johnnyboy102
Active Member
I decided to give the new blackjack c-8 a try and with the 45 day "satisfaction guarantee" from musicians friend I figured what do I have to lose? So anyway after being backordered for a couple days I finally received the guitar last night.
My first impression when I got the box open was that it was it was a lot more off white than I expected (I got the aged white finish) but it wasn't a huge deal I was just excited it was here. The screw and spring on the low B at the bridge appeared to me missing until later that night I later found it on my carpet. I guess it wasn't screwed in there very well and it somehow popped off.
Anyway the action was great and it seemed to be set up fairly well. When I plugged in I noticed right away that the cleans sounded amazing. The clarity of the of pickups is fantastic. When hit my distortion and it sounded a little off but after messing with the EQ on my amp I was very satisfied. The blackouts handle the low F# (or F in my case) a lot better than I expected. I am very happy with the tone I can get out of them. I was a little worried having been an EMG guy and never used blackouts before but I am extremely satisfied with them. My biggest worry was the scale length was going to be too short (26.5) but it seems to be able to handle the low string fine. There is some slight buzz if you hit it hard but I'm not too worried about it.
Anyway over all my first impression on this guitar was very very good. I have only played it for a couple hours but I have seemed to get a feel for it. I'm going to try and update this thread later with some pics and if I ever get around to it a video. I'll probably also put a more extensive review one I get some more play time in.
edit: Okay these pictures didn't turn out at all... I'm pretty sure something is wrong with my camera. I'm going to see if my girlfriend will take some of it later this week with her good camera. Anyway until then here are a few will messed up lighting and blurriness.
as you can see for whatever reason the lighting is completely different in all of the pictures. The picture of the body is probably the truest to the color of the finish.
My first impression when I got the box open was that it was it was a lot more off white than I expected (I got the aged white finish) but it wasn't a huge deal I was just excited it was here. The screw and spring on the low B at the bridge appeared to me missing until later that night I later found it on my carpet. I guess it wasn't screwed in there very well and it somehow popped off.
Anyway the action was great and it seemed to be set up fairly well. When I plugged in I noticed right away that the cleans sounded amazing. The clarity of the of pickups is fantastic. When hit my distortion and it sounded a little off but after messing with the EQ on my amp I was very satisfied. The blackouts handle the low F# (or F in my case) a lot better than I expected. I am very happy with the tone I can get out of them. I was a little worried having been an EMG guy and never used blackouts before but I am extremely satisfied with them. My biggest worry was the scale length was going to be too short (26.5) but it seems to be able to handle the low string fine. There is some slight buzz if you hit it hard but I'm not too worried about it.
Anyway over all my first impression on this guitar was very very good. I have only played it for a couple hours but I have seemed to get a feel for it. I'm going to try and update this thread later with some pics and if I ever get around to it a video. I'll probably also put a more extensive review one I get some more play time in.
edit: Okay these pictures didn't turn out at all... I'm pretty sure something is wrong with my camera. I'm going to see if my girlfriend will take some of it later this week with her good camera. Anyway until then here are a few will messed up lighting and blurriness.
as you can see for whatever reason the lighting is completely different in all of the pictures. The picture of the body is probably the truest to the color of the finish.
Also welcome to the board, you're only about 20 mins away from me dude! 
I think someone had said that previously but I haven't had any firsthand experience with them as of yet. 
.. i'm really wanting to try one of these C-8s!
