Fusion Deluxe!

[Boxcar Willie 84]

So there's this girl that comes into the store I work at regularly and one day I asked her what kind of guitar she plays...she said it was a pink Charvel, but she didn't really play it anymore because of bad fret buzz. I told her she should get the tech to set it up but she said that she didn't have any money, so I told her that I'd do what I could for her. Yesterday morning she brought it in while it was slow, so I tweaked it some and managed to get most of the buzz out (I didn't have a correct-fitting truss rod key to adjust the neck any). Anyway, this guitar was pretty rad-I had forgotten how much I dug those J-90 pickups, because that guitar sounded mean!! Anyway, just thought I'd share.

Wait I just remembered, I did have a question. I noticed that the Floyd on it was a locking, but non-fine tuning variety. Was this common on late 80s/early 90s imports? It also had a toothpaste logo and that halfassed trem route.

[etaeniura]

Re: Fusion Deluxe!

probably one of the single locking schallers. I'm not sure why they used those-I can't imagine they were any cheaper than a double locking one since the only difference is that saddles. They were fairly common-I have one on my fusion special and I believe thay also came on the Avengers as well.

[pro-fusion]

Re: Fusion Deluxe!

My Fusion Deluxe has a double-locking JT-590 (Schaller), and I'm pretty sure that was the standard trem on all the Fusion Deluxes. Are you sure it was a Deluxe? The easiest way to tell is the bridge pickup--the Deluxe had a regular Jackson humbucker, while the Special had the twin angled single coils in the bridge position.

[Jackson-Charvel]

Re: Fusion Deluxe!

What was Jackson thinking about with those twin angled singles like the Avenger? Talk about an idea that failed.

[etaeniura]

Re: Fusion Deluxe!

those dual singles sucked ass for dirty sounds. For cleans, those singles sounded pretty good. After experimenting, i just sanded off the poity parts between them and dropped a full HB in there. Took about five mminutes with the dremel. four small holes for the ring and presto! Now I just need to find a better HB for it!