MF_Kitten
Set up us the bomb
This is the side of Jackson that i fucking love so much. We need more of this.
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Looks killer, if it had a reverse SLS headstock like on the Broderick Soloists, I'd be all over it.
'Cause, you know, that's a make-or-break decision on a $4k guitar![]()
This is the side of Jackson that i fucking love so much. We need more of this.
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be patient...
Also according to him they brought some new guys on board to help Jackson, mainly on of the guys who helped make Ibanez as big as it is now, so maybe we will see more from Jackson soon....a lot more.
The guys at Jackson are on top of their shit. I'm very excited
...it will be mine anyway.![]()
Yeah, you just had to say that, didn't you? Good thing I don't have $4K.![]()
I don't get all the fuss on it... I can agree with both sides of what people are saying about the guitar yet it also made me wonder a few things.
First thought: that's pretty damn nice looking, yet extremely simple/plain guitar.
2nd Thought: Thank god it doesn't have that gigantic inline headstock.
3rd: IDK How much I'd like the neck profile form the description... though I have played necks like that on 6's that I loved..but this description makes it sound very unproportioned.
4: Thick neck on one side, so thin a truss rod won't go in the middle...so then a Offset truss rod?? This to me just screams neck twisting problems down the road... I even showed it to a tech friend who's also in a national touring band and he said the exact same thing w/o me even mentioning that thought.
5: $4000?!?! I'm more one to agree with everybody who said they could get something with more/better specs to their likings from other companies for less.. Yea people are bringing up apples to oranges saying agile/schecter... but I bet you could get a KxK for the same or less.... and if Bernie built a Jekyll to the exact specs of this guitar it'd only cost $3000 and come with the same quality G&G case..and even if you got a highly figured Maple Top it still wouldn't even be $3400. Sure you can argue it's available now, but that's because its sat around for practically a year... and if you ordered something from a custom shop be it KXK/Rico/Mayones or even ESP they'd all probably get done faster than it'd take Jackson to complete.
4: Thick neck on one side, so thin a truss rod won't go in the middle...so then a Offset truss rod?? This to me just screams neck twisting problems down the road... I even showed it to a tech friend who's also in a national touring band and he said the exact same thing w/o me even mentioning that thought.
I just saw this
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Apparently Vik is also doing this offset truss rod thing.![]()
Does this mean that Vik is also doing the asymmetrical neck? From what I understand, thats the only point of doing the offset trussrod. I do want to get a Vik someday. Just got notification that the Jackson has shipped!![]()
THe reason necks might twist is because of uneven tension. The offset truss rod compensates for the heavier tension on the top part of the neck. THat's the idea at least. Makes total sense. The ergonomics of the thing is just an added bonus.