Powerful, tonally versatile artist signature with dual DiMarzio humbuckers.
The Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci Majesty 8 8-string electric guitar represents Petrucci’s unwavering demand for high performance and peak playability. Well-balanced and innovative, the Majesty 8 features a neck-through-body design, enhanced upper fret access, ergonomic in-line control knob placement and an advanced pickup switching system that effectively eliminates the delay between pickup selection. It offers an abundance of tonal choices, including magnetic and piezo options, coil tapping and up to a 20dB boost for extra gain when needed. Independent volume controls allow for custom blending of magnetic and piezo pickups that can be used in mono or stereo applications.
The Majesty 8 is crafted with basswood wings and shield maple top, paired with a mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard with 24 medium-jumbo stainless steel frets. It features John Petrucci Custom Slanted DiMarzio Dreamcatcher and Rainmaker humbuckers, voiced to perfectly amplify the tone woods and deliver Petrucci’s latest tonal range. Additional appointments include Schaller locking tuners, Music Man custom piezo hardtail bridge and matte black hardware. Comes with a custom Mono case.
Specifications
Body
- Body type: Double cutaway
- Top wood: Maple
- Body wood: Basswood wings
- Body finish: High-gloss polyester
- Neck wood: Mahogany
- Joint: Neck-through
- Scale length: Multi-scale (25.5" Treble, 27" Bass)
- Truss rod: Adjustable
- Neck finish: High-gloss polyester
- Material: Ebony
- Radius: 17"
- Fret size: Medium-jumbo
- Number of frets: 24
- Inlays: Atlante Majesty inlays
- Nut width/material: 2.25" (57.2 mm)
- Configuration: HH
- Neck: DiMarzio humbucker
- Bridge: DiMarzio humbucker
- Control layout: Push/push Volume for gain boost, 500kohm push/push passive Tone for custom two pickup configurations (.022µF tone capacitor)
- Pickup switch: 3-way with custom center position configuration; 3-way toggle piezo/magnetic selector, push/push mono/stereo button (back cavity)
- Special electronics: Custom Music Man active preamp
- Bridge type: Fixed bridge
- Bridge design: Music Man Custom piezo hardtail bridge with chevron cover and solid steel saddles
- Tuning machines: Schaller M6-IND locking
- Color: Matte black
- Number of strings: 8 string
- Case: Custom Mono
- Orientation: Right-handed
- Country of origin: United States
Features
- Basswood wings with a maple top
- Mahogany neck with through-body construction
- Ebony fingerboard with 24 medium-jumbo stainless steel frets
- Custom Slanted DiMarzio humbuckers: Rainmaker at the neck, Dreamcatcher at the bridge
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