Watchtower Guitars is extremely excited to be a new Music Man dealer! We love the fit, finish and incredible value these instruments have to offer. The basses, of course, are already legendary - but we are just blown away at how good these guitars sound and the craftsmanship of these California made beauties!
This is one of the March 2021 Ball Family Reserve pieces that Music Man has created and its a stunner.
Limited to 89 pieces, this JP15 features a lightweight Okuome body with a rosewood top and separated by a micro-thin maple veneer. The rosewood neck with rosewood fretboard is fitted with 24 stainless steel frets, laser-etched headstock logo, and custom JP 15 Inlays. Chrome hardware is standard. Each guitar is hand-signed by John Petrucci and features a numbered certificate of authenticity.
The Ball family is the last of a dying breed, a family business making premium guitars and basses on the California central coast since 1984. Sterling Ball, alongside his sons Brian and Scott, combine the laser precision of robotics and old-world hand craftsmanship to develop innovative instrument designs that push the boundaries of performance and playability.
Other specifications of the Ernie Ball Music Man JP15 include:
- Size: 12-3/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 37" long (31.4 cm wide, 4.5 cm thick, 94.0 cm long)
- Scale Length: 25-1/2" (64.8 cm)
- Neck Attachment: 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint
- Strings: 10p-13p-17p-26-36-46 (RPS 10 Slinkys 2240)
- Body Wood: Okoume
- Body Color: Natural
- Top Wood: Rosewood / Maple Veneer
- Body Finish: Oil
- Neck Wood: Complete rosewood neck
- Neck Color: Natural
- Neck Finish: Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend
- Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Finish: Oil/wax
- Front Headstock Logo: Laser engraved
- Rear Headstock Logo: Laser engraved, Bear no Serial
- Headstock Finish: Natural
- Frets: 24 - Medium Jumbo profile
- Fret Size Height x Width: .051 x .108
- Fret Material: Stainless Steel
- Fret Markers: JP shield inlay
- Nut Width: 1-11/16" (43.0 mm) at nut
- Neck Width at Last Fret: 2-1/4" (57.2 mm)
- Neck Radius: 17" (43.2 cm)
- Tuning Machine Type: Schaller M6-IND locking
- Tuning Machine Buttons: Pearl
- Bridge Finish: Chrome
- Bridge Type: Music Man Custom piezo floating tremolo with square cover and solid steel saddles
- Pickup Color: Black
- Knob Color: Black
- Knob Style: JP knobs
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Controls: Custom Music Man active preamp; push/push volume for gain boost, 500kohm push/push passive tone for custom 2 pickup configurations - .022uF tone capacitor
- Switching: 3-way toggle pickup selector, with custom center position configuration; 3-way toggle piezo/magnetic selector
- Pickups: HH - DiMarzio Illuminators; Piezo bridge pickup
- Launch March 2021
- Quantity Limited to 89
- UPC 749699106685
- Part Number 661-92-RW-00-CS-C1
- Hard Case
