Jackson Appreciation Thread

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Yeah - I know. Hamer Fan Club and all, but allow me this...

I'm sure it's just a product of my age and my questionable tastes in music, but I still get a thrill at the sight of sharkfin inlays and ebony.

When it came to fire-breathing metal pulsing madness, little lit my fuse like a dangerous/crazy looking Jackson ripping through an oversized Marshall stack.

Jacksons were exotic unobtainium, a tool for the elite groups having way more fun than I was.

It doesn't seem that long ago when Soloists ruled the arenas. I'm guess I'm getting old.

Anyone else still dig Jacksons?

I love the Soloist, Kelly, Rhoads, King V, and more. Care to add a graphic of a demon about to devour a barely clad women chained to a cliff? Even better. Throw in some pentagrams while we're at it. I'll take a platinum pink one as well, and a snakeskin...

Walk on stage with one of these - well, you better not suck.

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I miss you, Eighties.

 
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GREAT guitars.. I've owned a BUNCH of them.. best thing about them is the fretwork is flawless.

 
The Soloist is a horribly underrated guitar. It really isn't a shred only axe, it is amazingly versatile.

I have had the pleasure of owning some amazing guitars and an Archtop Soloist and a PC-1 are part of a very select group that I regret selling.

 
Had my share of Jacksons (and San Dimas-made Charvels) over the years. Coupla Soloists, a Rhoads and a slew of bolt-on stuff. Love them and will probably add another to the stable very soon ...

Here's why -- The 30-piece 30th Anniversary "First Five" Rhoads guitar run unveiled at NAMM recently. One is a repro of Vinnie Vincent's gold sparkle Rhoads he played with Kiss ... this has been my dream Jackson guitar for as long as I can remember.

The original's oddball features -- Inverted sharks on ROSEWOOD fingerboard, handwritten gold logo, non-fine-tuning Floyd, three-plank maple neck-through construction, unusual control layout and strap pin placement, among other things.

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Here's a reissue at NAMM -- the only difference I see is a fine-tuning Floyd (which I would have done to the actual original if I somehow found it LOL

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Tell me THAT won't kick absolute ass with a baby blue tuxedo jacket LOL

 
I have some experience with Jacksons.

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Last one is a Custom Shop Reverse Body Style Demon - absolutely one of the most killer guitars I have ever seen.

 
OOOHHHHH@!@@@@ Love that Charvel quilt top. I've been seriously eyeing the new Charvel Production Series.

 
Feynman said:
Yeah - I know. Hamer Fan Club and all, but allow me this...

I'm sure it's just a product of my age and my questionable tastes in music, but I still get a thrill at the sight of sharkfin inlays and ebony.

When it came to fire-breathing metal pulsing madness, little lit my fuse like a dangerous/crazy looking Jackson ripping through an oversized Marshall stack.

Jacksons were exotic unobtainium, a tool for the elite groups having way more fun than I was.

It doesn't seem that long ago when Soloists ruled the arenas. I'm guess I'm getting old.

Anyone else still dig Jacksons?

I love the Soloist, Kelly, Rhoads, King V, and more. Care to add a graphic of a demon about to devour a barely clad women chained to a cliff? Even better. Throw in some pentagrams while we're at it. I'll take a platinum pink one as well, and a snakeskin...

Walk on stage with one of these - well, you better not suck.

Dsc05330.jpg


I miss you, Eighties.
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Oh HELL yeah, another fan of the 80's! Thank you for reminding me that I'm not alone out here! I have owned numerous Jacksons over the years- couldn't afford the really good stuff until the last 10 years, had to settle for the (then) cheaper Japanese made stuff. Had a black Model 3, a purple Kelly Pro Standard, a faux stone-finish Randy Rhoads Pro Standard, a BEE-U-TEE-FULL San Dimas Dinky Strat in yellow desert crackle (MY god, why did I trade that for a Washburn N4???) and now I'm down to a black Charvel Star- OFR SD JB/'59, a 90's black Kelly Pro Standard that I've pimped out- OFR, reverse headstock replacement neck w/sharkies, Seymour Duncan Dimebucker bridge, a Bill Lawrence L500 in the neck and Dimarzio K500 pot. Just pimped out a Randy Rhoads Ex not too long ago- I stripped it, gutted it and painted it. Then I added an OFR, Seymour Duncan Blackouts (active), swapped the blade style 3 pos. selector for a toggle 3 way switch, and Schaller strap locks. Here's the body after I painted it.

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Not so much Jacksons, but I recently entered the world of

San Dimas Charvels... That stuff is really interesting.

The the whole parts thing with guys building their own

guitars is pretty to cool watch...

I have a star body being painted in blue metal flake by

Stike as we speak, will have pics in a couple days...

 
The local music store has one of these in Natural Flame Maple-I'm very tempted!

[sL2HT Soloist with Fixed Bridge]

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I love the Soloist. They should have a version with "normal" (floating, but non-Floyd) bridge.

 
I've had lots of Jacksons, and still have two Soloists "just because"... but I've never heard a good one. Way too much paint IMHO. Way too thick.

 
I never have bought a Jackson, just Charvels. I've owned a Sunburst 750XL, White Model 5FX , Blue Model 5FX, White Model 1, White Model 3, A modified model 2 with a Hand Painted Dragon on the front. I want to say there was one or two more but can't remember. The Neck through model 5's and 6's along with the 650's and 750's were from the Japan Custom Shop. Great guitar and I used to get them on ebay for less than $175 bucks.

 
I've had a few Soloists and they were all pretty good, but I found the control layout extremely annoying on all of them. /emoticons/default_ph34r.png

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Austin

 
Jeff R said:
Had my share of Jacksons (and San Dimas-made Charvels) over the years. Coupla Soloists, a Rhoads and a slew of bolt-on stuff. Love them and will probably add another to the stable very soon ...

Here's why -- The 30-piece 30th Anniversary "First Five" Rhoads guitar run unveiled at NAMM recently. One is a repro of Vinnie Vincent's gold sparkle Rhoads he played with Kiss ... this has been my dream Jackson guitar for as long as I can remember.

The original's oddball features -- Inverted sharks on ROSEWOOD fingerboard, handwritten gold logo, non-fine-tuning Floyd, three-plank maple neck-through construction, unusual control layout and strap pin placement, among other things.

VVgoldrhoads.jpg


Here's a reissue at NAMM -- the only difference I see is a fine-tuning Floyd (which I would have done to the actual original if I somehow found it LOL

goldrhoads.jpg


Tell me THAT won't kick absolute ass with a baby blue tuxedo jacket LOL
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Jeff I've read that the guitar Vinnie had was actually slated to be for Randy Rhoads, hence the stuff like the real early, handwritten logo, but they didn't have it finished before he passed away, and Vinnie was able to buy it when they completed it.

I had a San Dimas-era Rhoads Custom for a while, which I wanted and saved for forever (I was in high school), and ended up scoring a really good deal on, but I could never really get that guitar sounding like I was happy with. I sold it to a friend of mine who still has it and enjoys it as far as I know. That guitar still had some of the most character of any guitar I've ever owned though.

 
Never had a Jackson, but this was my number one starting around 1986. I bought it new and loaded the EMGs (SA/SA/85) with the mid boost in place of the tone control. Had the Floyd been non-floating (or if something like a tremol-no had been invented), I'd probably still have the guitar (sorry about the plastic camera photo quality - how was I to know Algore would invent the Internet and I'd be posting these online twenty years later?)

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The compound radius neck was spectacular - got me thinking I'd like to try one of the new So Cals...

 
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