so i decided to compile my dream jackson

[ganzosrevenge]

well i decided to compile my dream jackson, and here's what i got...

Dream Jackson

• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]SL1 with Soloist Neck shape, right handed body[/FONT]
  
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Neck-thru where neck and center section are a SINGLE piece of quartersawn maple. (No Joints anywhere and a dinky-style tung oil finish)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Wings are Made of old-growth Mahogany[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Ferrari Red into Black 2-tone burst[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Red Binding around body[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Jack goes on top of the body, black jack, strat-style[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Ebony board, 24 jumbo stainless steel frets, with Abalone block inlays, 12” to 16” radius, 25.5” scale[/FONT]
  
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]BiFlex truss rod (to correct concave and convex bowing)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Truss Rod adjustment at the headstock, no truss rod cover[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Surrounding BiFlex truss rod will be 2 graphite rods running the length of the neck. One graphite rod on each side of the truss rod to enhance neck stiffness.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Red Binding around the board that goes over the edge of the frets[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]1.5625” width into 2.25” butt (standard 6 string guitar)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]SL1 neck profile[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]2 Seymour Duncan SSL-1s (neck: rwrp, middle: normal) and one Seymour Duncan Custom 5 (with 4 conductor wiring) in bridge, arranged in a lone-star wiring configuration[/FONT]
  
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Position 1: full bridge in series (tone 2)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Position 2: inside coil of bridge in parallel with middle pickup (tone 1 and tone 2)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Position 3: middle pickup (tone 1)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Position 4: middle pickup in parallel with neck pickup (tone 1)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Position 5: neck pickup (tone 1)[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Switch to be used is the super 5-way like on a LoneStar strat, or strat with S-1 switching[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]No bezels around anything, no pickguard, pickups hard mounted to body and body is rear routed for necessary electronics.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Routing: H-S-S and all pickups are to be BLACK, HB has open coils[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Potentiometers:[/FONT]
  
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]250k bourns low-friction Volume potentiometer with audio taper[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]250k bourns audio taper low-friction tone potentiometer with a Luxe 1951 to 1958 for stratocaster Paper-in-Oil capacitor for the two single coils[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]500k bourns audio taper low-friction tone potentiometer with a Luxe 1956 to 1960 repro bumblebee capacitor for bridge humbucker.[/FONT]
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Knobs are metal domes. Volume is black, Tone 1 is VERY dark red, tone 2 is heritage cherry[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Headstock: Strat shaped, with a black Jackson logo (a la the adrian smith signature) with Schaller Locking tuners, and bone nut cut to accommodate .010 to .046 strings[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Schaller straplocks, with one straplock on the smaller horn (a la Jimi) to accommodate for a left-handed player.[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Schaller locking tuners, the schaller straplocks, the stratocaster style jackplate, need to be black in color[/FONT]
• [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Where the bridge clamps to the body, the ferrules go into the body, there is to be NO Paint in that area[/FONT]
  
  • [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thin nitrocellulose finish over the body, tung oil finish on neck (as mentioned above)[/FONT]

(Is this even feasible / doable...)

feedback is appreciated

Jason

 

[Diocletian]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

Just buy a PC1, since you seem to have the cash.
I know it's not exactly what you want, but hey, these things can't be beat apparently.

 

[ganzosrevenge]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

Just buy a PC1, since you seem to have the cash.
I know it's not exactly what you want, but hey, these things can't be beat apparently.

I would, but i despise sustainers, i don't want a bolt-on, and dimarzios are nowhere near my cup of tea (sonically and for personal reasons). My bolt on is my american deluxe mahogany SE Guitar Center HSS.... and that has SD's in it. Also, I don't need all the extra minitoggles and I don't like flamey tops.

Jason

 

[Diocletian]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

You're asking for a strat head though.
How about the new Adrian Smith model?

 

[ganzosrevenge]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

the problem is, i have an HSS that's bolt on... what i listed is a startpoint, if anyone has an idea to make it so that it can be stratty (even if it's ballsy stratty) but can also go "ya wanna see a jackson... THIS IS A ****ing JACKSON!" when needed. That's why what I have is a startpoint

It has to keep the headstock, and the neckthru, but if there are pup ideas and wiring ideas, that's what I'm most open to.

 

[Diocletian]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

Good luck people.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

order an ed roman:laughing:

 

[ganzosrevenge]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

order an ed roman:laughing:

:dot:spew.... :foot:

 

[Jackson Distortion]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

Dude that'll cost like, $7 grand! Not that it's not doable, but I hope you really think it'll stick in th end -- especially with the wait, 4 months to a year. Did you (mock) fill out a Jackson spec sheet yet from their website?

 

[ganzosrevenge]

Re: so i decided to compile my dream jackson

Dude that'll cost like, $7 grand! Not that it's not doable, but I hope you really think it'll stick in th end -- especially with the wait, 4 months to a year. Did you (mock) fill out a Jackson spec sheet yet from their website?

yea i did, but the addition box got me all confused so i did it the way that i did it to make it easier for me to work a schematic out. I'm thinking to change the body wings to alder. The wait at this point is between 1 year and 18 months typically. I'm not sure though if they can do the strat-style headstock, but that's a big sticking point for me. If Jackson had a .pdf style list like what charvel has for its options, it'd be a lot easier than the drop down menu they use right now. This way I could see all the options at once and pick and choose what i like rather than have to fly blind with 37 million drop-down menus. Poor website upgrade on the part of Jackson IMHO :banghead:. A lot of friends have told me that I'm going to end up with essentially a super-hotrodded neckthru stratocaster and not what really embodies a Jackson. Any ideas that are more than "get a PC1" and "ed roman!" would be greatly appreciated