Newbie with a DK3

[aerosmith]

Hi everyone, new to this forum. I've just started playing again after 3 years of being very ill and one thing I've noticed after looking nobody owns a DK3 here. Still have mine after nearlly 16 years. I know many were never made for whatever reason as I have heard so many different ones I guess I may never know the truth. Anyway greetings from Wales (uk).

[rjohnstone]

Welcome!
DK3 wasn't made for very long, so not many out there.
They pop up from time to time and confuse the hell out of people in the process.

[Force]

There were owners here, maybe still, links to pics are probably out of dated.

[toejam]

Welcome to the forum. I can only remember one or two people here who had the DK3. Only made for the year 2000, I think. Page 10 of the catalog.

http://support.jacksonguitars.com/catalogs/us/Jackson2000_catalog.pdf

[Schadenfreude]

DK3 owner here

[Mudlark]

That's some dark-ass rosewood. Did you stain/dye it?

A good example of the satin chrome hardware that offered on some models of that late-'90s-early-2000s era.

[Number Of The Priest]

Man, what a bitchin' guitar. HSH is pretty common on Ibanez guitars but you don't see many Jacksons with HSH.

And yes, if your did stain/darken the rosewood fretboard, we'd love to know your methods! I tried one time using vinegar and steel wool, and it was unsuccessful.

[toejam]

I think there might have even been some DK3s that didn't have binding, as well.

[Schadenfreude]

Didnt do anything to the fretboard, think its just a dark picture, i`ll unearth it and take a better pic in the next day or so, pretty sure the rosewood is usual colour tho.

The HSH is the reason i dislike this guitar tbh

[aerosmith]

Glad to know I'm not the only one left!. I may need some assistance in setting mine up again ie string clearance from poles of pups etc as seemed to have lost a lot of sustain since the last time I played . Just re stringed it with 0.011 top E so any advice would be greatly welcome. Very slight truss rod adjustment was all that was required moving from 0.009 top E.
Thanks in advance.