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Well, here’s something you don’t see every day… (a one-off ESP with a solid flamed maple body and the cyber-joint neck design)

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Tiger stripes and, uh, tiger stripes ?

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When you’re stuck at home with the ‘VID just cranking through Floyd setups…

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Every now and then (meaning, rarely) there is something cool on Craigslist…

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That feeling when the band party bus pulls in…

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Thank you, Mr. UPS Man! #doublengd

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When you are 75% through a solo take and start praying there'll be enough frets left…

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What a great way to end summer break… Got to hang with Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big while they’re gearing up for their Asian tour

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The long-awaited return of Roy G. Biv!

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Excited to announce Jamison Road’s partnership with Midwest Artist Group!

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Feeling really fortunate to have had the opportunity to spend a couple days with Michael Brauer - Grammy award-winning mixer - at Sweetwater Studios in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

The seminar has been a mix of roughly 1/3 philosophy, 1/3 art, and 1/3 science - I’m looking forward to putting what I’ve learned to use in the studio with Jamison Road!

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Jamison Road’s performance at Bobby Mackey’s

Playing PRS DGT

Photos courtesy of Ken Goldschneider/KRG Photos

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(#49) Rounding out the evening’s efforts, here’s a PRS P22 in faded blue jean finish.  This one has also seen it’s fair share of stages, having survived at least one round of cross-country touring.  In addition to the 53/10 humbuckers, this guitar is equipped with a piezo system for acoustic tones - so it’s probably one of the most tonally-versatile electric guitars I own.  (I always find it amazing, though, how much stiffer 22-fret PRS models feel compared to their slinkier-feeling 24-fret equivalent models - it’s not a bad thing, just different.)

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(#48) Like the previous Studio model, this PRS Custom 24 in charcoal burst has been with me for a while, though it definitely has a lot more play time on it (what can I say... I like 24-fret guitars) AND a lot more miles on it (having survived cross-country touring and recording sessions in Nashville).  Despite all of that, somehow I’ve managed to keep it in pretty good shape.  Something about the 59/09 pickups sound like “me” - as such, this is probably the guitar I reach for more than any other when I’m in the studio and need to nail down a solo.

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The next few PRS’s are some of the ones that have been with me the longest (about 10 years) - I am a big fan of their models (and particularly the pickups they used in those models) from the early 2010′s.

(#47) This is a PRS Studio in Matteo Mist.  It is one of the few PRS models that comes with an HSS-like pickup configuration - including a 57/08 humbucker and two narrowfield pickups.  While this one is not classified as a 10 top, I absolutely love the grain on this maple top... it has a ton of character and looks radically different depending on the angle and lighting.

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(#46) This PRS DGT (David Grissom Trem) wood library model is a bit of a mystery - mostly because the previous owner didn’t know some of the specs when I purchased it, and I forgot to pull out the pickups to check for any markings or stickers in the pickup cavity when I restrung it.  The body looks like ribbon mahogany, the neck looks like Korina, and I’m assuming the fretboard is Brazilian rosewood since the headstock is marked “custom made for the USA only.”  I’m not entirely sure what the color is either - it’s not quite pink, not quite purple, not quite violet - it doesn’t really look like anything else in the current PRS lineup.  Nonetheless it looks great, plays great, and sounds great, so I’m not exactly losing sleep over not knowing the specs - it’s just more of a curiosity at this point.