Belated NGD: Something Old and "Eerie"

[kerryymm]

Hear hear. Bringing it back is the only thing they could do to entice me to buy a new Jackson.

Nah, I'd still buy one. I love Jackson, I've had more of them than any other brand, by a long way.

 

[Wolfhorsky]

Beautiful guitar and great overhaul. Black hardware makes it look classy and stealthy. Welcome to te Eerie family

 

[Rubbishplayer]

I always wanted a Jackson in their Eerie Dess Swirl finish, and I saw an old DK2 on Reverb for a reasonable price and jumped at it.

It was looking kind of sad:



Dry fretboard, broken pickup ring, some oxidation on the frets. However, these are a fantastic modding platform. It got the full refurb treatment:

- EMG 81X + 2x SX
- Full solderless wiring
- Relocate volume control to tone position and fill the extra hole
- Metal low profile pickup ring
- Mostly black hardware (some parts are hard to find, but the black + chrome works)
- 1000 series Floyd
- Stainless steel Floyd Rose bolts
- Titanium string lock blocks
- Push-in arm
- Usual fret polish and fretboard cleaning

After:




Plays great! Set it up in D standard and it rips.

Not so great, there were two headstock breaks (the tip and through the lowest string tuner hole). But they appear to be well-repaired so I'm not going to complain too much. However, sometimes when you rescue something old there are surprises.

Some surprises are good though. Basically zero fret wear on this.

My biggest problem: now with 9 guitars I have run out of guitar stand space. I told my wife I'd sell one, but sssshhhhh I don't think I will.

Wall hangers. My wife's favourite guitars hang in living space, while anorher 8 are hung in the office and a spare bedroom. Thus I get away with having 27 guitars in the house (plus four under construction).

 

[IbanezDaemon]

Great work! Always loved the EDS finish. I have a Kelly with the same. Looking for one of the Crimson Swirl one's but no luck at the minute.

 

[groverj3]

What a cool finish. I miss when these were in music stores, a better time than now with our cheap burls.

I would consider buying replacement pads and just finding a belt sander to size them properly. This is what I had to do on my RG7620, it worked out fine and the bare metal goes well with the chrome and black.

The 00s might be something of a second golden age for MIJ Jacksons. Everyone thinks of the Professional line, with features that rivaled USA Jacksons to the point that they discontinued them because the company thought they ate into sales, as the golden age. However, in the 2000s a DK2 could be had for what... $600-800? And the used market was flooded with them until the past ~ 6 years and they went cheap. Hell, the X series at that time was also MIJ.

My first "real" guitar was a DXMG and my dad got it used for me circa 2004 or 5 for $250.

So, as a 30-something with disposable income I just buy stuff I wanted as a teen.

I'm also sounding like a boomer talking about gas prices in 1969.