The Ibanez JPM-P1 (Petrucci) Gets a Re-Fret

I finally got my JPM-P1 back from my luthier. He did a re-fret on it for me, and I must say the job is impeccable! ;) I was very pleased with the fret ends and nice even leveling and polishing he did afterwards.

I bought this guitar last year off eBay and got very lucky because it was in perfect condition. The only thing wrong with it were the frets, which had just worn down over the years from lots of playing. Considering this guitar is about 10 years old, it's miraculous that fret wear was the only major thing that needed to to be fixed on it. It was obviously played to death, but dings are very minimal and the trem is very clean with almost zero corrosion and spotting.

This guitar is one of my favs, and is certainly my most collectible guitar. It plays like a dream and sounds amazing.

The Carvin Returns!

Well, I finally got the Carvin back from having the neck repaired. Unfortunately I'm not all that happy with the results. The fretwork on the repair is not as good as the original fret job when the guitar was new, and the neck still seems a bit off.

I am going to get the opinion of my guitar tech so I can speak more intelligently to Carvin about the situation. Hopefully I can get them to do a rebuild. I love this guitar, so I am really hoping to get it replaced.

More on this as it unfolds.