The 2023 John Petrucci JP15 "Butterscotch Burl" BFR features a unique combination of tonewoods that make it the gem of any guitar collection. The JP15's highlights start with a richly figured Butterscotch burl top outlined with a thin rosewood veneer that's loaded onto a smooth-sounding Black Limba body. The Black Limba body's backside is adorned with a distinctive, beautiful trans butterscotch satin finish. The neck combines roasted figured maple and a rosewood fretboard with 24 stainless steel frets. Like most JP15 models, this guitar features Dimarzio Illuminator pickups for the neck and bridge, a 20+ dB gain boost, and a super smooth modern tremolo with Schaller locking tuners for ultimate tuning stability. Limited to 100 pieces worldwide, each guitar includes a mono case, a John Petrucci autographed tremolo cavity cover and numbered certificate of authenticity.
Body Color | Butterscotch Burl |
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Body Finish | Satin |
Body Wood | Black Limba with Buckeye Burl Top |
Bridge | Custom John Petrucci Music Man® Piezo floating tremolo with Fishman Powerbridge piezo saddles |
Controls | Custom Music Man® active preamp; push/push volume for gain boost, 500kohm push/push passive tone for custom 2 pickup configurations - .022µF tone capacitor |
Fingerboard | Rosewood |
Frets | 24 - Medium Jumbo profile stainless steel |
Fret Markers | Atlante JP Shields |
Hardware | Chrome |
Neck Attachment | 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint |
Neck Finish | Gunstock oil and wax |
Neck Radius | 17" (43.2 cm) |
Neck Width | 1-11/16" (43.0 mm) at nut, 2-1/4" (57.2 mm) at last fret |
Neck Wood | Figured Roasted Maple |
Pickups | HH - DiMarzio Illuminators; Piezo bridge pickup |
Scale Length | 25-1/2" (64.8 cm) |
Strings | 10p-13p-17p-26-36-46 (RPS 10 Slinkys #2240) |
Switching | 3-way toggle pickup selector, with custom center position configuration; 3-way toggle piezo/magnetic selector |
Tuning Machines | Schaller M6-IND locking, chrome with pearl buttons |