New Jackson SLS

[NextInLine]

I can't tell from the pics, is it an ebony board or rosewood?

[jacksonpc1]

You can't get a SLS with a floyd..... can you? I thought all the current SLSMG's are String Thru. Wait that one does have EMG's .....Is it a Limited Run?

[rikkinroll]

Sls3

Unless I'm missing it, I didn't see much info there.
can any Jackson reps give more info?

The new SLS3 is essentially a SLSMG with Seymour Duncan zebra '59 pickups. It will be a regular production model beginning in '09. Mahogany body & neck, built in Japan. They are currently building up stock for its release. I have played the white prototype and it is killer.

And no, no Floyd Rose. The body is too thin to mount a trem unit.

Hope it helps.

[bibz]

Awesome info, thanks, but the body isnt to thin for a trem, it looks pretty meaty around the strings and pickups! Infact if I have some spare cash and a cheap sls comes up I'll show ya!

[arbiter]

Awesome info, thanks, but the body isnt to thin for a trem, it looks pretty meaty around the strings and pickups! Infact if I have some spare cash and a cheap sls comes up I'll show ya!

It'd have to be a top mounted Floyd because of the neck angle. If you have the know how, go for it.. my friend had a OFR put on his Epiphone Les Paul. Cool guitar, but it doesn't sound even 1/10th as good now as it did with the TOM & stoptail. Floyds kill tone, big time.

[Jack The Riffer]

And no, no Floyd Rose. The body is too thin to mount a trem unit.

Uh oh....I hear a challenge to the skills of the great Dr. Newcenstein here. :ROTF:

[Flatpicker]

Uh oh....I hear a challenge to the skills of the great Dr. Newcenstein here. :ROTF:

If Dr Newcenstein wants a challenge, he should try getting a floyd on an SG.

[Newc]

Floyds do not kill tone! They may alter the tone, but tone quality is subjective.

[Newc]

If Dr Newcenstein wants a challenge, he should try getting a floyd on an SG.

It's been done. Check out the Heaven and Hell DVD. Tony has a white one with a Floyd.

[arbiter]

Floyds do not kill tone! They may alter the tone, but tone quality is subjective.

you are right, they do alter the tone. I just really don't like how they alter, especially if you are strapping one onto a guitar that sounds as wicked as the SLSs do.

[Flatpicker]

It's been done. Check out the Heaven and Hell DVD. Tony has a white one with a Floyd.

I have the DVD but haven't opened it. Been meaning to, but got on a Maiden kick and am working my way thru Death on the Road.
I thought the white SG was a full thickness one?

[audiophile]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hAZ4IJTkGg

[Ben...]

I really like those. I may have to order one.

[phill_up]

If it had a floyd....

Seriously...I don't like the zebra pickups. Either all black or all white would be fine, but that creme color just doesn't work with the white body.

+1

how did it get th3 name smurf hat?

[JACKSONFREAK]

The new SLS3 is essentially a SLSMG with Seymour Duncan zebra '59 pickups. It will be a regular production model beginning in '09. Mahogany body & neck, built in Japan. They are currently building up stock for its release. I have played the white prototype and it is killer.

And no, no Floyd Rose. The body is too thin to mount a trem unit.

Hope it helps.

The body is not too thin for a floyd> top mounted or set in. Remember the stealth? The SLS is a stealth but neck through. My SStelath Pro has a Floyd as did my Stealth EX. Altho the HX didnt but it was a string thru body. So Yeah a Floyd would work. Oh and the Ibanez S series is even thinner than a Stealth and they put the Edge trem on those.
Gil