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As some of you probably saw, I ended up getting the 650 XL I had posted about. I shot him an offer, he accepted and we met up a few hours later. My first impressions after being up most of the night with it and a little today are that it is one hell of an instrument.
The body, neck, and frets are all in pretty good to great shape. The worst two spots are the headstock point and in the pull-up route there's a blemish on the ledge that's only visible from the bottom. Body has 4 or 5 small dimples and a small bit of swirling on the back and a little on the forearm contour, frets overall look good, a few flatter spots but for the most part still have good shape and plenty of life left. The headstock point is chipped but it's not too bad. Pretty impressed for its age.
The only issue is what's going on with the trem. On the high side someone notched the post and has the trem sitting on this notch. I haven't taken it apart yet to see if the post is stuck or what exactly the reasoning is. it needs a setup and adjustment (obviously, at the least), has some buzz playing around the 5th fret.
But even with that, it plays soo nice. And the neck? Super comfortable shape. Outside of the buzz it resonates very well, and so far I'm in love with the Jackson pickups. It's a lot heavier than I had expected. It's noticeably heavier than my other guitars. The electronics all work great, the shaft on the mid boost pot is slightly bent but works.
Im pretty excited to see how well it plays after I get the trem situated and a good setup because I'm already quite impressed. I really think it has the potential to dethrone my dk2m. The neck just fits in my hand so well. It's also my first top mount trem, and imo, the angled neck is much more comfortable. JC really knocked it out of the park with these guitars.
And now, the goods
The body, neck, and frets are all in pretty good to great shape. The worst two spots are the headstock point and in the pull-up route there's a blemish on the ledge that's only visible from the bottom. Body has 4 or 5 small dimples and a small bit of swirling on the back and a little on the forearm contour, frets overall look good, a few flatter spots but for the most part still have good shape and plenty of life left. The headstock point is chipped but it's not too bad. Pretty impressed for its age.
The only issue is what's going on with the trem. On the high side someone notched the post and has the trem sitting on this notch. I haven't taken it apart yet to see if the post is stuck or what exactly the reasoning is. it needs a setup and adjustment (obviously, at the least), has some buzz playing around the 5th fret.
But even with that, it plays soo nice. And the neck? Super comfortable shape. Outside of the buzz it resonates very well, and so far I'm in love with the Jackson pickups. It's a lot heavier than I had expected. It's noticeably heavier than my other guitars. The electronics all work great, the shaft on the mid boost pot is slightly bent but works.
Im pretty excited to see how well it plays after I get the trem situated and a good setup because I'm already quite impressed. I really think it has the potential to dethrone my dk2m. The neck just fits in my hand so well. It's also my first top mount trem, and imo, the angled neck is much more comfortable. JC really knocked it out of the park with these guitars.
And now, the goods
They had also removed the JE-12000 mid boost, and the strings must have been literally 10 years old. I'm guessing it was under someone's bed for that long. But the body/neck and frets were pristine, which is what mattered.
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