eSGEe
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Id need a jacket and long pants..........I dont like long pants
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Cadorman
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Nah, shorts come out once it hits 50.
eSGEe
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50------ buwahahaha whats that ?!??! (just kidding we get like 3 nights a year it can actually get in the 40's --- we hide indoors and drink alot--- its a horrible time-- whole town SHUTS DOWN ----
lol
I was hatched and raised in N./E. Ohio (Canton/Akron/Cleveland) I knows cold--- and snow---- and ---- I left in '87 and aint been back!
lol
I was hatched and raised in N./E. Ohio (Canton/Akron/Cleveland) I knows cold--- and snow---- and ---- I left in '87 and aint been back!
I wear shorts n t shirts year round....Very rarely wear any type of shoe unless going up town..Lol
Sandels n flippers do not count as shoes....
Every so often when I go out in the Swamp with the airboat the PFC’s come out.....Don’t wanna step on no snakes...PFC’s are great protection.....
Sandels n flippers do not count as shoes....
Every so often when I go out in the Swamp with the airboat the PFC’s come out.....Don’t wanna step on no snakes...PFC’s are great protection.....
OP
Broken D string?...on a Floyd equipped guitar?....shocking!
Congrats!
Congrats!
OP
I just replaced the 'D' and tuned it up. It probably has the most accurate intonation I have ever seen. It's on the money everywhere I check it. up and down the neck. The Super Distortion in the bridge is hot. I mean smokin...hotter than my 498T and much more treble response too. The single coils are quiet and sound good, but I had to lower them flush with the pick-guard to alleviate the dreaded wolftones...
Congratulations on your new axe bro can’t wait to hear it
Just hand it to me, I break more D strings than anything else!
Cheers
OP
I find myself wanting to raise the single coils, because they sound good up next to the strings, but the wolftones keep reminding me why I don't like single coils. Wonder why someone hasn't made a low magnetic pull single coil that could be put with 4/32" of the strings????
OP
It's different, that's for sure, but not bad. The neck is really wide with a flat section along the bottom. I really like the feel...
My buddy Johns Kelly, is the only Jackson I have any play time on, and I also loved the wide neck,
with my cumbersome fingers it felt very comfortable.
I have bought a few Gibson’s because of the width of the neck.
Just can’t play the skinny necks with any clarity!!
Cheers Mitch
OP
Glad you like it Robert.
I do....
Of course, I see some room to improve the tonality, but zero fretwork is needed. That's a first for me.
I like the wide neck, and it differs from a Fender 'C' in that there is no point. The shoulders are wide and the point has been flattened.
The tuners feel like 22:1 or something. Just fabulous and even smoother than my preferred Gibson Green Keys. Very good tuners!!!
Controls are very sturdy feeling. The pots feel like the old, oversize CTS's with a super smooth, damped motion. I've yet to pull the pickguard and look.
Now, this Dimarzio DP100 is indeed hot, but again, Jackson blows me away with how damn quiet they are right out of the box, sitting right in front of the amp and my PC.
5 brand new Gibson's - purchased between September 2016 and June 2017 - and every one buzzed, hummed and transmitted radio stations.
C'mon Gibson...50's style construction was good in the 50's when we didnt have an atmosphere full of microwave signals. It's time to move into at least the 20th century for once.
Here's an interesting thing @esge, and I would like you to chime in on this as previous owner.
The DP100, while being very hot, doesn't have balls. Up to 4/32" from the strings, its loud and punchy, but the guitar has this very pronounced quack too, which we know is partially due to maple neck and 25.5" scale length.
In contrast, my 1987 Squire, with a Gibson 500T in the bridge, has had most of the quack removed and that pickup has a much thicker, fuller tone.
The DP100 sounds good, but a it's a very high end, upper mid range pickup, whereas I seek that thick bottom with a pronounced high end edge - that almost sounds like two guitars playing the same thing simultaneously, but in different registers.
No flame here, just trying to evaluate what I have and where I want to be...
OP
I gotta say this...
Its effortless to play solos on. I raised the action to my SOP of .070" at the 12th and it's just amazing.
Don O recently played my 1987 Squire and commented on how low the action felt, and was surprised when it actually measured .080" at the 12th.
But the Fender neck has no finesse compared to the Jackson. It's really a night and day difference.
So far, I have only set the action and replaced the broken 'D' string. I'm going to play it a while before making big changes...
I've said this before...if I was traveling and my guitars were delayed, I would pull a Jackson - USA or import either one - off the rack and perform with it without hesitation.