The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

[sosomething]

I had the coolest idea for a custom shop Jackson today. It was actually inspired by how much I like their reverse headstock, among other things. Picture this:

Start with an SL1, and then flip it. The specs would be completely backwards -

reverse headstock
Alder body
Neck-thru rosewood or ebony unfinished neck
maple fretboard
black neck binding & black sharkfin inlays
maple overlay on headstock face
single direct-mount humbucker at bridge
original Floyd (or jackson equivalent)
LSR gearless tuners (to complete the backwards look)
Jackson logo on BACK of headstock

No fancy top or anything like that - either a nice solid color or a really cool custom graphic (like big goat's head pentagram, but inside it looks like the back of the goat's head instead of it's face).

You could even really drive the point home with top-routing the control cavity, putting a counter-sunk pickguard-type thing where the control cavity cover would normally go on the back, and have the volume knob coming up through that.

What do you guys think?

 

[vinterland]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

You should photoshop it and post a pic.

 

[sosomething]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

unfortunately I suck at photoshop, and I'd like to think I'm above asking/whining for someone else to do it.

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

Could you make the neck from ebony? If so you might be on to something. I don't think I'd like the feel of an unfinished rosewood neck. It would make for a bright guitar, though.

 

[Justice4all]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

While we are on the topic does anyone have the link to the Jackson
design your own custom guitar page??????

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

I've got it bookmarked on my home computer, but I don't remember the address. :yell:

 

[Pierre]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

A neck through ebony guitar? Good luck finding a piece of ebony this big man, they're rare. It's not a cheap wood either.

http://www.jcfonline.com/resources/csgen/JCFCustomShop.htm

 

[Justice4all]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

I've got it bookmarked on my home computer, but I don't remember the address. :yell:

Could you post it when you get the chance!!! :fingersx:

 

[Pierre]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

Look above bro

 

[Justice4all]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

Look above bro

You the man!

 

[FretFire]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

An all ebony neck would probably be pretty damn heavy, I'd go rosewood. I don't think a company would go for having their logo on the back of the headstock either :laugh2:. Maybe backwards on the front?

 

[vinterland]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

An all ebony neck would probably be pretty damn heavy

You aren't kidding, talk about sore shoulders/back from standing up and playing.

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

Maybe backwards on the front?

THAT would look pretty darn cool!

 

[sosomething]

Re: The coolest idea for a custom Jackson

You're probably right about finding a piece of ebony big enough for an entire neck-through. I've seen a number of all-ebony necks (Warmoth does it all the time) but one long enough for an entire neck-through? I don't know.

It would be crazy heavy and crazy bright, too. Rosewood is probably the way to go.

As far as making the neck from rosewood and it's unfinished feel - If you haven't played a naked rosewood neck, you DON'T KNOW what you're missing. PRS does unfinished rosewood necks on a number of their models as an option - I owned a McCarty like this for a while. It felt like silk.

Tonally, rosewood is actually a pretty balanced-sounding wood. It varies greatly by individual piece, but it's more on the dark-sounding side more often than not. The maple board would balance this well, I think (maple being a bright-sounding wood).

Thanks for that link, btw.