Graphics

[Gjermundsen]

I was looking at the "Jackson® Custom Shop Quote Form" and they have lots of different graphics but no pictures..how does the Red Dragon look like?and the cementery scene?swords?colored dragon?interference flames? and Black and White Dragon?Anyone got any pics?

[Newc]

Re: Graphics

See most of them here:
http://autumn-frost.com/album

Only one missing from your list is the Colored Dragon, which is here:
http://autumn-frost.com/Dragon/dragon-color.jpg

IIRC, the Red Dragon is the one that Chuckracer had a while back.

Newc

[Newc]

Re: Graphics

I should add that Charvel750 has an Interference Flames on Ebay in his store (user name j.e.lee)

GMW has a B&W Dragon on a Firebird body in their Classifieds section.

Newc

[charvel750]

Re: Graphics

Interference Ghost Flames:






What's cool about that finish is that the colors shift dramatically under different lighting. I've actually had people ask me if I brought several guitars to a show all with the same (but different colored) graphic! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] My understanding was that Jackson is not using this finish anymore, but is it on the current page of options?

[SLY]

Re: Graphics

The interference flames are incredible [img]graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img]

What a pity that they don't offer it on select series anymore.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "Jackson stars"? Never heard about it before seeing the 2002 catalog on one of the links of this topic.

The blue soloist with maple top and EMG's. Brrr [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Graphics

JacksonStars is the other Japan-only Jackson label along with Grover Jackson.
I've got the NASL 160 that is shown in that catalog, and it is indeed a beautiful guitar - Cherry Sunburst, Gold Schaller trem, neckthrough, SuperLight mahogany body (that's Jackson's term for "thinner than a standard Dinky") and those original inlays [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img]
I think the JacksonStars are to Japan what the USA Select are to us, as they all have the same graphic options as the USA Select series, but the Grover Jacksons don't.

Newc

[shreddermon]

Re: Graphics

C750, not sure if that was a typo or what, but - just so the newbies don't get confused - ghost flames are something very different. Your pic is most definitely interference flames, but ghost flames are transparent. Ghost flames also "shift" with the light but, unlike interference flames, don't really change color. It's more of a shift between different shades and layers of flames.

Here's my custom modified red ghost flames on black body.



(The standard ghost flames graphic is on a body of the same color, but different shade. i.e., Blue GF is on a blue body, RGF is dark red body, etc.)

[SLY]

Re: Graphics

Thanks Newc.
How did you get your NASL 160?
Are these guitars strictly reserved for Japan?
If yes, this is so unfair. It will make me angry for the rest of the week [img]graemlins/rant.gif[/img] . I fall in love [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] with the blue soloist on the front cover.

[Gjermundsen]

Re: Graphics

Thanks for the link [img]graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img] Great site you have there. [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Graphics

Sly - I asked a guy in Tokyo to whom I had sold a bass to help me find an NASL 160 and that I would send him the money for it. It cost me $950 including a non-original hardshell case (SKB-style, but not the Jackson case) and shipping, plus PayPal fees. He sent me the catalog when he shipped the guitar. I also have the warranty card in Japanese [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I tried to get the store price tags but they were already gone.
Mine was NOS - it had been in the store in a display case and they had marked it down to about $600-$650 (can't recall now) as it was being replaced by a new model designation.
It was in mint condition when I got it [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Newc