Re: Yo Zerb!!!
Ok ive got one roughly one grand for a new axe...everyone said USED AMERICAN JACKSON.
A friend (chileanguy) gave me an idea of what to look for, but now i ask you (and others) WHICH JACKSON!? :smack:
its GONNA be a jackson. im sold. but...which one?
and if i cant find a used one, which new ones are good?
thank you for your time, Jackson GAS :banana: and Jackson wisdom:smokin:
Well, if you give me at least a rudimentary idea of what you´re looking for, maybe I can provide more help than "Any one you can afford that happens to cross your path" :laugh2:
*Edit*
H-H + FLoyd.... that would leave us with the SL-2H, DK-1, RR-1 , KV-2, KE-2, WR-1..... essentially everything but the SL-1 or the hardtail variants.... at least as far as new ones go.
Of those I´d go with the SL-2H or RR-1, but that´s because I´m not a fan of the Kelly or KV shapes, nor of 24 fret bolt ons.
http://www.dreamquestspecialties.com/
These guys have the BEST prices on a few lines of guitar (they only stock Gretsch, Jackson, Benedetto and Guild). Call them up and they will give you a deal. I got a Gretsch acoustic from them (great guitar) and I love it. Great guys too, their business is catching on.
I have to disagree,
www.mattsmusic.com is IMO the place for jacksons.... I´ve not seen a price he hasn´t beaten so far and raised by better service, including the "lower than MAP" offers from other dealers.
And anyone paying 900$US for a new jackson is getting
a. shafted / Gouged
b. a rare USA factory second that for some reason wasn´t returned for retooling
c. the deal of their lives on a USA
And I don´t know where these people are seeing used jackson soloists in the 1200$ range, because they´re not on eBay... it´s very VERY rare for a standard soloist to go for above 1k used, regardless of color. If of course you´re looking at San Dimas soloists, well these have an extra 20 years of Mojo, that always costs extra
also, +1 to kherman´s post.... fine guitars that can be had for really cheap prices if you look hard enough. I would definitely add the Charvel Model series onto this list...
Cool, which one?
you'd think I'd get rid of the MIK but for a non-USA it easily holds it's own.......
Interesting statement... the only guitars Jackson/Charvel ever manufactured in Korea were the PS-1 thru PS-7 Performers. THe first 2 years they were still MIJ, then production of this series was moved to Korea and 2 years later the series AND Production facility were axed because of massive quality issues.... These are generally regarded as the worst guitars JCMI ever produced, possibly some of the worst ever by a US based company... :eek13:
You must be looking at the import soloist, or old import soloist I should say. The new SL3's have a floyd.
This isn´t entirely correct. THe FR on the New SL-3 is the PING version, which is IIRC MIK (OR MIC, but definitely not by Schaller in Germany). And yes, there is a difference both in tone and in quality. The PING units are good, but will IMO never reach the quality of the Schaller-made units
