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First of all, great site with a lot of knowledgeable gear heads . Very cool resource for these unique guitars .
Had the 1986 model 3 , serial # 245367 in my closet since high school . Black with black pick guard , HSS . Recently pulled it out and in the process of having it set up .
The pick ups are only labeled with Jackson foil stickers and they also say model 3 . That is it . I am pretty sure the single coils are j 100 's , but need some help identifying the humbucker . It has a black plastic cover with raised Jackson lettering in white . It is reading about 15.8 ohm"s of resistance on the ohm meter . Anyone have a clue what pick up that is ? J 50 , J 80, J 90 ?
Pretty sure it is not a J 50 because according to the pick up specs I found those will have about 9 ohms of resistance . ? . Could be wrong though . Still learning about all this stuff .
Kind of confusing because most of the pics I have seen online of 1986 model 3's have uncovered humbuckers. Just want to know what is in my guitar .
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
So far the set up is going ok. Only issues , couple small parts broken on the Khaler 2520 tremolo, 5 way switch was not working , and the middle pick up is not metering any resistance on the ohm meter . Luthier is sending out the middle pick up to be reapaired . He said the magnet went bad ? Told me a term for that but I forgot .. So , anyways , Cost of pick up repair $50 . Not sure if that is worth it for a J 100 ? Either way , it has been sent out for repair .
Looking forward to having this axe back in my quiver .
Total cost of set up and parts looking like $200 . Having my first guitar back and making ears bleed , priceless .
First of all, great site with a lot of knowledgeable gear heads . Very cool resource for these unique guitars .
Had the 1986 model 3 , serial # 245367 in my closet since high school . Black with black pick guard , HSS . Recently pulled it out and in the process of having it set up .
The pick ups are only labeled with Jackson foil stickers and they also say model 3 . That is it . I am pretty sure the single coils are j 100 's , but need some help identifying the humbucker . It has a black plastic cover with raised Jackson lettering in white . It is reading about 15.8 ohm"s of resistance on the ohm meter . Anyone have a clue what pick up that is ? J 50 , J 80, J 90 ?
Pretty sure it is not a J 50 because according to the pick up specs I found those will have about 9 ohms of resistance . ? . Could be wrong though . Still learning about all this stuff .
Kind of confusing because most of the pics I have seen online of 1986 model 3's have uncovered humbuckers. Just want to know what is in my guitar .
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
So far the set up is going ok. Only issues , couple small parts broken on the Khaler 2520 tremolo, 5 way switch was not working , and the middle pick up is not metering any resistance on the ohm meter . Luthier is sending out the middle pick up to be reapaired . He said the magnet went bad ? Told me a term for that but I forgot .. So , anyways , Cost of pick up repair $50 . Not sure if that is worth it for a J 100 ? Either way , it has been sent out for repair .
Looking forward to having this axe back in my quiver .
Total cost of set up and parts looking like $200 . Having my first guitar back and making ears bleed , priceless .
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