What are my purchase options on a "designer guitar"?

[Daywalker]

My most excellent JCF dudes...

Excuse my noobie ignorance (again) but i don't know as much about Jackson finishes and options across MIJ and USA models as I would like too.

Below is a design for a guitar i fancy getting sometime in the future.



Bearing in mind im in the UK, who do i go to for a quote on a guitar like this. Does the purple flame top exist? Could i get a made in USA jackson from a dealer in england with that finish and those options (reverse headstock and strings through body).

I think i'd want to get two prices...one for a MIJ version and then a USA soloist or something like that, or possibly a DK2M - but as i said i am not sure what finishes are available on what guitars or even if i can get a similar guitar that is available in a finish like that already...

Cheers in advance.

[rjohnstone]

That guitar you pictured above doesn't exist in the current USA or Import catalog.
You would have to go Custom Shop. Very Pricey.
You can search ebay, but I've yet to see a purple flame top. I've seen purple quilte maple tops though.

[jrnic]

My most excellent JCF dudes...

Excuse my noobie ignorance (again) but i don't know as much about Jackson finishes and options across MIJ and USA models as I would like too.

Below is a design for a guitar i fancy getting sometime in the future.



Bearing in mind im in the UK, who do i go to for a quote on a guitar like this. Does the purple flame top exist? Could i get a made in USA jackson from a dealer in england with that finish and those options (reverse headstock and strings through body).

I think i'd want to get two prices...one for a MIJ version and then a USA soloist or something like that, or possibly a DK2M - but as i said i am not sure what finishes are available on what guitars or even if i can get a similar guitar that is available in a finish like that already...

Cheers in advance.

That would be my dream guitar too, only difference would be I would want a Floyd trem and a non-reversed headstock. I LOVE that color. Not enough purple guitars around.

[neilli]

Yeah, there's nothing exactly like that available as a std model.

There are plenty of dealers in the US who'll help out on international Custom orders (Matt is a damn fine place to start), and if you need to keep the costs down, maybe order one through the JacksonStars 'limited custom option' facility (in Japan).

[Daywalker]

That would be my dream guitar too, only difference would be I would want a Floyd trem and a non-reversed headstock. I LOVE that color. Not enough purple guitars around.

Yer i thought about the Floyd, but i've blocked it off in my Dinky Archtop, so i figured it best to go for the sustain that a through the body offers.

I'd go for a floyd trem and non-reversed headstock if it meant getting it in that finish!

[micha]

if you want to keep local, don't forget that jackson is now part of the FMIC.
so any fender dealer should be able to help you out.

[Daywalker]

Yeah, there's nothing exactly like that available as a std model.

Just had a look at the Jackson 2006 catalog scans (btw can i get a paper catalog from somewhere..?) and some of the finishes on the SL3's are quite nice. Trans blue flametop with matching headstock for one. There does not seem to any purple at all though

Maybe in years to come Jackson will do a std purple model...

[shreddermon]

PC1 is offered in Purple Daze, a trans purple burst over quilted maple. Killer guitars. The rest of the PC1's specs are quite different than what you've got pictured, though.

[demeyes]

I like purple guitars. I've an Sl2H Interference Fireglo guitar that looks purple most of the time. That mock up you made is a very nice axe.

[max]

I LOVE that color. Not enough purple guitars around.

+1
Finally someone with good taste.

[Deadlock]

If you want to save a ton of money, maybe get a DKMGT. It's a stringthru flame-top dinky, but it doesn't come in trans purple.


you guys who like purple, what do you think of this http://www.onlinestagegear.com/brand.../Bich/Bich.jpg

[5074charvel]

you guys who like purple, what do you think of this http://www.onlinestagegear.com/brand.../Bich/Bich.jpg

Purple reign, purple reign ...

[Sanctuary]

you guys who like purple, what do you think of this http://www.onlinestagegear.com/brand.../Bich/Bich.jpg

The colour is alright, but the guitar...

[Rich#6]

some of the 90's jacksons were trans purple. some with flame top some quilted. I have never seen an usa select in trans purple but they were in the catalog. The quilt tops came with dot inlays and matching headstocks and looked very pink. I have 2 of the flame tops(not for sale) a 93 and 96 I bought off of ebay in the past year only seen one other flame top though in the past couple of years. Ibanez has there rg320dx qm or fm flame top now and quilt in 03-04, or there rtg42dxfm(neck thru)
good luck on your search.

[Bengal65]

PC1 is offered in Purple Daze, a trans purple burst over quilted maple. Killer guitars. The rest of the PC1's specs are quite different than what you've got pictured, though.

+1 Purple Daze Yeah!