Looking For a Jake E Lee Guitar

[sanders83]

Well the purple one is almost spot on, I say spot because it is almost impossible to get the humbucker he used. The white one was never intended to be a jake. Like his it does't have a bullet truss, and a hardtail. This guitar has ebony on it.

Swimming pool route is a rectangular route that allows you to put any configuration pickup in any position

Thanks mate, much appreciated.

Sorry for all the questions, but do you think Mattsmusic would be able to help me out with one of these?

If becoming a member would help me out a bit more, then i don't mind doing that. I'm not the type of person who goes looking for help/advice without being appreciative

[Vass]

Be a member because it's worth it on it's own Matt is going to do right by you regardless.

Vass

[ulijdavid]

Click the "Matt's Music" banner at the top of the page - then click Charvel/Jackson on his website. The White Jake E Lee "Type" guitar is the first listed.

[slash]

Here is a sample of pool rout. If you want to build a replica I can help you out. Just let me know.

[phill_up]

That black and white charvel really does something for me. Can someone remind me why it looks so much like a fender?

[~K~]

bullet truss rod

[Jack The Riffer]

bullet truss rod

And the front recessed jack plate.

[sonicsamurai]

That black and white charvel really does something for me. Can someone remind me why it looks so much like a fender?

because it IS a modified fender hardtail strat

[ulijdavid]

Someone here might be more knowledgeable of Jake's Black and White guitar, but I thought I had read that the guitar was ALL Fender. If memory serves me correctly, Jake worked at a music store saving money to buy a Strat. When he finally had enough money he played every Strat in the store and found the hardtail to be the best sounding and playing guitar. Years later, he changed the pickup configuration and had the guitar repainted by an employee of Charvel. The employee also put the Charvel sticker on the headstock. This seems to make sense to me due to the 3 bolt neck, the bullet truss rod, and I believe most of the Charvels at that time had 2-1/4" neck heels - which would not fit a standard start neck pocket without modification. Anyway, someone chime in if you have more info.

[~K~]

strathead charvels were 2 3/16 back then ..


Yes Jakes guitar started out as pure fender hence the 3 bolt plate. When it was charvelized it was painted, headstock shaves, neck shaved, new decal, new pickguard and pickups etc ... So how much of it is really fender and how much is really charvel.

[j2379]

i found an old guitar FTPM mag with Jake & his blue & purple bursts. they almost look like full sized strats but with a tele/soloist type edge. definitely not as rounded as a normal strat.

[~K~]

yeah they are all charvel

[///MK]

I absolutely love the purple one.
Remember the Guitar for practicing musician with that (well one like it and Jake) on the cover?
Please put me on the list of those that would buy it in a heartbeat if you ever become disinterested in it.

[DocNrock]

Beautiful guitars. I too dig the white/black one.