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Hey folks. If you remember me at all you'll remember that I have an unhealthy love for maple fretboards, so it was only natural that my second Jackson would be the same as my first...
I bought a new white DK2M back in '08, and I hadn't bought another guitar since. Only a bass to sustain my guitar buying itch. Last week I noticed a black DK2M on the 'bay and kept an eye on it, then eventually convinced myself to grab it. Something to do with the fact that it was in good condition and less than half the price of one of the new Mexican models. It came in at work today.
An inauspicious start; I managed to give myself a damned annoying papercut on the box. Right on the side of the knuckle. Kills every time I bend my finger, which is quite often. Today has taught me that bending my finger is something that I like to do, and that I get cranky when a papercut interferes with that. Anyway, I peeled away layer after layer of bubble wrap to - surprise - find that the guitar was actually in a gig bag, which hadn't been mentioned in the ad. Cool. Inside the gig bag and past more bubble wrap to finally reveal the guitar. It looked in good condition overall, but not ready to play. I don't think I've ever seen strings so manky before in my life. Perhaps the guys in the office were expecting me to tune up and belt out a solo, but the moment I saw those strings I put it back in the bag and daydreamed of getting home and doing a proper setup.
So that's what I've been doing this evening. I've set it up for Drop D with 10's, and given a fret polish and overall waxing for some shiny goodness. As I thought before, the general condition was great and it was just the strings and setup that were awful, so once I'd spent an evening working on it, it's almost as good as new. Overall, I'm very pleased. Plays just as well as I'd expect given my experience with my white one, low action, zero buzz, fretboard like butter. Though I haven't had much time to play anything on it aside from a burst of Blackwater Park. And I think it's pretty cool to see the white and black guitars next to each other. Black wouldn't be my first choice, but I've found it looks much better in person than it does in photos, and the maple suits it *almost* as well as it suits the white. Before it arrived I was imagining putting zebra pickups and cream pickup rings on to break up the flat blackness of it all, but now it's in my hands it looks much better than I expected so now I'm not so sure. I'll have to think about it. For my first foray into buying used gear, it's gone pretty well.
I suppose I can't hold back the pictures any longer...
And you can see in that last one my measly collection so far. Now that I'm a "professional" engineer (yeah right!) and not a student anymore, I may well start buying up more guitars. More Jacksons to be precise. Especially Jacksons with maple fretboards. Perhaps one of the new DK2Ms...
Or on the other hand I could buy some rather spiffy upgrades for my PC rig. Choices, choices...
I bought a new white DK2M back in '08, and I hadn't bought another guitar since. Only a bass to sustain my guitar buying itch. Last week I noticed a black DK2M on the 'bay and kept an eye on it, then eventually convinced myself to grab it. Something to do with the fact that it was in good condition and less than half the price of one of the new Mexican models. It came in at work today.
An inauspicious start; I managed to give myself a damned annoying papercut on the box. Right on the side of the knuckle. Kills every time I bend my finger, which is quite often. Today has taught me that bending my finger is something that I like to do, and that I get cranky when a papercut interferes with that. Anyway, I peeled away layer after layer of bubble wrap to - surprise - find that the guitar was actually in a gig bag, which hadn't been mentioned in the ad. Cool. Inside the gig bag and past more bubble wrap to finally reveal the guitar. It looked in good condition overall, but not ready to play. I don't think I've ever seen strings so manky before in my life. Perhaps the guys in the office were expecting me to tune up and belt out a solo, but the moment I saw those strings I put it back in the bag and daydreamed of getting home and doing a proper setup.
So that's what I've been doing this evening. I've set it up for Drop D with 10's, and given a fret polish and overall waxing for some shiny goodness. As I thought before, the general condition was great and it was just the strings and setup that were awful, so once I'd spent an evening working on it, it's almost as good as new. Overall, I'm very pleased. Plays just as well as I'd expect given my experience with my white one, low action, zero buzz, fretboard like butter. Though I haven't had much time to play anything on it aside from a burst of Blackwater Park. And I think it's pretty cool to see the white and black guitars next to each other. Black wouldn't be my first choice, but I've found it looks much better in person than it does in photos, and the maple suits it *almost* as well as it suits the white. Before it arrived I was imagining putting zebra pickups and cream pickup rings on to break up the flat blackness of it all, but now it's in my hands it looks much better than I expected so now I'm not so sure. I'll have to think about it. For my first foray into buying used gear, it's gone pretty well.
I suppose I can't hold back the pictures any longer...
And you can see in that last one my measly collection so far. Now that I'm a "professional" engineer (yeah right!) and not a student anymore, I may well start buying up more guitars. More Jacksons to be precise. Especially Jacksons with maple fretboards. Perhaps one of the new DK2Ms...
Or on the other hand I could buy some rather spiffy upgrades for my PC rig. Choices, choices...
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