Any love for musicman here?

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Any love for musicman here?

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Not quite classic enough for Gibson/Fender guys, not quite progressive enough for Ibanez/Jackson/ESP guys. This weekend i went to Osaka and tried out a few guitars, among them being a very nice Gibson les paul custom and a jackson soloist sl1. I wasn't really satisfied with either untill i played the musicman jp6. This guitar is perfect! The neck is finished with wax/gunstock oil and feels thin like a mustang neck with a flatter radius of 15inches. The color changing mystic dream finish is spectacular in person. Image

Any musicman fans here? Basses or guitars?
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Petrucci is a fan. I'm sure that's a solid guitar but not exactly affordable.
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I have a Stingray. I LOVE the way that it feels and plays, but I've grown more towards passive pickups, so I can't really get along with the sound of it anymore. I still like the way it sounds for certain things, but it's just not the sound that I like anymore. I've never gotten the chance to play any MusicMan guitars, but if they feel anywhere near as good as my stingray does then I'm sure they're great!
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great guitars but way expensive and I generally do not like the finishes. I hate that purple blue color (I have seen it in person several times). To each their own though. I have played one of the old EVH models my friend had and the neck was amazing (but I would never own a floyd rose guitar as I do not use trem at all...)
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These guitars are built to be perfect to play, and they damn near are. If you were ever to define "playability" its a nice Musicman. Every one i've played has been perfect, but damn it all I'll never afford one.
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I love Musicman amps. Guitars:meh, basses: meh.
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The albert lee signature is pretty cool.
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Never played a Musicman guitar, but own a 1978 RP112 sixty five and love it!
It has reverb and phaser built in and footswitches.

The bloke I bought it off had it from new and was only replacing it because it wasn't loud enough clean for the band he joined.
He replaced it with a fender twin and reckoned thay sounded very similar.
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