Jackson Making Deep Cuts to Their Design Department?

[LordCashew]

Uhh...

https://www.jacksonguitars.com/gear/basses/x-series-concert-bass-cbxnt-dx-iv/2916654618

How many basses is this an amalgamation of?

I don't know if it's a really lazy bass design or some kind of expert-level troll. I want to buy one ironically...

 

[MaxOfMetal]

That thing is uuuuuuuuuugly.

 

[Mathemagician]

That thing is uuuuuuuuuugly.

Until someone rocks one for 20 years while writing hit after hit and people become nostalgic for the green rickenbacker thing. I’m imagining a Geddy Lee/Lemmy type guy.

Then it’s USA custom shop only for the pre-relic’d version with only one dummy knob “just like the real one”.

 

[diagrammatiks]

silly. jackson never had a design department.

 

[GenghisCoyne]

with a matching headstock... maybe...

 

[LordCashew]

with a matching headstock... maybe...

I dunno, the rosewood board is what's holding me back...

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Also, fail on making this 34" scale and P/J.

If you're going to make a pseudo-Rick might as well include the two most interesting/important parts, the shorter scale and original pickups. It's not like either is difficult.

Who's sitting there going "man, I'd love my bass to be half a Rick, but not as interesting"?

 

[Demiurge]

The "parallel universe" concept seems to be leaking over from Fender.

 

[Humbuck]

Rickenjackson?
Jacksonbacker?

 

[LordCashew]

The "parallel universe" concept seems to be leaking over from Fender.

Yet verging on the “darkest timeline” concept in the process...

 

[GenghisCoyne]

I dunno, the rosewood board is what's holding me back...

its laurel. get that credit card

 

[LordCashew]

its laurel. get that credit card

Silly me, looks like I’ll have one in each color then!

 

[olejason]

Nothing brings me more amusement than $1k+ guitars with poop laurel fretboards

 

[Bearitone]

Jesus Christ when are we going to stop putting brown fretboards on colored guitars? There are so few exceptions where brown actually looks good for a fretboard.

 

[NickS]

Jesus Christ when are we going to stop putting brown fretboards on colored guitars? There are so few exceptions where brown actually looks good for a fretboard.

It's not likely that a brown(ish) fretboard would keep me from buying a guitar, necessarily, if most/all other things about said guitar are to my liking. But, it's never my first choice and that one in the OP looks very bad....

 

[jephjacques]

I hate it, but in a good way?

 

[Phlegethon]

It was said in the thread before, and bears asking again: Jackson has a design department?

Also, this thing is fuck ugly. But I actually like it because of this. Only thing putting me off is the compound radius fretboard. I prefer straight radii on my instruments Pickups/preamp might also need to be binned, if memory serves me the X series are lower end imports. And things like pickups/electronics may not feel terribly good to play on.

 

[LordCashew]

It was said in the thread before, and bears asking again: Jackson has a design department?

It was supposed to be a joke, dammit!

I couldn't think of a better thread title off the cuff...

Looks like I shouldn't have made those cuts in my Thread Title Design Department.

 

[Mboogie7]

I actually... kind of dig it. Not in a “I’d buy it” type of way, but if Jackson wanted to give me one? I’d rock it.

 

[oldbulllee]

never liked precission or jazz designs. precission particulary. i like it even less with a pointy headstock.