Is the DK2M Discontinued?

[aerostar2005]

I heard a rumor that the Jackson DK2M is being discontinued. This is by far the best MIJ Jackson, I have ever played (I've got 5 of them) Has anyone else heard anything?

[Rich#6]

All the major sellers say it's discontinued along with wikipedia, that REALLY sucks!

[MartinBarre]

I better hold onto mine then I was gonna sell it!

Eh Mazz?

[Davey]

for something that aparently doesnt sell that well, a fuckload of people have them. most of those own several!

[gordomenz]

I'm on my 2nd. Wish I had time to play.

[Mazz]

I better hold onto mine then I was gonna sell it!

Eh Mazz?

Don't wink at me like that sir, I'm gutted I'm not allowed to buy it myself!

[MartinBarre]

They are great guitars. Better than the KE3 or RR3s I've had by a fair margin, although maybe I just got poor ones of those and a good DK2M.

[jcm800x]

Maybe the market got flooded with them, I remember when GC blew them out for 299. They'll probably let it sleep for a few years and then bring it back.

[SilverEra]

Wasn't the DK2M Jacksons biggest selling import?
I'm EXTREMELY sceptical about it being discontiued, for a few reasons.

1) It's still up on the Jackson website
2) Dealers are still selling them, and show no indication of them being discontinued, appart from Musicians Friend (that I know of)
3) Musicians Friend (with probably a few others) apparently often show items as "discontinued" when they're only out of stock.
4) Wikipedia?!?! Don't trust, just... don't.

Even if it really is discontinued, my guess is that it will be a) back some time very soon, or b) we'll be having something new/similar very soon.

[Rich#6]

Dealers are still selling them, and show no indication appart from Musicians Friend (that I've found, anyway) of them being discontinued.

Sam ash doesn't have them, zzounds and sweetwater show them as discontinued, Who else is there that isn't one of these under their "other names"?

[RobRR]

It looks like the ENTIRE "M" line is discontinued... RR24M, DK2M, RR3M... all of em. Shame really, I thought the DK2M was one of the best selling imports ever!

[MartinBarre]

Damn, I hope my DM2M doesn't get more valuable now!

[SilverEra]

Sam ash doesn't have them, zzounds and sweetwater show them as discontinued, Who else is there that isn't one of these under their "other names"?

So? According to zzounds, the DK1, DK2 and DK2S (along with the DK2M) are all discontinued!

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JAC2901000

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JACDK2SBCH

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JAC2911005

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JAC2803010

Just because a few dealers are saying it's discontinued (along the the very reliable source wikipedia), doesn't make it so!

Also, check this out. http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=1339
"Estimated delivery time: Stock due in on 25/04/2010"

I think we can safely say that the DK2M isn't going anywhere, and if it does, Jackson has just lost their biggest selling import! What more can be said?

[Rich#6]

So? According to zzounds, the DK1, DK2 and DK2S (along with the DK2M) are all discontinued!

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JAC2901000

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JACDK2SBCH

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JAC2911005

http://www.zzounds.com/item--JAC2803010

Just because a few dealers are saying it's discontinued (along the the very reliable source wikipedia), doesn't make it so!

I'm not just looking at zzounds for the DK2M to be discontinued, so let's not compare it to other models since other sights have the models you bought up.
Comparing the US to a UK dealer may or may not be a good comparison, other countries have in the past had lots of J/Cs that we did not get in the USA.
The dealers I mentioned(and their sister companies) have the majority of the market(american musical and worldmusic supply doesn't have them either). Maybe they are just showing the 2009 models are out and they are just waiting for 2010 stock. Who knows but with the info we have now things don't look good.
Maybe McD will chime in.

[SilverEra]

I'm not just looking at zzounds for the DK2M to be discontinued, so let's not compare it to other models since other sights have the models you bought up.
Comparing the US to a UK dealer may or may not be a good comparison, other countries have in the past had lots of J/Cs that we did not get in the USA.
The dealers I mentioned(and their sister companies) have the majority of the market(american musical and worldmusic supply doesn't have them either). Maybe they are just showing the 2009 models are out and they are just waiting for 2010 stock. Who knows but with the info we have now things don't look good.
Maybe McD will chime in.

The point I was trying to make though, was that just because a dealer lists something as discontinued, doesn't make it so. Musicians Friend for example do that sort of thing on a regular basis when items go out of stock, for whatever reason.

I thinks it's much more likely that there's just a late shipment of guitars or something like that, and dealers have run out. I think that's a much more likely sinario than Jackson suddenly deciding to kill off their best selling import. If they have axed the DK2M, there's going to be huge backdraft coming Jackson's way...

But until we get some kind of official word from Jackson, or the DK2M mysteriously dissappears from their website, I'd say it's still in production.