The Shaman JPM Standard is a deceptive name as it suggests that there may be a custom or pro version with a higher spec, in fact it is the only guitar currently available from Shaman Guitars and the features are far from standard. The deep set neck construction of the Canadian Hard Maple neck comes with either a Rosewood or Maple fingerboard with Abalone inlays and has a 460mm double acting trust rod is installed. The mahogany body is available with either a Flame Maple or Quilted Maple top and in a variety of colour finishes: Trans Black Sunburst, Cherry Sunburst, Old Natural, Ocean Blue Sunburst, Vintage Tobacco Sunburst, Trans Purple Sunburst and Vintage 2-Tone Sunburst. The input jack is situated on the rear of the guitar using traditional Fender style hardware, not a bad idea but I wonder how comfortable that would be. Shaman Custom Locking System machineheads feature a 1/19 gear ratio for fine and smooth tuning, which eliminates the need for a locking nut that can deaden sustain and the tuners have staggered heights to eliminate the need for string trees. The Wilkinson WVS50IIK vibrato system features a steel base plate, push-in arm and ‘locked-down’ stainless steel saddle for perfect ‘return to zero’ performance coupled with the Shaman Custom Nut which ensures crystal clear tones and sustain.
The Shaman Custom Alumitone® pickups are made in the U.S.A. by Lace and are designed to provide a hotter output than traditional pickups. You may have seen back in February that I featured the Lace Helix Guitar which also featured Lace’s very cool looking Alumitone pickups and it is great to see another guitar builder using these pickups because they give the guitar a much more unique look and they sound great, just check out this video from PremierGuitar.com.
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