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    JOHN PETRUCCI MAJESTY

    Jun 07, 2019 5 minutes
    WORDS DARRAN CHARLES

    Introduced in 2014 – in addition to the long-running and much vaunted JP series – the Majesty entered its fifth year of production with tweaked range for 2019, including new DiMarzio signature pickups and new finishes. Conceived out of Dream Theater mainman John Petrucci’s desire to include a neck-through guitar in his arsenal, rather than tweak the tried, tested and successful formula of the longstanding JP signature, a completely new design emerged – one that was ergonomic, balanced, and sonically versatile.

    Though not yet quite as ubiquitous on the prog-metal scene as the JP series, the Majesty seems to be in John’s hands more than ever, and apparently what we’ll refer to as the ‘Tiger Eye’ model reviewed here was used extensively on the new Dream Theater album, Distance Over Time.

    The Tiger Eye is the flagship of the 2019 Majesty range. Limited to a run of just

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