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So this came in the mail today: 
Backstory: I was looking for a guitar on ebay to fill the void since my SLSMG is currently out of comission (still can't decide what kind of pickups I want, but its for sure my #1). I wanted something to tune to standard. I saw this on ebay and from the frontal view thought it was nothing special, just another Jackson bolt on. The superlow price had me intrigued though. I clicked on it and saw that it was a neck-through and started watching it. I decided to bid on it because I thought it would make a great guitar for standard tuning stuff, and I'm on a george lynch kick right now and for some odd reason I felt like this would be perfect for lynch type stuff. I normally don't go for 22 fret rosewood fingerboards but I kind of liked this one because i hadn't seen anything like it before. Now I obviously wanted to know the model. There isn't anything on the web (and I did serious research). There are only some very similar models in late 90s jackson catalogs. I was advised it was a safe buy because japanese jacksons are very high quality, and this obviously was one do to the fact it is neck through (Jackson has never produced neck throughs in korea/china/indonesia). Anyways it came today and I am happy with the guitar. Obviously the condition is a little rough but I knew that was the case from the pictures. (I'm not too fond of the veneer but even the USA jacksons have them, only CS stuff uses real caps). Now here comes the dilema. I feel the seller misrepresented the pickups from the start (heres the link Amazing Flame Top Jackson Guitar w/ Duncan & Dimarzio - eBay (item 370321277233 end time Jan-23-10 00:14:36 PST)). I knew he was playing them up to be more than they are (the neck is obviously only Duncan Designed in the pictures) and it was kind of shady. I figured since I swap out pups on all my guitars anyways it wasn't a big deal (although it made me think the seller was dishonest). And although he mentioned Dimarzio in the ad I banked on the fact he was probably once again misrepresenting (the bridge is probably just some stock pickup) and I would just switch them out in a couple months when funds allowed. Now when the guitar arrived I immediately noticed that neither tone nor volume works, the neck pickup isn't even connected, and the three way switch doesn't work. Not a big deal to me since I'm handy with a soldering iron. However I feel the seller obviously knew this and neglected to mentionit in the ad. Although I wasn't expecting much on the electronics front I thought I would atleast have something functioning for 2-3 months. Obivously its only like 15-20 dollars in parts to get this working (with the current pickups). Its obvious from the sellers feedback that hes misrepresented items in the past. I don't know whether I should ask him for a partial refund. I don't want to send the guitar back since a)hes horrible with communication b)he shady c)it was cheap enough that I'd rather keep it than worry about paying return shipping d)I actually like the instrument. I do however feel that at the price I paid (240 + shipping) i'm entitled to a functioning instrument (I could have got another used SLSMG for $150 more with no problems, I probably would have preffered that) Also hes horrible with communication. He said his wife had a child this week, which I empathize with. However I feel he was using that as an excuse for shipping late (it took two weeks to arrive after I paid), because if he's already shipped it (which he claimed in the few messages he sent me) why would he have time to tell me that but not give me the tracking number (which I repeatedly asked for, he said he would email me it sunday and then ceased communication). Am I being a little bitch for wanting like a 30-35 dollar refund (I haven't asked for one yet)? I don't want to make his life more difficult, especially if he's struggling with a new family. What's your opinion? Regardless of all that, its still a fun, unique, guitar. And when I put in some new pups and strings its gonna really rip.
Backstory: I was looking for a guitar on ebay to fill the void since my SLSMG is currently out of comission (still can't decide what kind of pickups I want, but its for sure my #1). I wanted something to tune to standard. I saw this on ebay and from the frontal view thought it was nothing special, just another Jackson bolt on. The superlow price had me intrigued though. I clicked on it and saw that it was a neck-through and started watching it. I decided to bid on it because I thought it would make a great guitar for standard tuning stuff, and I'm on a george lynch kick right now and for some odd reason I felt like this would be perfect for lynch type stuff. I normally don't go for 22 fret rosewood fingerboards but I kind of liked this one because i hadn't seen anything like it before. Now I obviously wanted to know the model. There isn't anything on the web (and I did serious research). There are only some very similar models in late 90s jackson catalogs. I was advised it was a safe buy because japanese jacksons are very high quality, and this obviously was one do to the fact it is neck through (Jackson has never produced neck throughs in korea/china/indonesia). Anyways it came today and I am happy with the guitar. Obviously the condition is a little rough but I knew that was the case from the pictures. (I'm not too fond of the veneer but even the USA jacksons have them, only CS stuff uses real caps). Now here comes the dilema. I feel the seller misrepresented the pickups from the start (heres the link Amazing Flame Top Jackson Guitar w/ Duncan & Dimarzio - eBay (item 370321277233 end time Jan-23-10 00:14:36 PST)). I knew he was playing them up to be more than they are (the neck is obviously only Duncan Designed in the pictures) and it was kind of shady. I figured since I swap out pups on all my guitars anyways it wasn't a big deal (although it made me think the seller was dishonest). And although he mentioned Dimarzio in the ad I banked on the fact he was probably once again misrepresenting (the bridge is probably just some stock pickup) and I would just switch them out in a couple months when funds allowed. Now when the guitar arrived I immediately noticed that neither tone nor volume works, the neck pickup isn't even connected, and the three way switch doesn't work. Not a big deal to me since I'm handy with a soldering iron. However I feel the seller obviously knew this and neglected to mentionit in the ad. Although I wasn't expecting much on the electronics front I thought I would atleast have something functioning for 2-3 months. Obivously its only like 15-20 dollars in parts to get this working (with the current pickups). Its obvious from the sellers feedback that hes misrepresented items in the past. I don't know whether I should ask him for a partial refund. I don't want to send the guitar back since a)hes horrible with communication b)he shady c)it was cheap enough that I'd rather keep it than worry about paying return shipping d)I actually like the instrument. I do however feel that at the price I paid (240 + shipping) i'm entitled to a functioning instrument (I could have got another used SLSMG for $150 more with no problems, I probably would have preffered that) Also hes horrible with communication. He said his wife had a child this week, which I empathize with. However I feel he was using that as an excuse for shipping late (it took two weeks to arrive after I paid), because if he's already shipped it (which he claimed in the few messages he sent me) why would he have time to tell me that but not give me the tracking number (which I repeatedly asked for, he said he would email me it sunday and then ceased communication). Am I being a little bitch for wanting like a 30-35 dollar refund (I haven't asked for one yet)? I don't want to make his life more difficult, especially if he's struggling with a new family. What's your opinion? Regardless of all that, its still a fun, unique, guitar. And when I put in some new pups and strings its gonna really rip.
Edit: And if its a fake I'm still keeping it. Just based on quality and comparing it to my SLSMG I don't think it is though. That doesn't really affect my decision at all.
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