This one is long overdue, but finally I am going to review my (take a deep breath!) MusicMan John Petrucci 6 BFR Dargie Delight 2 left handed guitar. That’s a whole lot of name right? Well luckily it’s also a whole lot of guitar!
The name can be shortened to MM JP6 BFR DD2, but i’m guessing that probably won’t help you a whole lot will it?
You may be wondering what the words in the guitar’s name denote, well let me explain. BFR stands for ‘Ball Family Reserve’ and basically means that it is the cream of the crop if you like. The JP 6-string model comes in two flavors – the super-douper standard models, and the uber-super-douper BFR models.
The Dargie Delight BFRs are just a very limited edition run of BFRs named after the owner of Ernie Ball’s son. My particular model was produced in 2009 and there was only a short one month order window to buy one. As a result they are very rare, with the lefty model being exceptionally rare. I haven’t seen another around so please let me know if you have one!
For those of you who are unaware of who John Petrucci is – get out of my site…now! Come back when you’ve listened to Dream Theater’s entire discography. If you really want back in my good books you should probably listen to his solo work as well.