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My matte black KEXTMG arrived today. My last NGD on here (Charvel Star) was in sad circumstances when my daughter was still-born and I tried to cheer myself up with a new guitar but this marks a much nicer time with the birth of my new son Riley and the success of my first novel Wolf's Head. :-)
I've played it a bit tonight and it's stunning. It was a "shop soiled" guitar, which, to me, always means you get a guitar the shop setup right. There are no dings, the frets are perfect with no dead spots and it sounds great into my Toneport (will try an amp tomorrow). It feels MUCH better on the strap than my old KE3 ever did - that KE3 never sounded right, it never felt right and although I put a bound neck on it (from a DK2) it never quite looked the business either. THIS does the lot AND it feels fantastic to play. The neck isn't unfinished, it has the same matte black finish as the body and feels brilliant to play.
In the UK a USA made Jackson costs a huge amount of money, so I've stuck to the imports over the years and I've owned a few now. Most of them (MIJ) I sold because I never liked them for whatever reason - I now have my old Concept JDR-94, a MIC Charvel Star, a MIJ SL3 and now this. The SL3 is the best guitar I've ever played and this KEXTMG is most certainly on a par with it, despite being MIC (which means nothing to me).
Enough of this shit, here's the pics. :-)
P1100708 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr
P1100718 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr
P1100722 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr
I've played it a bit tonight and it's stunning. It was a "shop soiled" guitar, which, to me, always means you get a guitar the shop setup right. There are no dings, the frets are perfect with no dead spots and it sounds great into my Toneport (will try an amp tomorrow). It feels MUCH better on the strap than my old KE3 ever did - that KE3 never sounded right, it never felt right and although I put a bound neck on it (from a DK2) it never quite looked the business either. THIS does the lot AND it feels fantastic to play. The neck isn't unfinished, it has the same matte black finish as the body and feels brilliant to play.
In the UK a USA made Jackson costs a huge amount of money, so I've stuck to the imports over the years and I've owned a few now. Most of them (MIJ) I sold because I never liked them for whatever reason - I now have my old Concept JDR-94, a MIC Charvel Star, a MIJ SL3 and now this. The SL3 is the best guitar I've ever played and this KEXTMG is most certainly on a par with it, despite being MIC (which means nothing to me).
Enough of this shit, here's the pics. :-)
P1100708 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr
P1100718 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr
P1100722 by stormwatch1977, on Flickr
I HATE BEING LEFT HANDED! 
I rock out to Baby metal because Wilkinsi said I can't listen to Rick Astley anymore.
Sorry about your daughter, but congrats on your new son and guitar and novel! 
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