Is Guitar Center phasing out Jackson?

[MarkThomas]

A brand new, mint DK2M for $299 at GC?!

I have heard of deals like this before, but have never seen them. Is this for real????

[stevoc]

I bought my brand new DK2M in Inferno Red on Friday for $299.00 and it's cherry. This was in the Chattanooga GC. Of course, I read somewhere that they were blowing out the red ones, so who knows?

Which is why I didn't pull the trigger. I'd much rather have a red, but they're difficult to find. I'm going to go to a couple of GC's around home when I return on friday.

[PowerTube]

They also had one DK2M in white I had my eye on. While playing it, I noticed the body was really beat up, missing paint and few deep gouges, the headstock was missing a small piece of the binding, and there was a dent in the side of the neck. It was priced for their July 4th sale at 487.00. I mentioned to one of the salesman that it was pretty beat up and wondered if a better price could be had. He went away for a few minutes then came back and said 350.00 was the best they could do because that is what they paid for it. I ended up leaving without it.

I bought my brand new DK2M in Inferno Red on Friday for $299.00 and it's cherry. This was in the Chattanooga GC. Of course, I read somewhere that they were blowing out the red ones, so who knows?

[stevoc]

While visitng the great north west this week, I went to GC in Seattle to see what they had in stock. For jacksons, there were a couple of DXMG's, One DKMG, One Kelly, and a couple of RR's. (one used USA RR) They also had one DK2M in white I had my eye on. While playing it, I noticed the body was really beat up, missing paint and few deep gouges, the headstock was missing a small piece of the binding, and there was a dent in the side of the neck. It was priced for their July 4th sale at 487.00. I mentioned to one of the salesman that it was pretty beat up and wondered if a better price could be had. He went away for a few minutes then came back and said 350.00 was the best they could do because that is what they paid for it. I ended up leaving without it.

That being said, if 350.00 is what they pay, and they're selling them for 699.00+, you'd think they could keep them moving and make some profit.

I'm curious what they pay for USA models, if they stocked them.

[eakinj]

the GC close to where I live has zero jacksons. They had a fall full of Fenders and Deans, but no Jacksons.

[DonP]

My GC has quite a few Jackson DK2M's and some MG's,DX's.
They do have 1 USA RR that was traded in its metallic blue with black hardware.
U0 something its a newer one.Pearl logo too.
Its a nice guitar and its $999 no case.I was trying to trade them out of it but the mgr was being a real dick.I offered cash first $800.00 and all I got was well we have that much in it.(yeah right).

Exact same at my GC. They had an import RR Pro for $999. Smoking crack I guess, but it's gone - suckers are born every day. My last visit they had a Roland 20x Cube for $80. Very good price. I offered $60 OTD, no deal. I'm sure someone else picked it up.

I've done quite a bit of business with the Nashville GC a few times. Bought a used DXMG in mint condition for $250, but took it back. It was very nice but I have too many guitars.

Also bought my 1988 ESP Horizon there, and a couple of amps and some other stuff. Some GC's have good prices and the shit moves. Other's don't.

[mattmarathon]

The moral of the story: Shop at your local independent Jackson dealer!

[Jacksonguy666]

Mine has a few imports, one of those new weird "SPECIAL" js series rhoads with the red bevels, and a used rr1 and a usa stock soloist. Thats about a one hour drive t edina, but we have two local stores that sell jacksons, one has like only two, but the other has 8 or 9. And i have never been to this one, but about an hour away is Daves Guitar Shop, which has a WHOLE mess of customs. Almost ALL of what they have is Gibson and PRS customs. I also think they have some usa jacksons fenders and a few ibanez's. I really want to go there!

[sixx_ gunner]

Same goes for GC in Orlando.
A huge wall of strats,PRS & Luguna....a sliver containing BC Rich, LTD, & Jackson & Ibanez...mostly low end or beat up older stuff.
you walk in the front entry and are met by an army of about 50
lugunas!
Sam Ash has better selection but not much more in the way of Jacksons.

It sucks that I got to drive all the way over and still can't try any of the nicer stuff I hear about on here.

[Gank]

With Jackson's recent price hikes and GC now stocking ESPs, I'd be willing to bet that Jackson's be harder to find in store. My guess is that the cheaper guitars, which LTD has a ton of, are easier to move in higher numbers, making GC more money.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

We have 2 GC's locally and the only USA Jacksons I've seen in the store have been used.

Same deal as others described, maybe a JS or two (V's) and a DK2 in the store.

Sam Ash around the corner, I think at one time did have 1 USA Soloist, one "Sam Ash" import SL2H arch top, and a couple of SL3's. These have since sold and they have maybe 1 or 2 Jacksons in the entire store and they're all low-end stuff.

It's slim pickin's at the store if you're looking for USA Jacksons around here, period.

[Dred]

Do you really need 40 different Strats hanging on the wall?

What are these different strats you speak of? All the bloody same to me. :ROTF:

[Spivonious]

I've never seen USA Jacksons in any Guitar Center. They usually have 3-4 RR3/RX10D guitars, and a couple DK2Ms.

The real question is if they're phasing out Ibanez? I see fewer and fewer at my local store. It seems to be all Fender/Gibson/Dean/Laguna now. Do you really need 40 different Strats hanging on the wall?

[Larz]

No USA models at GCs near me, a small handful of import Rhoads, DK2s, etc. I think they are waiting to move that Stevie Ray Vaughn custom relic strat before stocking another high end guitar.

They still sell USAs online though.

I wouldn't necessarily walk in to GC to buy a USA Jackson that has been manhandled by everyone wanting to show off the intro to Crazy Train.

Majority is Gibson, Epiphone, Fender and PRS. Not much room for many other brands to hang on the wall. Mix in some Schecters, LTDs now, a couple Jacksons, etc.

[Dinky93]

I haven't been to my GC for about a month, but they don't even have any USA Jackson's.