Custom shop Jackson (new photo)

[humphreybear]

Jackson sent me a new work-in-progress picture of my guitar.

It looks like there is a layer of dust on it.
They will buff it on monday and then it will look shiny and bright.

Notice the yellow cursor. It's part of the Adrenalize graphic and it wasn't there yet in the previous picture I had published on this board. Notice the absense of inlays on the fretboard which is fully scalloped, all 24 frets. The neck does not have side markers either.
Work on the guitar will be completed by the end of this month. I will show you all photos of the finished product some time in the month of April. For now feast your eyes on this:

March 19th: http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Adrenalize/Guitars/1654/1654_low.jpg

Here is the previous work-in-progress photo from mid-February:

February 21st: http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Adrenalize/Guitars/1654/1654_x.jpg

Oh by the way: The Kahler has arrived. Gary Kahler shipped a brand new Kahler 2300 Pro trem to the Jackson custom shop this week. First one to leave his new factory :1:

 

[Sorg]

Where did you buy the guitar? How much did you pay?

 

[humphreybear]

I ordered my guitar from Guitar Asylum in New York.

I can't tell you the dealer price, but the retail price is $4830 and most dealers deduct 30-40% from the retail price. It's in that range.

 

[green_insomniac]

I went to Jackson's site about a month ago and just made my dream shred guitar and it ran around 10,000 US Dollars. Maybe in about 62.5 years I can afford it.

Your new axe is gonna look great. Congrats and let us know how it turns out.

Peace easy.

G.I.

 

[\m/(00)\m/]

looks great, does kahler have a website yet?

 

[Sorg]

I went to Jackson's site about a month ago and just made my dream shred guitar and it ran around 10,000 US Dollars.

Where can you set up your owm Dream Set-up?

 

[green_insomniac]

Where can you set up your owm Dream Set-up?

www.jacksonguitars.com

Then go to resources>NEW custom shop quote form

It's a really cool feature. I wish more companies had this.

Peace.

G.I.

 

[humphreybear]

looks great, does kahler have a website yet?

Not an official website. In the meantime, take a look at this one:

http://users.adelphia.net/~asaccoia/

It's the closest thing. It's made by Gary Kahler's business partner as a temporary source of information. There will be a new official website later on.
If you click on "Photos" and then on "Tony and Gary August 2003", you can see pictures of Gary Kahler. He is the one on the right in the white shirt.

 

[Sorg]

What does Kahler make?

 

[JacksonShredHead]

WOW that looks like it is going to be one nice piece when it is done! Congrats. man! I'm now a ful-fleged Jackson player , and believer! THey are great axes , i love mine.
Hey, is that a neck through or is it a bolt on?

 

[Mincer]

Wow, I went to the 'Custom Shop Quote' page, and some of those prices are hysterical! I know they are list prices, but, man, $440 for scalloping? Solid maple body $950? Strap locks $50?!?!? Engraved trussrod cover with just initials $60????

BTW, my quote was like $4050. Thats pretty insane. This has gotta be for fun more than anything else.

In any case your guitar looks very cool, indeed!

 

[humphreybear]

WOW that looks like it is going to be one nice piece when it is done! Congrats. man! I'm now a ful-fleged Jackson player , and believer! THey are great axes , i love mine.
Hey, is that a neck through or is it a bolt on?

Hi Everybody,

Thanks for all your comments. I will post pictures here of the finished product as soon as I get the guitar.

It's a neck-through.
The fretboard is Ebony and it has black binding on the neck and headstock. But you can't see the neck binding since it is very close in color to the fretboard.

The body is made of Northern Hard Ash and the neck wood is Hard Maple. So it's a physically very heavy guitar which I like.
The guitar won't have a tone control, just two volume controls and a 3-way pickups switch.
The pickups will be an EMG 85 in the bridge and an EMG 60 in the neck, running on 18Volts, two 9Volt batteries wired in series.

Mincer: I agree. Jackson has pretty high retail prices. The retail price for mine ended up on $4830. But since most good dealers discount up to 35-40% it's not that much afterall. Some dealers might only discount 30% or even less.

 

[humphreybear]

What does Kahler make?

They make guitar bridges, but with a completely different design than Floyd Rose.
Check it out:
http://www.geocities.com/kahlerinternational/

 

[Zerberus]

...and Golf Clubs

www.forgedclassics.com

 

[humphreybear]

...and Golf Clubs

www.forgedclassics.com

I actually think they stopped that. The guy who was running the golf club business while Gary Kahler was in retirement, is not there anymore.
At the moment Kahler is only producing trems.
They are not suppose to be available again in large numbers until May, but I got mine early.

 

[Sorg]

You said that you did not wanna have a tone control on your guitar. Ïs there really any positive sides with this? I thought that everybody wanted to have a tone control to better choose their sound...

 

[humphreybear]

You said that you did not wanna have a tone control on your guitar. Ïs there really any positive sides with this? I thought that everybody wanted to have a tone control to better choose their sound...

For me the tone control is useless. I never use it. I always have it on full on my Jackson Kelly so I decided just to have two volume controls on my custom Jackson.

 

[Sorg]

What is the differences between a Original Floyd Rose and Kahler tremolo systems then? Advantages and backdrops? Please post.

Anyone who actually know which tremolo system that is the best? I know it`s a matter of taste but...

 

[humphreybear]

"Best" is always a subjective term and is as you say yourself, a matter of taste. People have different requirements and for some the Kahler fulfills those requirements better than a Floyd and visa versa.

You would need to see a Kahler trem close-up and examine it, flip it around and look at it to really see and understand how it's different from a Floyd. It's a completely different system and approach to tremolo bridges.

Browse around on this website to learn more:

http://users.adelphia.net/~asaccoia/