New member needs advice

[jonasaberg]

Hello everyone, new guy on the block here.
I'm a huge fan of 80's "hair metal" and have always wanted a real monster of a guitar. So after a bit of photoshop work I came up with my dream guitar. I'll post a pic of it when I have better time. I'll just describe it for now.

Basically it's a Strat style Jackson or Charvel, humbucker-single-single, reverse headstock, shark fin inlays, Floyd Rose and a crazy PINK bengal paint scheme.

I had the idea of putting the thing together myself. The idea lsituation would be to find a guitar that looks exactly like it or very close but I'm also willing to buy individual parts and put it together myself.

However, I am not all that familiar with Jackson Charvel guitars. Any general advice is greatly appreciated. Is there anything in particular I should be aware of? Particular models I should look for or stay away from? Has anyone here done something similar?

Thanks in advance.

[Jack Napalm]

Something like this?

[jonasaberg]

sort of yes

Yeah sort of like that, even if that looks a bit more purple than pink on my screen.
But my design has two single coils (even if I don't really use the middle one a lot it's nice to have the option), rosewood fretboard, shark fin inlays and a reverse pointy headstock. Man when I get that thing together it's going to be kick ass!

[thetroy]

You need a neck from a DXMG and a body from a DK2

[Special-K]

Welcome aboard

[AfterForever]

Hi, What you need is a DK2 Body and a DXMG Neck like TheTroy stated already. If you refin it, it will look something like this:

[scotty2]

Saw this on e-bay in the UK mate, might be close to what you want, not a bad start price even with the exchange rate. See what you think,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHARVEL-JACKSON-USA-FORT-WORTH-TEXAS-CUSTOM-GRAPHIC_W0QQitemZ250106688249QQihZ015QQcategoryZ33044QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[mhalsey]

You need a neck from a DXMG and a body from a DK2

Exactamundo! I did the opposite when building my mutt..... DXMG body with DK2 neck. It gets more play time than my more expensive guitars.

[Spivonious]

Just for your reference, we're making these mockups by clicking on the "Resources" button at the very top of the page and then using the Custom Shop Generator.

[JACKSONFREAK]

Saw this on e-bay in the UK mate, might be close to what you want, not a bad start price even with the exchange rate. See what you think,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHARVEL-JACKSO...QQcmdZViewItem

Cool graphic. I always wanted one of those custom shop Fort Worth TX guitars. That look a lot like a 3DR. still cool tho.. lol

[jonasaberg]

Okay here it is. I made this in photoshop.
As you can see, the pink is sort of a "pinkburst" and starts off as white around the edge.

The reverse headstock is not an absolute must but would be really cool if I could get it. Thanks so much for the advice so far

[shobet]

Saw this on e-bay in the UK mate, might be close to what you want, not a bad start price even with the exchange rate. See what you think,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHARVEL-JACKSO...QQcmdZViewItem

Ooh that's just down the road form me!

[jonasaberg]

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Yeah looks okay. I’m trying to stay away from e-bay and similar sites though as I have never bought anything from an auction site and am skeptical sending money to someone I don’t know with no guarantee of getting the product.