The shorter scale might make the midrange a little more chewy, too. Laid bare through a clean-ish amp, there are old jazz tones aplenty the Jezebel pushing the front end just that bit harder for some extra edge up top, thanks to its more powerful pickups. The tones bring more than their fair share of smiles. The smart roller bridges are fully adjustable, which is good news as the guitar needed some set-up tweaks - our sample was hastily requested, so we should bear that in mind, and our prior experience with Peerless in the set-up department has been nothing short of excellent.
It's also worth saying that the Jezebel is a physically light guitar, which will definitely appeal to anyone who either dislikes, or physically can't manage, a heavy instrument for whatever reason. Don't expect much fun up the dusty end, however, for dusty it will remain thanks to 15th-fret neck joins and vintage-style cutaways. The neck is full in the hand, giving you something meaty and vintage-like to hold on to - 22mm deep at the first fret with a big-feeling, rounded profile all the way up. "Despite its vintage styling, the guitar remains entirely relevant"
There's no such danger here, as with plenty of relief in the neck and the bridge set to fighting height, the action of the guitar will be unacceptably high for most tastes.Īs it happens, this reviewer quite likes it, as it demands you get in there and engage with the thing - the extra string vibration doing things to get what top there is moving, even though they're laminated.
When we reviewed the Retromatic P3, we commented on its almost "too slinky" setup. Just for the record, all of the pickups are made in the Far East, which is to say designed by Matt Gleeson, not necessarily made by him. Peerless has enlisted the help of Matt Gleeson, from Monty's Guitars of London, in its pickup designs two low-output humbuckers in the Jezebel that look very Gretsch-smart with their parallel cutouts.
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