First Jackson Guitar

[Vass]

I have a few with it a few without. I personally never use em.

[Mudlark]

That's a special kind of retarded to sell that guitar for $60.

[DanzoStrife]

That's a special kind of retarded to sell that guitar for $60.

What do u expect? He painted over a premium color with a botched amateur paint job devaluing it 95% That was the first retarded mistake :P

[Mudlark]

The neck is worth more than $60.

[DanzoStrife]

Yea i know that, so he made 2 retarded mistakes.

The neck is worth more than $60.

[JasonSD22]

Here's the latest update. Took about 50 minutes total so far getting the paint off. I need to do some of the sides still, and try to get as much as I can from the cavities, but I'm expecting to not be able to get it all from the cavities. I noticed a few very small chips in the finish around the trem plate cavity.



Pic might not shwo up until it's approved. I rubbed a little oil on the body to see how it looks shiny.

[Jushien L]

I wouldn't worry too much about the pickup and control cavities, your hardware will cover that. If it were me I'd tape and paint the term cavity though using 1000 grit wet dry sandpaper scuff sand it smooth. Then clear the body with a 2k urethane quality clear. Be careful when you scuff sand the term rout not to reshape it. That's a pretty finish, considering how thin those veneer tops are you did a great job removing the paint. As for the chips if your comfortable doing it you can drop fill those with CA glue then sand flat before clearing.

[lefty]

Man, that's coming along well. Great find!

[mgregory]

Damn... that is looking good. Ya, don't worry about them pickup cavities. They'll be rough and you won't be able to remove all the paint anyways. The neck pocket will have to be done carefully. Would be nice to get it to the bare wood, but might not be possible without making the pocket slightly bigger. But wow. Can you do me a favour? Can you ask that dip&^t who you got it from if he has another Jackson he wants to sell for $60?

[JasonSD22]

Damn... that is looking good. Ya, don't worry about them pickup cavities. They'll be rough and you won't be able to remove all the paint anyways. The neck pocket will have to be done carefully. Would be nice to get it to the bare wood, but might not be possible without making the pocket slightly bigger. But wow. Can you do me a favour? Can you ask that dip&^t who you got it from if he has another Jackson he wants to sell for $60?

he had another guitar for sale, but I didn't ask how much. It was painted to look like Eddie Van Halen's guitar. It actually looked like Van Halen's guitar, but I wasn't interested in it.

[JasonSD22]

Here's how it's looking now. I stuck everything on there just for the pic.
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I buffed it, has some light scratches but it's good enough. It has a spot on the upper edge where it looks like it got dropped but I can live with it.

I need the pickups, electronics, and some knobs and it should be good. I guess maybe a trem plate too if I can find one kind of cheap.

[Number Of The Priest]

That is REALLY looking sharp. Keep up the good work.

[Gartron]

Wow, you really saved that one , great work!

[Black Shadow]

Here's how it's looking now. I stuck everything on there just for the pic.
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I buffed it, has some light scratches but it's good enough. It has a spot on the upper edge where it looks like it got dropped but I can live with it.

I need the pickups, electronics, and some knobs and it should be good. I guess maybe a trem plate too if I can find one kind of cheap.

Extreme winning. Deal of the century for you!

Whoever painted over that before should be flogged!

[Nightbat]

Just paint the trem cavity black, and put some copper shielding in the P'up holes, no one will notice or care what it looked like before you rescued her from drowning