I haven't had this problem with my JTV69 at all and I play pretty hard sometimes. I can't tell from your photo where the string is getting caught. Is it on the front pickup or on a fret? If it's the pickup, you might have to lower it a bit. I have this problem with my Anderson Classic- the high E string gets caught on the side of the pickup.

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Hi all.

I haven't posted here before but I did order a JTV 69 last July when I first heard of them and saw some You Tube clips. I wanted one!

Like everyone here I have been very frustrated by the wait but I was called two weeks ago by my local music store to say that my guitar was in stock!

One of the first to hit the country. I headed straight across to the store to pick it up. I couldn't wait to get there. I was a lucky winner.

To cut a long story short I was extremely disappointed to say the least. As soon as I started to play it I realised that it was not good.

As a mainly lead player and having played for over 40 years I could tell straight away that this was a guitar that I would walk away from if I had plucked it from the shelf and not known of it's prior reputation.

But due to the build up and the multitude of positive reviews I persevered with it. After three top e strings had broken I asked for the store manager to come and discuss it with me.

It was impossible to hammer on/ pull off on the top string without the string "clunking" off of the fretboard. Useless for a lead player.

The guitar looks pretty good and, for the most part, has a quality feel to it but the neck does not. It looks and feels cheap and nasty.

I ordered the 69 because I am a strat player and use the tremelo arm a lot. The first upwards pull of the 69's bar pulled it straight out of the socket!

It's useless! It doesn't lock in place. What good is that?

I tried various other guitars from the rack to demonstrate that my technique was not at fault for either of these problems and it was agreed that the guitar was not right.

Although I did try some of the modelling sounds and tunings my main emphasis was on the playability of the guitar so I won't comment on those functions here yet.

Suffice to say that the sounds did not annoy me. Whether or not they sound authentic I cannot say with my limited time with the guitar. More on this later, if I ever get it back in my hands.

I refused to pay for it and it was agred that it should go back to Line 6 for assessment...

I desperately wanted to take it home with me but I could not justify paying almost £1,000 for a guitar that is quite clearly not good enough.

Very disappointed.