Jeff Hanneman Jackson signature

[algeriet]

Why was he never given a signature? Especially seeing as Mustaine had one. Please speculate!

[MetalHeadMat]

Nah he just had that custom soloist with the Kahler and stickers on it. I can't recall if he had any others, but he never had a signature. Which is shit because if he did I would totally of gotten one, (the only thing holding me back from getting an ESP JH in Urban Camo are the inlays, that and the wonky ass knob layout).

[ralph]

He has been endorsed by ESP since around 1990, if you see the Seasons in the abyss video, he is using the Raiders ESP, which is basically a copy of the DK soloist

I read somewhere in an interview that the last guitar he actually paid for was the Soloist with the DK logo on it, all his ESP's have been free

[chuckbat]

when did hanneman play a jackson? i remember on live undead he was playing a floyded les paul. then i thought he went to a bc rich.
just wondering?

[djpharoah]

when did hanneman play a jackson? i remember on live undead he was playing a floyded les paul. then i thought he went to a bc rich.
just wondering?

In the late 80s he had an SL2 with kahler + 2EMGs.

Google it for pics.

[neilli]

He used that Soloist A LOT. It was his main (and apparently still favourite) guitar for a long time - among other things, it's in the bloodline video, which I think was it's last appearance (retirement beckoned)....

[MetalMedal II]

when did hanneman play a jackson? i remember on live undead he was playing a floyded les paul. then i thought he went to a bc rich.
just wondering?

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I'm pretty sure that was a Kahler on that LP.

There's been footage of him playing the Jackson over the years. The earliest I know of is from the video of War Ensemble. This shows the Jackson in its earliest form: Those wide covered Jackson pickups and JT-6 behind the nut stringlock. He mentioned in a period interview, that he used one of Jackson's preamps on the guitars, and King used those BC Rich preamps.

Based on those features, I believe it to be made in '87 or '88. Here's the vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OkYHiSFenM

[Whoopu2]

From what I heard (don't know how true it is) but this guitar was caked in fake blood so much he had to retire it.

[chuckbat]

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I'm pretty sure that was a Kahler on that LP.

There's been footage of him playing the Jackson over the years. The earliest I know of is from the video of War Ensemble. This shows the Jackson in its earliest form: Those wide covered Jackson pickups and JT-6 behind the nut stringlock. He mentioned in a period interview, that he used one of Jackson's preamps on the guitars, and King used those BC Rich preamps.

Based on those features, I believe it to be made in '87 or '88. Here's the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OkYHiSFenM

Cool video.. Thanks

[toejam]

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There's been footage of him playing the Jackson over the years. The earliest I know of is from the video of War Ensemble. This shows the Jackson in its earliest form: Those wide covered Jackson pickups and JT-6 behind the nut stringlock. He mentioned in a period interview, that he used one of Jackson's preamps on the guitars, and King used those BC Rich preamps.

Based on those features, I believe it to be made in '87 or '88. Here's the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OkYHiSFenM

And at some point, he got the behind-the-nut lock changed to a real Floyd nut.

[toejam]

From what I heard (don't know how true it is) but this guitar was caked in fake blood so much he had to retire it.

Could be. But I also remember him saying he sweats like crazy and said he's had to gut the electronics a few times and rebuild it.