The range of the tremolo is pretty decent from what I could tell. I do not really abuse the tremolo bar and prefer the accurate style of playing, but I am sure that it would respond well even to the dive bombs and other metal tricks. The sensitiveness is amazing and it responds and becomes the continuation of your hand. Graph Tech involvement has once again proven it's rightfulness and I am glad that Line 6 made the right choice, at least in my opinion.

I have tried playing various models and styles of music and the piezo did not cut out at all. I've tried to play the beginning of Final Countdown by Europe and the sound was still there as well as the tuning. I did all sorts of tremolo testing and guitar stayed in tune. It's been here for a bit more than a week and I did not have to tune it yet since I did it when the guitar arrived. I only had to do the basic precision tuning. How high can you pull up? Well, I could pull it pretty high, but I do not know what is considered "high enough" .

As for the piezo wires getting in the way? I am not sure I understand what you mean, but I did not nothing anything unusual or disturbing while I was doing the pulling up. Hmm... Sorry, if I miss the point.

All in all, I am quite content with the floating tremolo and glad that I've made this choice.

My detailed and thoughts and review of guitar is still to come. I added three really simple and basic sound clips of playing with JTV89F to my Soundcloud page. One track is done with the Nova System and two other tracks were done as the direct recording. Mind you, the first time I played this instrument and tried to record something, so there is nothing sort of flashy. Just thought I'd share in case someone might be interested.   The link is: www.soundcloud.com/iceman777

Take a good care!

-- Denis

Hello I am so glad that you could try the US version of the JTV 89 guitar! It's really important to test the "guts" first in order to see if it is your thing or not, if it really fits you or you would rather choose something else. Awesome, indeed, that they had HD500 there and Line 6 DT amp, so one can always try out the "Dream Rig" and see how it all works together and in action.

Sure, the Korean-made guitars will always feel different from the American ones, but from what I can say about my Korean JTV89F, it is very well made and so far I haven't found any flaws or anything that would take away from both electronic or the non-electronic parts of the instrument. I have read lots of horror stories about the quality control as well and was a bit frightened and worried about how it will turn out. But thankfully to Line 6 and the local official dealer, things turned out to be fine and I received an awesome axe.

It's great that you will pick up the new axe in few weeks time! I shall keep fingers crossed for you and will hope that things turn out fine! How did you like the American JTV89 and what do you think of the sounds and playability?

Oh, and regarding the strings gauge - mine came from the factory with the D'Addario 10-46 string gauge. I have also played 9-42's before, but these thicker strings give nice response. I am sure you will enjoy them! Sounds especially good with all the Jazz models with the bass notes.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!