After a couple of comments about this subject in the ebay section I thought I would bring this to the entire board. As we all know near the end of the SD Charvel run some of the guitars had SD Charvel plates but Jackson logo'ed necks. Also the SD Jackson strats are basiscally relogo'ed Charvels, essentially the same gutars. However in the resale market for lack of a better term the "Halfbreed" Charvel plated Jackson logo'ed guitars along with the SD Jacksons do not pull in the kind of money that a SD Charvels do.
To look at it from a purely collector stand point there are very few of the halfbreeds and over 1000 or so( who knows how any have survived) SD Jackson strats. By numbers alone these are much rarer than the SD Charvels, thus logic would dictate a higher resale value over their Charvel cousins. Reality is a clean unmodded one can barely clear what a heavily modded Charvel can pull in.
What does everyone think about this anomaly in our little J/C world?
I think that it shows although these guitars are conisdered the same from a manufactorers standpoint, they are not the same for us the buyers/collectors.
I was a fan of Charvels back in the early 80's. I couldn't afford one but I wanted one bad. Then Jackson sent Charvel to the minor leagues with the Model series. Instead of being the pinnacle they were now the entry to mid level guitars. Before someone blows a gasket I love the Model series and have several of them, they are great in their own right.
Jackson became the highend fancy guitar as the Charvel line continued to be down graded. I have never gotten over that.
Because of that history even though these guitars are essentially the same as SD Charvels I will not buy or own one simply because of the name on the headstock. I know that is as petty as it gets. But that is me. I really am a Charvel snob. So for me it is purely logo driven.
Now I will say that these are a great bang for the buck.
To look at it from a purely collector stand point there are very few of the halfbreeds and over 1000 or so( who knows how any have survived) SD Jackson strats. By numbers alone these are much rarer than the SD Charvels, thus logic would dictate a higher resale value over their Charvel cousins. Reality is a clean unmodded one can barely clear what a heavily modded Charvel can pull in.
What does everyone think about this anomaly in our little J/C world?
I think that it shows although these guitars are conisdered the same from a manufactorers standpoint, they are not the same for us the buyers/collectors.
I was a fan of Charvels back in the early 80's. I couldn't afford one but I wanted one bad. Then Jackson sent Charvel to the minor leagues with the Model series. Instead of being the pinnacle they were now the entry to mid level guitars. Before someone blows a gasket I love the Model series and have several of them, they are great in their own right.
Jackson became the highend fancy guitar as the Charvel line continued to be down graded. I have never gotten over that.
Because of that history even though these guitars are essentially the same as SD Charvels I will not buy or own one simply because of the name on the headstock. I know that is as petty as it gets. But that is me. I really am a Charvel snob. So for me it is purely logo driven.
Now I will say that these are a great bang for the buck.
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