Well now... I've hankered after a Jackson Rhoads since '87, watching Anthrax play them. Back then, especially in the UK, they were well out of my reach. I got a Fernandes JS90 copy, which is still a pretty fantastic guitar (I still remember the faces on doubters when they played it). Anyway, cut to 25 years later, and I've finally got my first Jackson - a second-hand RR24M in black.
The saddles on the Floyd were in the wrong positions, so the string heights were all wrong near the bridge; the jack socket crackled; the action was off; the sound from the EMG was a little thin. It didn't take long to strip the Floyd and re-arrange it, clean the jack socket, re-string the guitar, and re-set the action.
Wow!
It was already my favourite neck (two Fernandes, two Peavey Wolfgangs including a Pat-Pending US model, and a Dean V), and I LOVE the Rhoads body shape - it fits my playing position so well. Something was missing though...
...and then it struck me - play with the pickup height. Tweaking it really made this my favourite guitar. I'm now looking for another (thought maybe I'll go for an Ebony fretboard) so that I can have one is standard tuning and another in Drop-D. Just awesome.
Glad to be here!
P.
The saddles on the Floyd were in the wrong positions, so the string heights were all wrong near the bridge; the jack socket crackled; the action was off; the sound from the EMG was a little thin. It didn't take long to strip the Floyd and re-arrange it, clean the jack socket, re-string the guitar, and re-set the action.
Wow!
It was already my favourite neck (two Fernandes, two Peavey Wolfgangs including a Pat-Pending US model, and a Dean V), and I LOVE the Rhoads body shape - it fits my playing position so well. Something was missing though...
...and then it struck me - play with the pickup height. Tweaking it really made this my favourite guitar. I'm now looking for another (thought maybe I'll go for an Ebony fretboard) so that I can have one is standard tuning and another in Drop-D. Just awesome.
Glad to be here!
P.
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