I live in Boston and the Guitar Center near Berklee gets some pretty good stuff in every now and then. I work at Berklee and know a lot of students trade in stuff over there, as well as faculty. I always check in on their used inventory which is also posted online. I've scored a USA Hamer Studio there for $650 before that was dead mint, and it was preFMIC as well. I scoped out the inventory on Friday morning and found out they just had a Jackson SL2H Metallic Black come in and it was $899. I was extremely interested and wanted to check it out. Figured it was a hardtail version at that price and it was not. OFR model.
It's a quarter sawn maple neck through model with ebony board, shark fin inlays, binding on neck and head stock as well. Alder wings with one volume and one tone and 3 way selector. Black OFR with black SD TB4 and 59n pickups. The only dings on it are on the left edge of the facing, both size of my pinky nail. Original case included and still had original whammy bar as well.
I plugged it straight into a Vox Valvetronix and went through a bunch of different tones. I was not able to get a complete feel for the sound because the guitar had been strung up with cheap 9 gauge strings and had a C+ setup done on the flyd. Pretty sure GC restrings all used axes with crappy 9 gauge strings to make them all seem super easy to play. Still, she sounded decent. I took her home in a half hour after 3 people in the store came up to me and said how beautiful the guitar looked and sounded. I knew it would go quickly.
The tone is smooth, that's mainly due to the SD pickups. I am looking very forward to dropping it off with my tech today to have it restrung and setup with 10 gauge Ernie Ball Cobalt strings.
Such a steal for $899, this model retails on sweet water for $2,300. Haha, love it when GC staff dont know what they're doing. This could have gone for a lot more. We'll see how she sounds with a new setup and quality strings. Right now, the JB is a little muddy, but the 59 has a cool vibe. Maybe I'll throw my Custom/59 hybrid in the bridge of this axe, or I'll go pickup some pickups that are totally metal. Anyone else got a Jackson Soloist?
It's a quarter sawn maple neck through model with ebony board, shark fin inlays, binding on neck and head stock as well. Alder wings with one volume and one tone and 3 way selector. Black OFR with black SD TB4 and 59n pickups. The only dings on it are on the left edge of the facing, both size of my pinky nail. Original case included and still had original whammy bar as well.
I plugged it straight into a Vox Valvetronix and went through a bunch of different tones. I was not able to get a complete feel for the sound because the guitar had been strung up with cheap 9 gauge strings and had a C+ setup done on the flyd. Pretty sure GC restrings all used axes with crappy 9 gauge strings to make them all seem super easy to play. Still, she sounded decent. I took her home in a half hour after 3 people in the store came up to me and said how beautiful the guitar looked and sounded. I knew it would go quickly.
The tone is smooth, that's mainly due to the SD pickups. I am looking very forward to dropping it off with my tech today to have it restrung and setup with 10 gauge Ernie Ball Cobalt strings.
Such a steal for $899, this model retails on sweet water for $2,300. Haha, love it when GC staff dont know what they're doing. This could have gone for a lot more. We'll see how she sounds with a new setup and quality strings. Right now, the JB is a little muddy, but the 59 has a cool vibe. Maybe I'll throw my Custom/59 hybrid in the bridge of this axe, or I'll go pickup some pickups that are totally metal. Anyone else got a Jackson Soloist?
