MFB
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Woah, crackle mirror is pretty sick
Jackson/Charvel Owners Club
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I like when they get the really big crackle chunks like that. Nothing worse than a tiny crackle that just looks like textured paint.
Yeah when I see these I automatically think it's an X series because of the fretboards.
groverj3
Bioinformagician
Pasquale is the real deal by all accounts as a luthier, good enough for FMIC to poach him. I'm sure his stuff plays great, but the rosewood is an odd choice.
groverj3
Bioinformagician
My pro series SL7 is (mostly) complete now.
Frets leveled, crowned, and polished. Didn't need much, but it was used and the Indonesian models leave something to be desired there anyway. Hardware replaced with gold, including a Gotoh Floyd. New pickups, DActivator and Liquifire.
The first fret height is a bit off still on the bass side. The locking nut shelf should probably be sanded down a bit. I told the shop to do that, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle. They also didn't charge me for it, so I guess it's kind of whatever. I can take some sandpaper to it on my next string change.
Plays pretty great, and looks fantastic! If you've got a lot of black guitars might as well change up the hardware and pickups to avoid things getting boring.
Frets leveled, crowned, and polished. Didn't need much, but it was used and the Indonesian models leave something to be desired there anyway. Hardware replaced with gold, including a Gotoh Floyd. New pickups, DActivator and Liquifire.
The first fret height is a bit off still on the bass side. The locking nut shelf should probably be sanded down a bit. I told the shop to do that, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle. They also didn't charge me for it, so I guess it's kind of whatever. I can take some sandpaper to it on my next string change.
Plays pretty great, and looks fantastic! If you've got a lot of black guitars might as well change up the hardware and pickups to avoid things getting boring.
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MASS DEFECT
SS.ORG Infiltrator
My pro series SL7 is (mostly) complete now.
Frets leveled, crowned, and polished. Didn't need much, but it was used and the Indonesian models leave something to be desired there anyway. Hardware replaced with gold, including a Gotoh Floyd. New pickups, DActivator and Liquifire.
The first fret height is a bit off still on the bass side. The locking nut shelf should probably be sanded down a bit. I told the shop to do that, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle. They also didn't charge me for it, so I guess it's kind of whatever. I can take some sandpaper to it on my next string change.
Plays pretty great, and looks fantastic! If you've got a lot of black guitars might as well change up the hardware and pickups to avoid things getting boring.
Oh wow! I thought it was a 7 string DKMG at first.
MetalDestroyer
Heaven's Football Bat
How do you like the dactivator/liquifire combo? I’ve been interested in that exact combo (albeit the 6 string version) for a bit nowMy pro series SL7 is (mostly) complete now.
Frets leveled, crowned, and polished. Didn't need much, but it was used and the Indonesian models leave something to be desired there anyway. Hardware replaced with gold, including a Gotoh Floyd. New pickups, DActivator and Liquifire.
The first fret height is a bit off still on the bass side. The locking nut shelf should probably be sanded down a bit. I told the shop to do that, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle. They also didn't charge me for it, so I guess it's kind of whatever. I can take some sandpaper to it on my next string change.
Plays pretty great, and looks fantastic! If you've got a lot of black guitars might as well change up the hardware and pickups to avoid things getting boring.
groverj3
Bioinformagician
I like it. The Duncan Distortion set was in there previously. These have a bit less bass, and are tighter on the low end. The Liquifire is a smoother neck pickup than the Distortion Neck.
grrr_me_scary
Active Member
I have been looking around for a new Jackson guitar and the must-have for me has been an ebony fretboard.
However, I have been noticing that the "ebony" fretboards that Jackson provides on their guitars (even the really high-end ones) look like Jackson is dying the actual fretboards.
I'll zoom into the fretboard and it will look like the fretboard had streaks and the solid areas look like the dye has been placed on it.
It seems to me that each of the ebony fretboards that appears on the newer guitars are dyed now to give it that darker/solid look on their guitars (and they kind of have a "foggy/smudged" look to them now as well).
MetalDestroyer
Heaven's Football Bat
You are describing undyed ebony. Dyed ebony is pitch black evenly across the whole board
Dye it. Don't dye it. Idgaf. Undyed ebony will be dark enough when I oil it. Just don't put those Laurel and Paul Ferro or bright rosewood on a high end Jackson. That dog just ain't gonna hunt.
groverj3
Bioinformagician
Quoting my own post like a boomer, but here's some info that's probably not floating around out there yet since the 7 string Gotoh Floyds are relatively rare in the wild still.My pro series SL7 is (mostly) complete now.
Frets leveled, crowned, and polished. Didn't need much, but it was used and the Indonesian models leave something to be desired there anyway. Hardware replaced with gold, including a Gotoh Floyd. New pickups, DActivator and Liquifire.
The first fret height is a bit off still on the bass side. The locking nut shelf should probably be sanded down a bit. I told the shop to do that, but it seems to have been lost in the shuffle. They also didn't charge me for it, so I guess it's kind of whatever. I can take some sandpaper to it on my next string change.
Plays pretty great, and looks fantastic! If you've got a lot of black guitars might as well change up the hardware and pickups to avoid things getting boring.
The string spacing on them is slightly wider than an original/1000 series Floyd. It's minor, but adding them all up gives a B-E string width of ~3-4 mm wider than an original Floyd. Depending on the width of your fretboard the Gotoh may put your strings too close to the edge. Also, it appears that the bridge is now slightly off-center to the treble side in general, which was not the case with the stock bridge. There may be an inconsistency with the stud placement that I did not notice with the 1000 series due to the slightly narrower string spacing.
I'm not happy with the strings being so close to the edge so I'm replacing with a gold 1000 series Floyd I found on reverb.
Like the 6 stringer variant, it's a very well-made bridge. But also like the 6er, it may or may not be a direct retrofit depending on your specific situation.
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groverj3
Bioinformagician
This also means that I have a gold Gotoh Floyd 7 I can part with. I'm case any of you want to try this mod yourself. You may have better luck.
CapinCripes
Trem Snob
Is there a benefit to 22 frets over 24 on a single hum guitar? There's no neck pickup to move. That seems like a stranger design choice than the rosewood.
Dumple Stilzkin
Pointy star bastard.
Uh ohhhh.
groverj3
Bioinformagician
Maybe someone just didn't feel like routing a neck pickup?
cardinal
Buys guitars, sometimes plays them
I think here the issue is that having 24 frets would either have the last two frets rather unreachable (and awkward looking) or you'd have to shift the nut and bridge and inch or so to the left, which will change the balance and general feel of the guitar (which maybe who ever ordered it did not want).
MetalDestroyer
Heaven's Football Bat
EDIT: moved my post to the Jackson 2023 thread
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JimF
Contributor
Can't inlay it if it isn't there!
I know it used to be.
