SLSMG with tremolo mod?

[Bad Apple]

I've seen a strange SLSMG, and wondering what the story is with it.

It's got the smurfhat headstock, pirhana inlays, and is neck-thru, with a 6 digit MIJ serial #. So that all checks out.

The first strange thing is that it's a natural finish. It looks nice from what I can tell (from bad pics), but I can't really find anything that says Jackson offered a natural finish on these. Was it maybe stripped?

Also, someone added a wilkinson trem to it. I thought the SLSMGs were too thin for a trem, so that seems like a bad idea to me. Any thoughts on that?


Thanks!

[Mudlark]

I'd guess it was stripped.
I remember seeing one that the owner had stripped on another forum, but I don't recall seeing any factory models in a natural finish.

[Bad Apple]

I'd guess it was stripped.
I remember seeing one that the owner had stripped on another forum, but I don't recall seeing any factory models in a natural finish.

I think given that and the tremolo, I'll have to pass. I already have an SLSMG anyway. I just thought the natural finish might be nice.