JTV69 (Sunburst and Black)

Received 01/04/2011

Boise Idaho

Ma & Pa music store that I work at

I picked the sunburst one and am not really too pleased... I'm already eagerly awaiting the stores opening so I can go back and check out the black one and I hope it plays better than this one...

I second the appearance and build quality information as this seems to be an issue so far.

guitar4u wrote:

 

What does "not too pleased" mean exactly? Can you be more specific please?

 

Did you not like how it plays, how it sounds, or how it looks or...?

He started a different thread, and explained it there.  http://line6.com/community/message/222200#222200  This thread is an attempt to consolidate the arrivals in one place.

Message was edited by: Goocher -- The URL was wrong; pasted the correct URL.

musicalstew wrote:

 

JTV69 (Sunburst and Black)

Received 01/04/2011

Boise Idaho

Ma & Pa music store that I work at

 

I picked the sunburst one and am not really too pleased... I'm already eagerly awaiting the stores opening so I can go back and check out the black one and I hope it plays better than this one...

Could you post pics of the damage you were telling us about?

Just realized that mine has a small ding on the third fret which you can feel when you sustain the B string with some vibrato. You can feel and hear it getting caught in the nick in the fret. Pretty minor and I was going to see my luthier tomorrow (about another guitar) anyway so hopefully he can just buff it out. Slight bummer, none the less.

grimm26 wrote:

 

Nos402 wrote:

 

Just realized that mine has a small ding on the third fret which you can feel when you sustain the B string with some vibrato. You can feel and hear it getting caught in the nick in the fret. Pretty minor and I was going to see my luthier tomorrow (about another guitar) anyway so hopefully he can just buff it out. Slight bummer, none the less.

It may be easy to remedy, but you shoudln't have to

I agree.  No doubt that "stuff happens," but still the apparent frequency of reported flaws is a little disconcerting.

I have a JTV69US on backorder, and I expect it to be perfect.  That extra "premium" buys more than just better materials and a "made in the USA" sticker (or should, anyway).  TLC in the crafting department a biggy.  In fact, probably the biggest thing for me personally.

Hopefully, the reported incidents don't indicate a trend. :-/

I'm curious how those who backordered through Sweetwater will report their JTV experiences.  There's an advantage to not being the first kid on the block (e.g. MF and some others) sending JTVs to their customers.  If I was Sweetwater (or any other retailer), I'd have somebody from my sales department lurking on this forum big time just to see how things are shaking out, then "one up" the competition.

JTV Model Received: JTV-69 Black

Order Date: 9/02/10

Received Date: 1/6/11

City/Country: Cedar Rapids, Iowa/ USA

Retailer: Musician's Friend

No problems as of yet.  Body/Paint looks great.  Neck excellent.  Strings almost in tune (all the way from Korea).  Tremolo bar in bag pocket.  Guitar came with a digital cable and USB cable.  (Guess I didn't need to buy the digital cable as a separate item).  Waiting for battery to charge to plug in and test the electronics.