thanks my dude
DiMarzio Pickups kill It, what a sound, amazing
Subbed instantly after that intro , man that was awesome !
By far the most professional review on RUclips of any product, nothing annoying, from info to speech, the video with the graphics on screen, can't believe I've been on RUclips all these years and never come across this guy.
Came looking for a review on a guitar and found so much more, I now want one. And want to play anywhere near as good as this, basically I'm keyboard player wannabe guitarist lol.
Subbed and following.
Great demo! I loved that you put the pickups’ statuson the screen all the time.
Great demo Cooper, thanks! Glad to hear the neck finish isn't an issue.
Great demo Cooper, thanks! Glad to hear the neck finish isn't an issue too.
An instinct is pushing me to watch this video again and again. Thanks Cooper!
Awesome review, thank you very much!
Your playing is incredible dude. Great review also as always.
Great job Cooper sounds awesome
Excellent review and playing.
Great demo your explanation is very detail. This guitar is so amazing I love guitar that has many voicing. I really like the clean sound demo with the combination of magnetic and piezo pickups it's sounds gorgeous ❤️
I just watched your 2014 video trying to decide on weather to buy a used model and then I saw that you also put this video out. Its literally the exact video I've been looking for all day. Thank you very much for the information, it is sincerely appreciated. sub'd
Immense playing, as usual.
Wow!! Beautiful JP!! Love your playing tones and technique!! Also love your tasteful use of the wah in this video.
Great demo ! I love my Kinetic Blue 6. Those pickups really did bring it to a new level in tone.
Excellent Review! Thank you 😎
That intro was soooo sick! I’m currently saving up for my next guitar which will be my first “expensive guitar” originally was looking at a JEM then the PiA got shown off but now I’m deffo leaning towards this. Monster guitar!
I have one of this in my Dreams....
Never mind the guitar, it's worth waiting and watching this guy play.
Great video, everything you want to see in a demo! Awesome intro. Subbed.
I just got my majesty in stealth black. This video is great help.
Just bought the exact guitar totally awesome guitar,,, one of my high end guitars... well worth the money
Just gotten the Stealth Black 7 string weeks ago and it’s my 1st guitar purchase in 15 years. And it’s my first 7 string, first neck thru and first with electronic circuits. Through your video, it just affirms me that I made a good purchase with the money I have saved for years. It’s so enjoyable playing with this guitar.
Holy shred! Got my hands of one of those on the guitar shop. It is sooooo awesome, can’t even describe it properly..
Very informative and thorough review
Great video... made my decision to purchase the exact one your demonstrated!! Thank you
That is impressive! The guitar too
Awesome Guitar, Awesome Playing !!
Enchanted forest is goals 👌🏼🙌🏼
Yeah...these things are freaking amazing. Its like a real air guitar.
I was hesitating about buying a jp15 or this majesty, you really helped me making a choice thank you :)
Your studio really nice
I was all set to get that Arctic Dream color but this blue makes me think again.
Love that blue! I have a couple in the matte finish. Which I like because there's never a fingerprint ' but that blue I may have to get .
I have to add another reason I love this axe (I have the Enchanted Forest.) The strings were just barely dying out on the upper frets, and I could see the relief in the neck. So I just now did a truss rod adjustment. I've never done this before, on any of my guitars, probably because they're too much trouble to bother with, and if there was any need for one, it was very, very negligible. But on this guitar it's a breeze.
I have a little jewelers screwdriver set I keep with my guitar gear, so I inserted a small screwdriver, turned the adjuster about 1/8th a turn, looked at the neck...., nope. Wrong way (it made the relief worse.) Went the other way, plus 1/8th turn, and could tell the relief was better, but the strings were still, just very, very slightly deadening out on the next fret, so I went maybe another 1/8th turn, and..., done! Took all of 5 minutes. And it didn't affect the intonation or tuning, at least to my ears (I didn't check it on a tuner..., close enough for Rock-n-Roll, as they say!) What a great design!
Excellent video Cooper! Cool intro song and shred alert! I always appreciate the level of effort you put into your demo's and then I try to learn what the hell did you just play lol! Yes, I have tried this model, it is incredible, I don't have one, but maybe one day:) Like you said, it plays so well, and the guitar wants to pull out your best playing, so smooth. Thanks for sharing!!
I like it..👍🎸
I own a red one and it's the best guitar I've ever had hands down super fretwork great pickups fast neck.
You can play an entire gig with this guitar it's that versitle
William Lewis i got a Sterling 2020 MAJ200 (DiMarzio Pick ups but the older set not the dream/rain ones) and i loved it but I felt like if I spent $1400 on a sterling I may as well spend another $2000 and get the EBMM.. still waiting to try both and send one back. I have a strong feeling it’s gonna be the Sterling that has to go back .. any thoughts from a user for the EBMM?
Not even a John fan but love this guitar
Would love a run through of your home studio setup. Looking to do something similar!
Wow, just amazing...I think I would buy the blue one too :)
That's the one on my wish list!
Do you have a full recording of that intro?
Thank you so much for this video! I just bought this exact guitar because of it.
Chris Brightwell you got the blue one ? I just ordered the Green (enchanted forest) so hard to choose online without getting to see them in person
Moe Alyasini I did.. the blue honu. It looks more like a dark turquoise in person... Super dark. But looks great under lights! And holy hell does it play nice.
Chris Brightwell
i got a Sterling 2020 MAJ200 (DiMarzio Pick ups but the older set not the dream/rain ones) and i loved it but I felt like if I spent $1400 on a sterling I may as well spend another $2000 and get the EBMM.. still waiting to try both and send one back. I have a strong feeling it’s gonna be the Sterling that has to go back .. any thoughts ?
@@moealyasini2784 Sterlings are great, but the actual EBMM is a whole different world. You get the piezo, which is amazing, and the build quality is so much better. It feels like a Rolls Royce. And the Dreamcatcher/Rainmaker... omigod. For such a thin, lightweight guitar, it sounds huge. Sustain and harmonics for days. And Sam Ash has them for under $3000 right now. Mine was $2899. I wouldn't get the solid color version though... made out of basswood. The blue honu is made out of mahogany. Same with the red and dark roast models. I think that makes a difference, personally.
Chris Brightwell really? Sam ash is that much cheaper ? How come ??! Wow i need to call GUITAR CENTER and cancel my order then or ask to price match! I gotta call sam ash first to confirm
Thanks Cooper - another one on the shopping list after you sold me on the Cutlass 🤣
Hello!! Great review!! I need some help here. I’m new to the majesty. I have a Roland JC22 it’s a stereo solid state amp, how do I run the stereo feature of the guitar in to the amp? Thanks!!
How do you compare those new set of pick ups compared to older ones ? i got a Sterling 2020 MAJ200 (DiMarzio Pick ups but the older set not the dream/rain ones) and i loved it but I felt like if I spent $1400 on a sterling I may as well spend another $2000 and get the EBMM.. still waiting to try both and send one back. I have a strong feeling it’s gonna be the Sterling that has to go back .. any thoughts ?
Hey Cooper - nice demo. For many years I had the Koa top EBFR JP6 which I absolutely loved. Before they removed the signature inlay at the 12th fret and the last year before they went to the stainless steel frets. As you say - the most playable and versatile guitars in the world, at any price. Like an idiot, I sold my damn guitar 'cause I stopped playing in a cover band and needed additional cash for the downpayment on a house :-(. I still regret it to this very day. I did pick up another used EB JP X BFR, chambered, but it doesn't hold a candle to my JP6. It looks like this Majesty might measure up so I'll check one out somewhere. I have some vintage Gibsons that are also fabulous instruments but for sheer playability and versatility you just can't beat the EB high end instruments. Cheers, and thanks for the demo!
These are by far the most sought after, focussed and inspiring guitars on the market today. Over a course of say 5 years of ownership, these easily will recover the capital cost and then some, by saving a professional guitarist huge chunks of time by getting the job done much faster than some of the less versatile and engineered guitars available.
What is your view on the more affordable Sterlings? is there a significant difference between it and musicman? And could you give me some examples of less versatile and engineered guitars please?
@@jushazhang7716 they are great guitars' main difference is the mm Majesty has the piezo bridge and ebony locking tuners
Super refined guitar and excellent playing. Anyone ever compared the awesome Majesty against a Suhr guitar?
Hi, very nice what is you're kit of monitor with axe-fx 3?
Awesome guitar and great review! Just a question, does the push-push on the tone knob split the two pickups only when the selector is in the central position? So when you select either the bridge or the neck pickup it doesn't matter if the knob is pushed or pushed-pushed, right? What version do you think sounds more "clean" in the central position, the coil splitted or the full one? I'm a fan of the old ibanez coil-splitted sound (when it was the default option and there were no push-push/pull knobs), it used to be veeery clean (e.g. the arpeggio on Erotomania), but it seems to me that through the years with the music man guitars and the new DiMarzio pickups it got a bit "crunchy"... I hope I'm making myself clear! : )
Correct. No change to the bridge or neck pickups. I like the split (knob up) tone the best for cleans.
Let's hear it for push-push switches!
Hi Carter, great demo as always. I have a question about the tremolo on the Majesty.
Can it stand up to very high levels of intense use such as what players like Dimebag and Vai do in their playing? I've been playing JEMs for years but am strongly considering switching over to Majesty guitars. My only consideration at this point is whether or not some of the extreme tremolo maneuvers are doable on the Majesty (and not just doable, but will the trem unit endure it over time).
Thanks in advance.
Absolutely. JP does a lot of intense whammy stuff, too!
Where can I find the behind the scenes film he mentioned?
WANT
Tasty!
I have JP’s old signature pickups in my guitar and I don’t really like them that much. Would putting a different set of pickups on this guitar be difficult with all of the electronic options? Like the 20db boost and such?
Jacob Whitus really?
i got a Sterling 2020 MAJ200 (DiMarzio Pick ups but the older set not the dream/rain ones) and i loved it but I felt like if I spent $1400 on a sterling I may as well spend another $2000 and get the EBMM.. still waiting to try both and send one back. I have a strong feeling it’s gonna be the Sterling that has to go back .. any thoughts since you use the same pick ups ?
@@moealyasini2784 I actually sold the EBMM since then. It's an amazing guitar but I like to play ambient stuff and I was having a really tough time getting the tones I wanted out of it. I now have a PRS Custom 24 and it's perfect for me. Having said all that I prefer the PRS pickups over the EBMM ones. Less output and more dynamics.
Love your playing. Awesome. Do these JP guitars stay in tune with heavy trem use? Can you dive bomb them. They don’t have locking saddles, so I was logically thinking the G and E will go out. I really want to get one.
The have locking tuner heads. They hold remarkably well against hard trem use.
Check out Sacrificed Sons on the live SCORE dvd
From :07-:30 the clean sound... what pickup/piezo settings are you using? Neck + piezo on? Bridge + piezo? Or something else? That is a heavenly clean sound
Piezo + middle position + coil tap
Qué pedal wah usas?
Can u pls share the intro backing track !!
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Is this the Kinetic Blue finish?
Hey Cooper, you mentioned using a TRS cable to split the piezo and magnetic pickups to 2 channels. What else is required for that set up?
You need a TRS to mono Y cable to do it most simply. Then two separate inputs, like an amp and an acoustic di, or two inputs on an Axe-Fx.
@@coopercarter Thanks, I ordered my TRS to y split, are the magnetics on the tip or ring? I’m Just trying to build the preset with two inputs on my Helix while I wait.
Damn....
I love that Piezo so much but the guitar sounds a little too muddy and warm for my taste. Can you do a comparison of the new Majesty and the JP15. Would love if the JP15 sounded a little snappier, had a more open sound in chords and that tiny bit more edge in the high end for riffing
I did a demo of the JP 15 when the first came out. You can compare the pickup section of that video to this one. I don't find the guitar muddy at all. Definitely warm, but that's a good thing! keep in mind you may just not like the tone I dialed in on my amplifier. The new Majesty has so much to offer.
Holy shnikies it sounds ripping! Share the AxeFX Presets!
Axe-Fx III Factory Preset - Petrucci Rig
I'm thinking about buying this guitar but in the Kinetic Blue color. That color is a Basswood body. How much difference does that truly make compared to a Mahogany/Maple guitar like this model?? I can't imagine the difference being huge but I have never had the opportunity to A/B to identical guitars made from different wood.
Wood has very little to do with sound. Heard a video breaking for the difference between the basswood mahogany and alder. Right next to each other you could detect a difference, but it was slight.
Amp, pedals are the biggest impact. Then pickups then strings. Wood is last on the list of things affecting tone.
Do you think it would be worth to just change the pickups on a JP6 with the new dimarzio rainmaker and dreamcatcher instead of buying a 4k euros majesty ? Or is there a real difference between the two guitars ? Thanks guys ^^
Up to you. I'm sure they'll sound cool, but there's really no comparison between the JP6 and the Maj. They're very different sounding/playing guitars!
@@coopercarter thanks, just asking by the way : are you sure it's the blue honu that you had in the videos ? ^^ because the blue looks "darker" in your videos than the pictures on music man website :)
@@HugoPamart haha yeah man it's definitely the blue honu. My studio's just vibey 😂
So when you're setting up your Axe FX back there globally to "tickle the red", are you doing that with the 20db boost on or off?
Off. The input of the unit is the average of a fender and a marshall amp input and can be treated like any other amp input. The input gain knob is the most misunderstood parameter in the unit. Set it for you loudest guitar and never touch it again. It has no effect at all on tone or level. It normalizes any adjustment and is only there to optimize signal to noise ratio of the A/D converter.
@@coopercarter thanks!!! I set mine up with the boost on like a noob. Was afraid of clipping. BTW, I really liked your demo with the boost on playing a lead, it sounded great. Appreciate the assist.
@@ookookook you got it. Don't treat the Axe any differently than you would a "real" amp and you'll be set! Fwiw, I've always left my input at its default. ~50%
What about tuning to drop d for example? Would it be a big pain like a Floyd? Or should I just use another guitar for different tunings
No, not a big pain. Just like tuning a Strat or something with the bridge floating.
Cooper Carter but if I tune the low E string down to D then all the other strings will drop flat because the bridge is floating.
@@davidlawrence701 correct. And you'll tune the others slightly to retune against the springs. Like any guitar with the bridge floating.
Can you play the guitar without batteries?
Nice opening song😈🤘does this model come with the new Dimarzio Rain Maker/Dream Catcher set?
it does.
Roland Lemus how different are they from the older set use in older models (which they also put in the new Sterling 2020)
11.54 if you want to here clean
Amazing tone dude. Could you describe the signal chain, end effects you've used? Please 🙏🙏🙏
Sure, it's the factory Petrucci Rig preset from the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III direct into REAPER, my DAW, via USB
@@coopercarter I can't believe you've answered me, I'm a big fan of you. I'm not sure if you know this, but you have a lot o fans down here in Brazil.
These are nice but they don’t really have any options for people like me who don’t like flat fingerboards. Compound radius like a 10-14 even a 12-16 would be much better. That’s just based on my personal preferences though. But yeah, 17” at the nut is ridiculously flat, I don’t think I could ever get used to that.
I agree with everything you said about the playability...so happy with my new Enchanted Forest that I haven't put down for the entire week-and-a-half I've owned it (except for work!!), so its got all kinds of fingerprints all over it. I'm scared to clean it and take a chance of putting even the slightest fine scratches on the absolutely beautiful finish. What do you clean yours with?
Microfiber towel with Ernie Ball instrument polish
Microfiber towel and Ernie Ball instrument polish
@@coopercarter Thanks for the quick response. You're an awesome player, btw.
gr8guitarplayer i just ordered my enchanted forest today hahaha I got my sterling 2020 with DiMarzio pickups (the older ones not the dream catcher) and I am now waiting for the EBMM to choose in between money or better guitar lol ! Also to see if there is a huge difference.. what do you think? I am sure you researched the new 2020 MAJ200 as well
@@moealyasini2784 I never considered a Sterling. But I bought a PRS Singlecut SE used a couple years ago just to have a guitar to practice on, so I'd slow down the fret wear on my 87 PRS. It doesn't hold tune as well, and a couple other things I notice about the quality, so I'd assume you'll notice the same btw your guitars. I wanted the real deal..., wanted to have the same guitar JP plays, so I'd have no excuses to not be able to get as good as I'm able to. Plus, I have a thing for buying American, even though it costs more. I can say this: You're going to love it. I just went outside and cranked my Dual Rec this evening, and OMG, the crunch of The Root of All Evil and On The Backs of Angels sounded fucking awesome!! And the piezo through the clean channel too. NoFX, just straight into the amp!! Then I played some classic rock through the clean channel, and used the boost on the guitar for some slight overdrive, and it sounded like I was playing a different guitar through an old Marshall. This guitar is SOOO versatile!! Where are you getting it from?
Nice ... sound great through your kemper ... owwww sorry I know you are playing with helix ... my bad :)
He said earlier it's an Axe FX.
Dude what distortion do you use? sounds amazing!
This is the JP2C+ model in the axe-fx 3
Cooper Carter awesome ! No pedals? If so please share them with me.. I have the Mark V and i am hoping I can get that type of sound as well
@@moealyasini2784 I'm pretty sure there's a video of JP sharing his exact settings on the Mark V.
how does the gloss neck feel? do you feel it affects the playing?
I dig it!! Smooth as silk.
@@coopercarter thats pretty surprising for a gloss neck
You’re a seriously good player, CC. I comprehend the instrument’s ability to do ripping leads and shimmering cleans, but can it do anything resembling a mello Jazz tone - neck pickup, treble rolled off?
Yes, it can, check them out at any store where you can play one. It is a beautiful full option tone creating guitar, your only limitations is your imagination, and maybe your amp rig:)
Would love a more thorough discussion on the piezo and how you use it with your AXEFX. I have a Majesty and AX8 and haven’t quite figured out the piezo yet.
How much? 🙏😥
Ok fuck fine I’m getting one, I’ll finally pull the 3,600$ trigger
What do these retail for?
About $2,900 us
Your right arm and your left nut.
Great video Cooper! What do you think about someone with robust hands (fat sausage fingers) playing an instrument like this? I belive this is a very well thought product. But Im concern it might not be for me because of the fame of Musicman's Neck profiles of being too skinny. Thanks!
Dude, you need to check out this guy on YT. He NAILS JP stuff like few can do, and he's a big guy, with hands like you described. Alain Ibrahim.
"what's up guys i'm pooper carter. "
He’s got ANOTHER signature pickup set? Oh jeeze. How many is that now? Four?
Nick K I agree it’s a ton but this set is really really good. Best one was far tbh and I’ve had them all at one point.
I played a couple, they sound good, but for me it's a no-go. The problem is the spacing between the strings is too close. I don't have large hands by any means, but I tried to play the most simple of string-skipping exercises and I was inadvertently hitting adjacent strings...back to my Schecters I go.
how to fuck did i end up on this video? last think i remeber is smoking a blunt
Watches intro, burns all guitars.
Ey, you are here beacuse you would like sounds like The Doo 🎸
The most crappy rhythm sound you've ever used haha i don't know why it does sound like if it's clipping, overall great performance and the majesty's are really good instruments especially combined with an AXE-FX3
All these options and you still can't get a simple single coil sound from just the neck or just the bridge pickup.
Severely limits this guitar and the entire JP line.
It's designed for metal, and for JP. He doesn't need the coil sound in general, just with clean tones. In that way it's a really clever solution because you never use the middle position with a high gain crunch or lead sound in metal. So the coil tap could be always pushed out and you still have the correct metal sound, but if you go to the clean channel on your amp, you only need to switch to the middle position and you don't need to push the button. It's a design to switch as fast as possible in metal. For JP and for me it's just perfect. But I see your point.