Jackson Doug Aldrich

[Advv]

So I have this Jackson Doug Aldrich (the red one). I've been meaning to respray the whole guitar since one of the previous owners has resprayed and destroyed the paintjob again... Lots of dents meaning it'll require quite a bit of work to get it back to a good looking state. Also will require many hours sanding the shit out of it. Just wondering if you guys think it's worthwhile to do all this or should I just pickup a Dinky body (is the DA body a Dinky?) and slap the neck onto that? The neck also has a few dents that'll require quite a bit of fixing too... Like, I'd really prefer to have the original body and pickup config but it seems like it's just too much work. Also, the thingymabobs which hold the trem posts look like they have been hammered in. I have a feeling it's because the guitar used to have a Schaller bridge but the previous owner decided an OFR would be better (I don't know why he would think that) and hammered in the OFR trem post holders (which might be bigger than the Schaller ones?). Oh and if I respray this body, the pickups will be a Dimarzio YJM and a Bareknuckle Miracleman. If I get a Dinky body, it'll be HH with the Miracleman (Or a Suhr Doug Aldrich pickup) in the bridge and the neck pickup is open to suggestions.

So yeah, do you guys think it's worth it?

[Trem]

i don't know - looks kinda cool as is, put a neck pup in it and fuck it up even more with whatever - stickers or bottlecaps or shattered glass or something - get creative

[MortenP]

I'd leave it as it is..Of course, I don't know anything about the value of this guitar, but I think it looks cool. I'd just make sure the Floyd bushings is installed correctly so there's no concern about cracks in the wood and such.

Looks to me like a scalloped fretboard? Is that original to this guitar?

[Fender]

I would check to see what scale size it's at now. Just by hammering in different trem post and installing an ofr on what was meant to be a schaller, he might've fucked up your intonation in a way that you don't have enough adjustment to get it correct. I wouldn't invest too much on it if the distance nut to trem is ruined.

[VitaminG]

i don't know - looks kinda cool as is, put a neck pup in it

this

If it plays nice, I think it would be cool leave it as a sleeper. Get everything functioning properly, whack some killer pickups in there & don't worry about its looks. It looks beat to hell, but it'll blow everything else off the road

and fuck it up even more with whatever - stickers or bottlecaps or shattered glass or something - get creative

not this

I'd leave it as it is..Of course, I don't know anything about the value of this guitar, but I think it looks cool. I'd just make sure the Floyd bushings is installed correctly so there's no concern about cracks in the wood and such.

Looks to me like a scalloped fretboard? Is that original to this guitar?

yup. Factory scalloped from the 12th fret

[outgone]

i don't know - looks kinda cool as is, put a neck pup in it

[ZZB]

I think it just looks like a fucked up guitar. Too bad, some nice features on that one - H/S pickup config and the half scalloped fretboard.

Needs a restoration job - how much do you like this fiddle?

[nhspike]

If you don't keep it, or restore it, put it up for sale.
I bet some cats on this forum would pay good money for her, and would love a chance to restore her.
I think these are cool/rare enough that you would want to keep it together one way or another.
Preserve our history!!!
hehe

[tonemonster]

OK, I dont mean to sound dumb, but when did Jackson offer the Doug Aldrich model?? what are teh specs on it/?? neck thru? bolt on? pickups??? USA or import?

[Nazgul]

Import, Grover Jackson, Japanese market only model. It is in '93 Grover Jackson catalog on audiozone.dk. Rare outside of Japan.

[m2pmd70]

Are you nuts? That's obviously professionally relic'ed, and therefore worth at least five times what a new one would cost.

Seriously tho, I'd try to love it as is if it were mine. Eventually the evil perfectionism would creep in and it'd end up another unfinished project lying around collecting dust.

[Hamner1]

i think it would be to costly to have it professionally redone. i would say strip it down & if the wood looks ok, then just go with an oil finish. while it wont hide the dings, it would look better & not be as time consuming as trying to get a great painted finish.

[Axewielder]

Eventually the evil perfectionism would creep in and it'd end up another unfinished project lying around collecting dust.

+1

[MartinBarre]

I'd just go to your nearest car (auto) parts shop (store) and buy some spray paint in the colour you like. Spray that, and some lacquer.

I definetely think it's worth it, that's a sweet guitar.

[m2pmd70]

I wouldn't bother with spray paint on a guitar I cared about. Takes too much to make it look good and it will take FOREVER to dry completely.

Find somebody who knows how to work an automotive type paint gun and have him help you get the kind of paint he likes to shoot in a shade you like.