This is the prohibitively and costly $5000-$5300 Tiger Eye version! All others in the 2019 line up still have the shield and are pricier than the Monarchy series for just a pickup swap. The price difference for a full flamed top is seriously a "head-scratcher". They are testing to see how far the fans are willing to open their wallets.
Petrucci has bring guitars to the next level, I can see how he focus on the problem of many existing guitar to make it sounds more good and comfortable to play. The design and the colour is also amazing.
That's the one I want, too. I have a Sterling Majesty in Arctic Red that I bought for $1k; it plays as well as I do. Now, I'm going to save my Social Security for that JP Majesty! I'll probably die of old age before I reach that goal, but hey, it is a goal.
This is the first guitar in years to really impress me in almost every aspect You really have to get one in your hands to appreciate how sweet it really is.... fantastic
Majesty is my most wanted guitar even that I'm more about some arrow or ML type shapes. But no other guitar can beat Majesty in terms of playabilty. No locking nut, no knobs right under your hands, so you hit them all the time. Easy fret access and neck through which is most playable neck. Stainless steel is also a cool feature. And as addition - variety of tone, guitar is good for everything. Hope one day more signature guitars will be like JP models
The best man, the best musician with the best guitar with the best tone of all times! Ladies and Gentelments Mr. John Petrucci! Il mio amore di una vita! Per sempre!
@@hjubris every one of the comments here are disrespectful and obviously made by bedroom bound wannabees. Petrucci can out play you all with his beard. FRO.
@ Musician's Friend can you ask Mr.Petrucci to elaborate more on the Dreamcatcher and Rainmaker pickups? What new characteristics they have? What makes them different from the previous ones (Sonic Ecstasy)?
@Musician's Friend i would like to know as well, i love the tone on the bridge pick up of the first series of majestys but on the monarchy i much prefer the neck pickup more, im think which i should get and i want to know how the 2019 one sounds.
Alex Vinn same here. I prefer that they increased the low range on the Monarchy versions (Sonic Ecstasy) It is more heavy and suitable for heavy riffs. I really want to know how different the new 2019 ones are.
As a Majesty owner I think it's time to improve also the power system of the Majesty: it's disappointing that a masterpiece of guitar like the Majesty can only work using disposable alkaline batteries. It will be great if EBMM thinks about a rechargeable battery pack like other guitar brands.
Rechargeable batteries fuck out after a while. One day that battery would die, it would be out of production, you now have unusable features on an expensive guitar. 9 Volts will always be around, they’re cheap, and they work. You could always buy rechargeable versions of those anyway.
Warkick and Fishman offers - lithium battery pack usb rechargeable, while EBMM only alkaline due to prevent preamp damages. No upgrades since 2014 and I think there is not the will to do something about that. I really like my majesty, it is one of the best guitar I've ever played but I hate use disposable battery, it is something that is forcing me to use other guitars and this is a mistake
SmokinFudo I will say this about myself when I find a guitar that is right for me I tend not to care what I have to do to achieve its ultimate potential for tone. It has wound up that its been active pickups for me for the last 35 years. I used Duncan livewires for 17 years, I currently use Fishman Fluence Classic humbuckers since their release. Batteries are an inconvenience but its powers what I consider a must have to achieve the tones I want to express. I'm 60 yrs old. I played 3 main guitars over the last 35 years. The Majesty is a bucket list guitar for me.
SmokinFudo I think his point is that eventually a lithium batter will hold a charge for less and less time until it goes bad. At that point, you’d better hope the battery itself doesn’t become obsolete and that you have replacement options for it. 9v batteries will perpetually be made and are cheap.
I get the guitar and I'm like 'Hey! This thing is huuuge! Why does it seem so small on John? Maybe ours is different Guy in the corner: He is sooooooo muscular! *droolsing*
The Fluence Classic Humbuckers are awesome pickups. If I were to be unhappy with the pickups on the Majesty I would not hesitate to put these on and find a way to make it work with the piezo system.
Glenn is a fool sometimes. Tonewood does not matter if you use plugins.. you play with a $4K guitar or $400 it wouldn't make a difference. But plug a cheap guitar with modified pickups and electronics into a tube amp and you'll feel the difference instantly.
ReCharredSigh as he’s playing, biologically he disperses heat from his knees otherwise he would literally cause all of existence to collapse upon itself.
July 2024.. the 2019 line has been the absolute best majesty line apart of the BRR majesty's of the years that followed. Regular majesty's manufactured in 2019 are the best before Music man switched African mahogany to Okoume. Ingredients do matter peeps.
Bro... why caint you make the same colors for the entry level models. The only one I could afford is the 900 dollar model, but I hate red, black, and brown.
mads madsen to keep resell value high forever, so in 100 years from now after his death they will sale high and his name its not linked to a cheap guitar 🎸
I noticed that too. Producer probably corrected him. It could be he's still learning the correct way and has to break the habit of saying it wrong, just like most guitarists say 'capo' incorrectly. Capo is from the Italian word 'capotasto', pronounced 'cah-po-TAH-sto', or 'cah-po' for short. 'Kay-po' is incorrect.
@@gonzalocobiangrayson1286 the cutlass is a great guitar. That being said it still isn't a copy paste strat with a different headstock like the silver sky
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!!
I think you'd need a stereo breakout cable. Takes the stereo output of guitar into the mono input of the amp. Preferably, however, you'd run the guitar into 2 amps
Problably he went to music man because of the sound and playability, and the fact that the JEM and JPM are almost the same thing (own a jem, owning a majesty)
It would be cool if more guitar companies like Ernie ball start putting 26.5” scale length on the 7 strings. 25.5” feels floppy and can go sharp easily
@@jakeliftsnshreds6670 yeah but it’s not the same as if you had a longer scale. Longer scales allow you to go lighter with the strings and having a much tighter and clearer sound
@@oscar.leon003 it's really an indiscernable difference to the ear. If youre playing in standard with a 7 25.5 is good enough. Jason richardson tunes to low f# on 25.5 scale and it sounds clear and tight. Where there's a will, theres a way!
@@jakeliftsnshreds6670 if you play in B standard and even on Drop A yeah 25.5” would be no problem, but I think it comes to personal preference man. I also tune lower than that, and I prefer how tight and focused the longer scale sounds. And what Jason Richardson does it unbelievable. Don’t know how he does it, must have a light touch and use very thin picks.
I bought the Kinetic Blue and I understand it to have a Honduran Mahogany neck through and basswood (optional) sides. There was a choice of Alder wings as well I think.
JP, you should not promote this thing until the price is somewhat reasonable for us underlings. How can you expect a young guy the future of music to afford this at $4999! It’s just a guitar, not a piece of art. Hendrix became the legend with a $200 Strat.
It's like saying do not promote Bentley and Porsche till they're somewhat reasonable for everyone to drive "it's just a car" 😂 well it sucks it's expensive true but you can't afford it? Get something else. You're not forced to buy it
I've seen some videos here on youtube that show that the sound depends merely on the pickups, strings , amp, effects and the player. So why still using the idea of wood selection for a "better" sound? $$$$$$
@@karlkanner3467 thats what I thought too until I saw those videos where these guys actually made themselves a few guitars with a CNC machine with different woods. Quite interesting
@@elBanananas Piezo is the proper spelling, meaning it's pronounced 'pee-AY-zo'. If it were spelled with two Z's and pronounced as an Italian word it would be 'Pee-AYT-zo' like the Z's in Pizza. Piezo has Greek etymology.
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so i guess lefty version is gonna be called ytse jam?
Ahh that'd be nice reference
ytse kind of magic!
That was pretty good.
🤣🤣good one
THAT IS A GREAT COMMENT..WISH I HAD THOUGHT OF THAT..
These are not just guitars, they're stunningly beautiful works of art.
are you serious? this guitars are ugly as shit
@@MrMusicopath LOL you are probably jealous that you cant afford them.
@@BattleOps2000 no, i really think is horrid, i prefer a cheaper guitar whitout that horrid body shape and headstock
@@MrMusicopath why are you here if youre just going to bash the majesty
@@nino9273 i like to know about different guitars and compare
they look even better now without the shield
exactly, that shield needed to go, glad it did
Surely these are great guitars, no questions... but they are butt ugly, no matter what.
This is the prohibitively and costly $5000-$5300 Tiger Eye version! All others in the 2019 line up still have the shield and are pricier than the Monarchy series for just a pickup swap. The price difference for a full flamed top is seriously a "head-scratcher". They are testing to see how far the fans are willing to open their wallets.
@@Progmium plus the quality is not that good... although I love every feature
WRONG
Is it "normal" that I own more than 1 of these and I STILL go and look for pics and videos of these!?
I'm addicted, seriously! :D
Ti trovo sempre sotto tutti i video di John hahaha
@@buckeyeburl0162 Well "pathetic" is your way of inappropriately write messages. I know him, and we are both Italians.
I own your family.
Next time just shut up :)
Emanuele Servadio *I just can’t get enough* 😂
(Deep voice) That was in 17/23 time.
Adam02 is still sorely missed
But Pale Blue Dot's weird signature is 15/16.
Squeeky voice: "What? That´s an impossible Timesignature!"
Deep Voice: "Shut up noob!"
🤣😂🤣💀
Petrucci has bring guitars to the next level, I can see how he focus on the problem of many existing guitar to make it sounds more good and comfortable to play. The design and the colour is also amazing.
6:58 SOUNDS so sweet with those dreamcatcher pups!! WOW!
The black and green one is amazing.
That's the one I want, too. I have a Sterling Majesty in Arctic Red that I bought for $1k; it plays as well as I do. Now, I'm going to save my Social Security for that JP Majesty! I'll probably die of old age before I reach that goal, but hey, it is a goal.
Same here
This is the first guitar in years to really impress me in almost every aspect
You really have to get one in your hands to appreciate how sweet it really is.... fantastic
Majesty is my most wanted guitar even that I'm more about some arrow or ML type shapes. But no other guitar can beat Majesty in terms of playabilty. No locking nut, no knobs right under your hands, so you hit them all the time. Easy fret access and neck through which is most playable neck. Stainless steel is also a cool feature. And as addition - variety of tone, guitar is good for everything. Hope one day more signature guitars will be like JP models
The best man, the best musician with the best guitar with the best tone of all times!
Ladies and Gentelments Mr. John Petrucci! Il mio amore di una vita! Per sempre!
Gotta love JP for keeping it real at the end about what other people's wants are and sticking to his guns
I Liked a lot the Stealth black
If this uncle keeps on practising one day he can buy new jeans.
NoFap 365 nice
and earn enough money to get a haircut too!
those jeans are actually master-built heavy relic jeans.
He just needs to budget less money for beard and hair dye... 👍👍
@@hjubris every one of the comments here are disrespectful and obviously made by bedroom bound wannabees. Petrucci can out play you all with his beard. FRO.
He told me we'll probably get a lefty version 😍😍😍
My Only dream guitar Music Man "Majesty"
The new album is sick 🔥🔥
I love the nerd proof strap, that lowers the guitar to cool levels for photo's but whips it up for the gig!
The Kinetic Blue is amazing! These are works of art indeed!
I liked the red sunrise it's gorgeous
I’ve played one of these
Oh wow it was incredible
The blue 6 string one
Kinetic blue- Mystic dream in the jp6 range,as I have the mystic dream
I also have a glacial frost majesty...Two of the best guitars I've ever played
Beautiful guitar. I came here because Dovydas just received one from Ernie Ball.
I think musicians friend plugged him into the Boss Katana, sounds thin and abrasive just like the brown channel on the Kat.
I played one yesterday and couldn’t believe how tiny it is.
This homeless man has his own signature guitar amazing! See kids stay in school
Better stay in school, can't play guitar...good advice from one who knows.
I love it that Jesus finally got his own guitar.
The ripped jean stand for some alien intervals. That was the way he crammed it.
JP = Premium rockstar !!
@ Musician's Friend can you ask Mr.Petrucci to elaborate more on the Dreamcatcher and Rainmaker pickups? What new characteristics they have? What makes them different from the previous ones (Sonic Ecstasy)?
@Musician's Friend i would like to know as well, i love the tone on the bridge pick up of the first series of majestys but on the monarchy i much prefer the neck pickup more, im think which i should get and i want to know how the 2019 one sounds.
Alex Vinn same here. I prefer that they increased the low range on the Monarchy versions (Sonic Ecstasy) It is more heavy and suitable for heavy riffs.
I really want to know how different the new 2019 ones are.
That was freaking good
God id die to have one of these
Just bought it
Pretty amazing and you can actually adjust the neck and all of that to
Island burst
Four
@@swoozulo2386 *too
I thought he was going to call brown one “taking a dump”............
Just messing....nice guitars👍
I hear him play and I do take a dump. Man. Bad to the dadgum bone
As a Majesty owner I think it's time to improve also the power system of the Majesty: it's disappointing that a masterpiece of guitar like the Majesty can only work using disposable alkaline batteries. It will be great if EBMM thinks about a rechargeable battery pack like other guitar brands.
SmokinFudo ,is Majesty really passive?
Rechargeable batteries fuck out after a while. One day that battery would die, it would be out of production, you now have unusable features on an expensive guitar. 9 Volts will always be around, they’re cheap, and they work. You could always buy rechargeable versions of those anyway.
Warkick and Fishman offers - lithium battery pack usb rechargeable, while EBMM only alkaline due to prevent preamp damages. No upgrades since 2014 and I think there is not the will to do something about that. I really like my majesty, it is one of the best guitar I've ever played but I hate use disposable battery, it is something that is forcing me to use other guitars and this is a mistake
SmokinFudo I will say this about myself when I find a guitar that is right for me I tend not to care what I have to do to achieve its ultimate potential for tone. It has wound up that its been active pickups for me for the last 35 years. I used Duncan livewires for 17 years, I currently use Fishman Fluence Classic humbuckers since their release. Batteries are an inconvenience but its powers what I consider a must have to achieve the tones I want to express. I'm 60 yrs old. I played 3 main guitars over the last 35 years. The Majesty is a bucket list guitar for me.
SmokinFudo
I think his point is that eventually a lithium batter will hold a charge for less and less time until it goes bad. At that point, you’d better hope the battery itself doesn’t become obsolete and that you have replacement options for it. 9v batteries will perpetually be made and are cheap.
Sweet knees John, maybe Ernie Ball can up your percentage so you can buy some pants from the Men's section of Nordstroms rack.
I get the guitar and I'm like 'Hey! This thing is huuuge! Why does it seem so small on John? Maybe ours is different
Guy in the corner: He is sooooooo muscular! *droolsing*
You may not know it but He is also a master of an arcade game called pacman.
I want to see with fishman pickup
Look up JD from Ice Nine Kills then
Prezla men why?
The Fluence Classic Humbuckers are awesome pickups. If I were to be unhappy with the pickups on the Majesty I would not hesitate to put these on and find a way to make it work with the piezo system.
Beautiful guitars
This is the fucking Bugatti of guitars.... The one to own if you only have to play 1 guitar for 10 years
John Petrucci: talks about tonewood
Glenn Fricker: 👿👿🤬🤬
Glenn is a fool sometimes. Tonewood does not matter if you use plugins.. you play with a $4K guitar or $400 it wouldn't make a difference. But plug a cheap guitar with modified pickups and electronics into a tube amp and you'll feel the difference instantly.
I wouldn't even be surprised if john has some weird detailed musical reason why he needs to play with ripped jeans
ReCharredSigh as he’s playing, biologically he disperses heat from his knees otherwise he would literally cause all of existence to collapse upon itself.
All the tone comes from the jeans dude.
Sir if you did not like dark roast coffee I would've doubted your genuinity 😂
July 2024.. the 2019 line has been the absolute best majesty line apart of the BRR majesty's of the years that followed. Regular majesty's manufactured in 2019 are the best before Music man switched African mahogany to Okoume. Ingredients do matter peeps.
Eu preciso dessa guitarra!
Bro... why caint you make the same colors for the entry level models. The only one I could afford is the 900 dollar model, but I hate red, black, and brown.
Get the arctic dream color
because then there wouldn't be much reasons to buy the premium ones?
I dont understand. why only make 300 of those awesome guitars?
mads madsen to keep resell value high forever, so in 100 years from now after his death they will sale high and his name its not linked to a cheap guitar 🎸
@@Rolanditou only tiger eye is limited
petrucci should try the air norton and steve special dimarzios on his guitars as it was on his ibanez. the best pickups
My Ernie Ball MusicMan doesn't sound the same as the one on the video. something may be wrong with it
Jay G you’re not playing through his rig.
I known its a sick guitar, its just i cant afford it 😄
@Boko le Chocobo might as well buy three regular guitars..thats way too much money not counting the right gear to pull off a better even tone
@Boko le Chocobo Just imagine in Pesos, lol
Really great game
the guitar is very good sir
Lol, why does he start pronouncing "piezo" correctly halfway through?
I noticed that also.
The interviewer probably asked him about the pickups and pronounced it the right way when he asked which reminded Petrucci the correct way to say it.
porta except there is no interviewer
I noticed that too. Producer probably corrected him. It could be he's still learning the correct way and has to break the habit of saying it wrong, just like most guitarists say 'capo' incorrectly. Capo is from the Italian word 'capotasto', pronounced 'cah-po-TAH-sto', or 'cah-po' for short. 'Kay-po' is incorrect.
You know some of these kids know John just as Jake Bowen's uncle. Oh the times have changed 😅
Falls right in line with about everything they "know"... misinterpreted and based on half knowledge
Imagine if these looks exactly like a strat with an Ernie ball headstock. Like PRS innovative silver sky.
LeGeNd that’s where the Music Man Cutlass fits in! It’s a bonafied strat with Music Man features
@@gonzalocobiangrayson1286 the cutlass is a great guitar. That being said it still isn't a copy paste strat with a different headstock like the silver sky
Is it me or John has arms bigger and bigger ^-^
Chrime71 No; we are all simply getting smaller than him.
Introducing the new Musicman JP LXX Mr Olympia
Just kidding
Go John Go!!
his jean rips make it look like he's got Lieutenant Dan leg stumps.
Rockin 🎼🎸👌💢💖
Es sierto que ya llega la majesty 8 cuerdas ? gracias
what if this guitar was made for microtonal? 42 frets, no inlays although all the wood materials doesn't change. It such a kind of killer.
I want to a JP 60 in that blue
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!!
I think you'd need a stereo breakout cable. Takes the stereo output of guitar into the mono input of the amp. Preferably, however, you'd run the guitar into 2 amps
How much?
Opening sounds kinda like he's saying Nana Nana Boo Boo lol
He start going over Specs and features and I'm just thinking at least 5k plus 🙄
That's about right I'd guess...
i wish someone send me this guitar on my birthday hehe
Did he get dropped by ibanez 20 years ago or did Ernie Ball offer him a better deal? I loved his picasso ibanez.
Problably he went to music man because of the sound and playability, and the fact that the JEM and JPM are almost the same thing (own a jem, owning a majesty)
It would be cool if more guitar companies like Ernie ball start putting 26.5” scale length on the 7 strings. 25.5” feels floppy and can go sharp easily
Use thicker strings man. Use a 66 at least for the low b.
@@jakeliftsnshreds6670 yeah but it’s not the same as if you had a longer scale. Longer scales allow you to go lighter with the strings and having a much tighter and clearer sound
@@oscar.leon003 it's really an indiscernable difference to the ear. If youre playing in standard with a 7 25.5 is good enough. Jason richardson tunes to low f# on 25.5 scale and it sounds clear and tight. Where there's a will, theres a way!
@@jakeliftsnshreds6670 if you play in B standard and even on Drop A yeah 25.5” would be no problem, but I think it comes to personal preference man. I also tune lower than that, and I prefer how tight and focused the longer scale sounds. And what Jason Richardson does it unbelievable. Don’t know how he does it, must have a light touch and use very thin picks.
Either John is wrong, or Music Man's website is wrong, but the kinetic blue is not basswood, it's also mahogany.
I bought the Kinetic Blue and I understand it to have a Honduran Mahogany neck through and basswood (optional) sides. There was a choice of Alder wings as well I think.
I keep wondering why you do't use fine wire frets
when will she be available in France ?
nice
wish John would have gifted the majesty to me. can't afford it:(
COOL ... SUBBED
what the tremolo? updown ? 0r semi up down? greeting from indo
BUT THIS GUY ! LOVE YA JOHN KEEP UP AN REACH MAJESTIC FORESTS !!!!!
When you really want something and you can't afford it, this is it for me lol
Donate one of them bad boys to someone that cant afford it but would love to have one. Lol
I prefer the old jp7 style
EZ Assegai The later JP models look amazing (probably due to the BFR body).
You can still get those
@@stefanpalicki3538 got some good sites? I usually aim for thomann but they only have sterling afaik
@@ezassegai4793 you could look at the new guitars on reverb
If only I had a Majesty 😢
I feel the exact same way😢
Even JP says PIE-zo and pee-AY-zo intermixed. WHAT IS IT?????
where's the white one?!?!
The white one is a sterling majesty x
Can I have one?
JP, you should not promote this thing until the price is somewhat reasonable for us underlings. How can you expect a young guy the future of music to afford this at $4999! It’s just a guitar, not a piece of art. Hendrix became the legend with a $200 Strat.
It's like saying do not promote Bentley and Porsche till they're somewhat reasonable for everyone to drive "it's just a car" 😂 well it sucks it's expensive true but you can't afford it? Get something else. You're not forced to buy it
Kneeeeeeeeeeees.
Beauty and the beast a???!!!
I've seen some videos here on youtube that show that the sound depends merely on the pickups, strings , amp, effects and the player.
So why still using the idea of wood selection for a "better" sound? $$$$$$
the wood of the guitar makes a big difference in terms of tone and sustain. the guitar body resonates differently depending on the wood used.
@@karlkanner3467 thats what I thought too until I saw those videos where these guys actually made themselves a few guitars with a CNC machine with different woods. Quite interesting
@@felipedromundo8861 alright, maybe i was wrong to say "big difference", but i would venture to say the difference can be noticeable.
Any chance of satin matte finish?
Yep, there's a stealth version with black hardware
no V shape?
It would be a hard decision among this and Marco Sfogli's Ibanez...
Is 1:52 a DT song?
Fall Into The Light - Dream Theater
Is the Dreamcatcher active or passive?
The pickups themselves are passive. The reason for needing a 9v battery is for the built in 20db gain boost as well as the piezo system
They're active pickups.
and the price, let's just...
So, now Petrucci uses his guitars lower than usual, now he looks like a guitar gangster haha which is nice by the way
in this photoshoot only, live he uses them as high as always
Those knees though...
😍😍😍😍
so how it's pronounced? piezo or paizo? :P
Piezzo, an italian word and if you pronounce it in Italian way its piezzo not paizo.
Piezo; Pee-a-zo
Capo: CAH-po, from the Italian word 'capotasto' pronounced 'cah-po-TAH-sto'.
@@elBanananas Piezo is the proper spelling, meaning it's pronounced 'pee-AY-zo'. If it were spelled with two Z's and pronounced as an Italian word it would be 'Pee-AYT-zo' like the Z's in Pizza. Piezo has Greek etymology.
So it's P-eh-zo or Pie-zo?
Pee..zoe
@@mindstorms44 Nope it's "Pee-AY-zow". Three syllables.
Can look without a way to get