Jackson/Charvel 2018 Line Up/NAMM Speculation Thread

[Zado]

F-word.

 

[cardinal]

Pickup routes look odd, especially for a 6-string? Wonder if they’re P90s?

I have nothing pleasant to say about the relic job.

 

[xzacx]

Pickup routes look odd, especially for a 6-string? Wonder if they’re P90s?

I have nothing pleasant to say about the relic job.

I'd guess EMGs. But yeah, I'm not into the relic job either, or the fact it's an Explorer. I would rather see them put effort into a cool Kelly than something that could never be produced other than for NAMM. I know there are people that like them, but I have no interest in Jackson's Gibson-shaped NAMM stuff they do every year.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

god I can't stand relic guitars. It's one thing if the guitar earned the scars from being played a lot/abused by its previous owner, but to intentionally take a nice new guitar and beat it up is stupid imo.

 

[mphsc]

Man I wanna try one of these and so glad I passed on the original version.

 

[jephjacques]

I definitely love how it's a huge pain in the ass to change the intonation on a Floyd Rose, super glad they brought that functionality to a fixed bridge model

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I definitely love how it's a huge pain in the ass to change the intonation on a Floyd Rose, super glad they brought that functionality to a fixed bridge model

Grab a trem key and it's easy and fast.

 

[jephjacques]

how dare you approach me with a reasonable solution to my complaint

this is violence

 

[Lada The Great]

https://www.gear4music.com/amp/G4M/Jackson-PRO-Mick-Thomson-SL2-Soloist-Snow-White/28GQ
There seems to be also Pro-series version of Thomson sig

 

[diagrammatiks]

wat.

 

[DeepSixed]

wat.

 

[xzacx]

The Jeff Beck Soloist is definitely the most exciting new thing in the lineup but not as an X series. Like I said before though, I don’t think the average person who’d want one of these wants an overseas version with a recessed Floyd. Makes me wish I would have bought one of the Custom Shops that CMC did a little while back.

 

[cip 123]

If anyone follows Charvel on Instagram they just posted on their story, they have FAN frets at their booth!

 

[Vyn]

wat.

That isn't my jam normally but holy shit that is delicious!

 

[oracles]

Is it too early to start hoping for a Brandon Ellis sig model now that he's announced his endorsement?

 

[feraledge]

Is it too early to start hoping for a Brandon Ellis sig model now that he's announced his endorsement?

No, already asked within minutes on IG.
For those who haven't seen: snakeskin Kelly.

 

[Frostbite]

From The Music Zoo's instagram in case you wanted to see that explorer all together

 

[feraledge]

These Charvel customs are tasty AF.

And those aren't Charvel fanned frets, they're Jackson customs:

Hot DAMN:

 

[Hollowway]

Whoever is doing those relic guitars needs to be shot. I can't help but think we've jumped the shark when a high end guitar company starts to charge MORE for a guitar fake beat-to-hell. It's one thing to make an iconic guitar like the Frankestrat. It's another thing to randomly relic an expensive guitar. I made fun of Nordstrom's $425 fake mud jeans, and I sure as hell am going to make fun of those atrocities.
(And yes, I have been reading a lot of @marcwormjim's salty posts, thank you for noticing!)

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Whoever is doing those relic guitars needs to be shot. I can't help but think we've jumped the shark when a high end guitar company starts to charge MORE for a guitar fake beat-to-hell. It's one thing to make an iconic guitar like the Frankestrat. It's another thing to randomly relic an expensive guitar. I made fun of Nordstrom's $425 fake mud jeans, and I sure as hell am going to make fun of those atrocities.
(And yes, I have been reading a lot of @marcwormjim's salty posts, thank you for noticing!)

exactly. If I want a relic guitar I'll take a hammer and my belt sander to the guitar. FREE DINGS AND SCRAPED OFF PAINT