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Yossem
Published on 10/02/07 at 01:04
First of all, the image on AF is wrong. That's not a NJ (or I'm mistaken). I'd say the image corresponds to a Bronze because it doesn't have Floyd, no string locking, two buttons, a tune-o-matic tailpiece, no body-through...
Here's a picture of the NJ
Guitar made in Japan and assembled in the USA. Original purchasing date: 1999.
This guitar has 24 frets, the pickups were replaced with Seymour Duncan SH6 humbuckers. The bridge is a licensed Floyd made by BC Rich. It features three pots and a three-way pickup selector. There's a volume control for each pickup and a tone control.
The two Seymours are splittable. And that's not a minor feature because it allows you to get good clean sounds, but also a nice crunch.
USE
Very pleasant and fast neck. Access to the upper frets poses no problems.
The design of the guitar is very good, considering that you can play it comfortably both sitting and standing up. It is very well-balanced when standing up, I haven't noticed any tipping. However, it is quite weighty and you'll notice it right away.
In terms of sound it's fat, very fat. Heavy distortions are excellent. It's also good for rock crunch. I don't know how it sounds with the original pickups because I bought it with Seymour Duncans.
Its only weakness is clean sounds. It has a tendency to distort really fast with these pickups. Fortunately, you have the switches. I'm grateful pickup split switches exist
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SOUND
The sounds I get with it are perfect for my style of music (metal / hard rock / death).
I use this NJ with an old Dean Markley DMC 80 (https://en.audiofanzine.com/solid-state-combo-guitar-amp/dean-markley/DMC-80/), together with a digitech RP150. It's amazing what you can get with a decent setup like this one.
The sounds I prefer are obviously heavy sounds and fat distortions. I also like the crunch sound I can get with this setup.
OVERALL OPINION
I've been using this guitar for about a week. I also have a Warlock Platinum. The sound of the NJ is stronger and heavier.
What I love the most about this guitar is its color and form. I love the warlock. It's all a matter of taste.
What I like least about it is its weight.
Before buying it I tested and adopted the warlock platinum.
It's a really good value for money for me, because I got it secondhand. If I had to, I'd buy it again.
Here's a picture of the NJ
Guitar made in Japan and assembled in the USA. Original purchasing date: 1999.
This guitar has 24 frets, the pickups were replaced with Seymour Duncan SH6 humbuckers. The bridge is a licensed Floyd made by BC Rich. It features three pots and a three-way pickup selector. There's a volume control for each pickup and a tone control.
The two Seymours are splittable. And that's not a minor feature because it allows you to get good clean sounds, but also a nice crunch.
USE
Very pleasant and fast neck. Access to the upper frets poses no problems.
The design of the guitar is very good, considering that you can play it comfortably both sitting and standing up. It is very well-balanced when standing up, I haven't noticed any tipping. However, it is quite weighty and you'll notice it right away.
In terms of sound it's fat, very fat. Heavy distortions are excellent. It's also good for rock crunch. I don't know how it sounds with the original pickups because I bought it with Seymour Duncans.
Its only weakness is clean sounds. It has a tendency to distort really fast with these pickups. Fortunately, you have the switches. I'm grateful pickup split switches exist
.SOUND
The sounds I get with it are perfect for my style of music (metal / hard rock / death).
I use this NJ with an old Dean Markley DMC 80 (https://en.audiofanzine.com/solid-state-combo-guitar-amp/dean-markley/DMC-80/), together with a digitech RP150. It's amazing what you can get with a decent setup like this one.
The sounds I prefer are obviously heavy sounds and fat distortions. I also like the crunch sound I can get with this setup.
OVERALL OPINION
I've been using this guitar for about a week. I also have a Warlock Platinum. The sound of the NJ is stronger and heavier.
What I love the most about this guitar is its color and form. I love the warlock. It's all a matter of taste.
What I like least about it is its weight.
Before buying it I tested and adopted the warlock platinum.
It's a really good value for money for me, because I got it secondhand. If I had to, I'd buy it again.