Thursday, April 9, 2009

Custom Jackson?

This guitar was made in approximately 1994. It was japanese made(the word "professional" at the top specifies that, and devalues it greatly for used purchase). It has 24 frets, volume/tone contros. It has two single coil pickups and a powerful humbucker for a heavy meatal sound. Its got a maple neck and it has a very distinctive "heavy metal" shape. It has a transparent finish and shines metalically. I really hate the Floyd Rose cause it gives me a hard time tring to tune it. The neck is thin and easy to play. The frets are embeded into the neck a millimeter or so. I bought it used with a hard shell case.

As an overall/all-around rock guitar, I couldn't ask for much more. Great feel, balance, sounds, and looks. If I could only have one electric guitar -- and I currently have 6 including a Les Paul and a custom Strat -- this may well be it. Think of the best features of a Tele (twang and durability), PRS (playability and clarity), and Les Paul (resonance, mids and crunch) wrapped into one. If you come across one, buy it.

This oddball Jackson hardtail was made in the mid-late 90s in Japan. It's got a Jackson/PRS style neck, wide-thin maple with a rosewood board, no binding, 24 jumbo frets, mini Schaller or Gotoh 3+3 tuners on a Gibson/PRS type headstock. The body is sort of an offset Tele-Les Paul-Jazzmaster mutation, very similar to the current Jackson Surfcaster but solid. About the thickness of a Tele, with a slightly scooped neck joint. Pickups are an Armstrong lipstick (probably SLV1CR) at the neck, not offset, and a Duncan-type (probably HB103B) at the bridge. Has a very, very nice wrap-around bridge tailpiece which locks in place and is adjustable for intonation as well as height. One volume and one tone control, chrome knobs; one Strat type 3-way selector. The finish is a matte silver/grey with a matte black pickguard. Basically a solidbody SC1.

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