Another Jackson for me
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Rockstar216
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Re: Another Jackson for me
+1
If it plays good and you can reach the 24th fret and the frets are leveled right then yea wit a proper set up thing will play like butter. If thats a real original Floyd then thats even better and maybe swap out the pups.
+1
If it plays good and you can reach the 24th fret and the frets are leveled right then yea wit a proper set up thing will play like butter. If thats a real original Floyd then thats even better and maybe swap out the pups.
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Re: Another Jackson for me
Delicious.
Rock the *****!
Delicious.
Rock the *****!
Rockstar216
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Re: Another Jackson for me
Ive never tried the special only ever played a original but from what ive hear they have great stability. If you want to upgrade your trem you might wanna check out www.floydupgrades.com
Ive never tried the special only ever played a original but from what ive hear they have great stability. If you want to upgrade your trem you might wanna check out www.floydupgrades.com
loversmoon
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Re: Another Jackson for me
i have always loved those. Of all the guitars that have come and gone, I miss my jackson the most.
i have always loved those. Of all the guitars that have come and gone, I miss my jackson the most.
L
Little Pigbacon
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Re: Another Jackson for me
Don't worry. If you decide you want to do something with the Floyd, there will be time later. For now, you've got a really solid guitar that you can get a lot of enjoyment out of.
Don't worry. If you decide you want to do something with the Floyd, there will be time later. For now, you've got a really solid guitar that you can get a lot of enjoyment out of.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Another Jackson for me
There is nothing on that site that is of equal or higher quality to what is already installed on the instrument, with the possible exception of the big blocks and Titanium saddles.
IMO that site is only good for actual upgrades if you have a POS licensed trem like a TRS or a chinese Schaller Copy. Anything current that is Floyd Rose branded (OFR, FR Special / OEM FRT-1000/2000) is already a significant step up. Their "own" branded trems look intrerestingly enough much more similar to said TRS trems than an OFR or Gotoh, but cost 100$ more than an OFR because they have a 40$ big block already installed... Hmmmm....
And yet people wonder why I don´t trust that site...
NiceWent for a poor man's Soloist this time:
Not impossible, but I`ll believe that the day I see it. I havent`t seen a japanese Jackson that can compare to my Pre 1990 USAs by any stretch of the imagination, the sole exception being the 1990-1995 Professional series. The current stuff just cant touch it, even most current USA Selects can`t match them...
There is nothing on that site that is of equal or higher quality to what is already installed on the instrument, with the possible exception of the big blocks and Titanium saddles.
IMO that site is only good for actual upgrades if you have a POS licensed trem like a TRS or a chinese Schaller Copy. Anything current that is Floyd Rose branded (OFR, FR Special / OEM FRT-1000/2000) is already a significant step up. Their "own" branded trems look intrerestingly enough much more similar to said TRS trems than an OFR or Gotoh, but cost 100$ more than an OFR because they have a 40$ big block already installed... Hmmmm....
And yet people wonder why I don´t trust that site...
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King IzzO)))
Ultimate Kitten Puncher
Re: Another Jackson for me
When did they put specials in them? I thought they all came with the JT580/LP.
When did they put specials in them? I thought they all came with the JT580/LP.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Another Jackson for me
It´s been quite a few years, actually..... When did the first USA Charvel reissues start coming off the line? 5 years ago or so? In the same breath they upgraded all the pro /mg series floyds to the Special, and also started using real duncans. I think the DK-2M was the first "new" production guitar to have both original Duncans and the OFR Special as factory equipment....
It´s been quite a few years, actually..... When did the first USA Charvel reissues start coming off the line? 5 years ago or so? In the same breath they upgraded all the pro /mg series floyds to the Special, and also started using real duncans. I think the DK-2M was the first "new" production guitar to have both original Duncans and the OFR Special as factory equipment....
King IzzO)))
Ultimate Kitten Puncher
Re: Another Jackson for me
Isn't there a couple different versions of the JT580LP too? I have a Takeuchi from a 90 Kelly, doesn't seem to be the POS that I remember the 580LP to be on some other Jacksons. Def better than the LO-TRS II or whatver it was on the M-350 I had.
I replaced the Kelly trem with an OFR, I'm gonna use the 580 in a Dinky I'm working on.
Isn't there a couple different versions of the JT580LP too? I have a Takeuchi from a 90 Kelly, doesn't seem to be the POS that I remember the 580LP to be on some other Jacksons. Def better than the LO-TRS II or whatver it was on the M-350 I had.
I replaced the Kelly trem with an OFR, I'm gonna use the 580 in a Dinky I'm working on.
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: Another Jackson for me
NOt really...
IIRC there was the original 580 which still had a whale tail from the mid to late 80s and seems to pop up every so often all the way to the 2000s (identical to a TRS-101 /ST-101 /W-200 /etc.) and made on the same machines by the same people at Takeuchi), the "original" 580LP from the late 80s to early 2000s (identical to a lo-pro TRS-II /... , exact same deal as with the other one), and the last 1 or 2 years of 580LP had the aformentioned baseplate but otherwise blahblahyaddayadda.
The 590 was a standard german made Schaller used primarily in the early to mid 90s, in case that`s part of the confusion
NOt really...
IIRC there was the original 580 which still had a whale tail from the mid to late 80s and seems to pop up every so often all the way to the 2000s (identical to a TRS-101 /ST-101 /W-200 /etc.) and made on the same machines by the same people at Takeuchi), the "original" 580LP from the late 80s to early 2000s (identical to a lo-pro TRS-II /... , exact same deal as with the other one), and the last 1 or 2 years of 580LP had the aformentioned baseplate but otherwise blahblahyaddayadda.
The 590 was a standard german made Schaller used primarily in the early to mid 90s, in case that`s part of the confusion
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sixstringsamurai333
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Re: Another Jackson for me
Hi wilkinsi! I remember your handle from when I used to post on the JCF boards (I was slash-ed over there). Happy NGD!
Hi wilkinsi! I remember your handle from when I used to post on the JCF boards (I was slash-ed over there). Happy NGD!
