OmegaSlayer
Well-Known Member
"When you play a guitar that has outrageous colors, it's because you have the self awareness that your chops are so good that people forgets you're playing a neon pink guitar" - quote
Do I have that self awareness...HELL NO!
Some say I can shred but my playing is so far away from where I'd like it to be, but I kinda went on a Kiko Loureiro, Angel's Cry period craze...and he played that cool as hell pink Tagima
Also, I'm a kid from '78 who prematurely went through the 80s...when I saw this guitar second hand for € 390 with a gifted quality gig bag...it was so hard to pass for me.
I fought with myself for almost 10 days trying to reason that I was purchasing it only for the color and I should have saved for the EVH with the D-Tuna...but the voices of young Kiko and CC Deville won me over
When it arrived I was giddy as a kid and I still am because I didn't expected it to be so good
I expected the manifacture to be China, as it goes for near € 600 new, but instead it's Indonesian
Now, I don't know if the previous owner had some works done on it, but the ffrets are well leveled, there aren't rough edges and it was in perfect playing conditions
The plastics are still there, the only marks are picking scratches on the body under the E string, but they're just visible only at certain angles
The fretboard is a bit dry, the frets are not polished and show that it has been used, but really nothing biggie
The neck is awesome, classic D shape you expect from a Jackson shredder, even at low budget, playability is awesome
In regards to the sound, the guitar is very full, bassy and growly...I suspect it has some sort of licensed Super Distortion on the bridge pick up
I didn't fiddle with the EQ of the Helix, but the sound is very in line with the other Jacksons I have
All in all, for such a price, it's an incredible guitar that for those of you that like platforms for modding is EXCELLENT
I will try to cisel the tone to my liking, and if it goes wrong, the pups will go for something more articulate, but yeah, we'll see...
Do I have that self awareness...HELL NO!
Some say I can shred but my playing is so far away from where I'd like it to be, but I kinda went on a Kiko Loureiro, Angel's Cry period craze...and he played that cool as hell pink Tagima
Also, I'm a kid from '78 who prematurely went through the 80s...when I saw this guitar second hand for € 390 with a gifted quality gig bag...it was so hard to pass for me.
I fought with myself for almost 10 days trying to reason that I was purchasing it only for the color and I should have saved for the EVH with the D-Tuna...but the voices of young Kiko and CC Deville won me over
When it arrived I was giddy as a kid and I still am because I didn't expected it to be so good
I expected the manifacture to be China, as it goes for near € 600 new, but instead it's Indonesian
Now, I don't know if the previous owner had some works done on it, but the ffrets are well leveled, there aren't rough edges and it was in perfect playing conditions
The plastics are still there, the only marks are picking scratches on the body under the E string, but they're just visible only at certain angles
The fretboard is a bit dry, the frets are not polished and show that it has been used, but really nothing biggie
The neck is awesome, classic D shape you expect from a Jackson shredder, even at low budget, playability is awesome
In regards to the sound, the guitar is very full, bassy and growly...I suspect it has some sort of licensed Super Distortion on the bridge pick up
I didn't fiddle with the EQ of the Helix, but the sound is very in line with the other Jacksons I have
All in all, for such a price, it's an incredible guitar that for those of you that like platforms for modding is EXCELLENT
I will try to cisel the tone to my liking, and if it goes wrong, the pups will go for something more articulate, but yeah, we'll see...
