Jackson Stars sighting: 7 string soloist!

[TheSteveMan]

In case anyone is interested, I spotted a Jackson Stars 7 string soloist in a music store here in Tokyo the other day.
Finish: WHITE/Matching headstock
Bridge: Tune-o-matic (can't remember if it was string thru or not)
Board: I think ebony but I'm not 100% sure... sharkfin inlays of course.
Pickup configuration: 1 hum EMG.

Just thought I'd drop a heads-up in case anyone might be interested. If I had the money or the means I would want this one for myself.... I'd love to see it go to a forum member if anyone else is into it though.

I think this is used, and it's probably a semi-custom.
The price isn't too bad so PM me if you'd like to know.

Steve

[tseegert]

Re: Jackson Stars sighting: 7 string soloist!

drool.... if only

[TheSteveMan]

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I'm seriously contemplating picking this bad boy up for myself, but that would require that I ditch my Kramer/Kelly mutt... And maybe ditch my Kramer 7 that's still at my mom's house. I don't need *two* seven stringers really, if both have tune-o-matics.

[pro-fusion]

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This one now resides with me--with the help of The Steve Man. Muchas gracias. What a nice guy!

This is far and away the best 7-stringer I've ever played. The neck just about plays itself, and the low-B is *very* tight and seems well 'integrated' with the other strings. I may end up replacing the EMG-707 with an EMG-81/7, since I prefer the brightness and 'bite' of the 81 over the beefiness of the 85. One little oddity: the finish is the *exact* metallic off-white that was used on the '80s Model Charvels, but the headstock face is pure-white, rather than off-white. A little odd, but looks cool anyway. This thing is just pure brutal metal, with that one pickup/one volume setup. I also really like how the volume is set well away from the strings. No Beck-ian volume swells possible, but I use a pedal for that stuff, anyway.

It's basically a 7-string SL3, but it feels more solid and 'well-done', somehow. Too bad FMIC doesn't see fit to send some of that Jackson Stars action over to our side of the Pacific.

Here's some pics:

[sworn_enemy]

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Wow! That's sweet. What did end up costing you w/ shipping.

[BallsOnParade]

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holy s**t that's SWEET!!!!!!!!

[TheSteveMan]

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I went to the post office twice to ship it to him.. the first time it was just packed in the triangular guitar-box that the music store (Ikebe Gakki "Rivole" shop in Akihabara) gave me when I told them I was shipping it and wanted it packaged. I dropped by the PO on the way home to see how much they'd charge for it that way (Express shipping) and it woulda been like 110. The next day I got an outer box and packed most of the void with newspaper and actually shipped it out, and it was just over 140.

I didn't actually notice the metallic thing on the white finish... good eye!
80s all the way and it's a shred-a-riffic axe.

[TheSteveMan]

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By the way, this is a little off topic, but I was looking through the most recent Young Guitar advertisement, and Jackson Stars is going to start sourcing USA J/C custom shop orders I guess. They showed a bunch of US finishes/options (charvel star, bengal, etc. etc. etc.) and options such as green flames inlays on maple, or black sharkies, or whatever.
I hope this doesn't mean the semi-custom Japanese options are gone (it probably doesn't as the J2 series and US customs are completely different things...)

[pro-fusion]

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Given the poor perforance of the dollar lately, I'll bet the USA Jacksons would be a decent value in Japan, right now--or at least better than they would have been a few years ago. I wonder if there will be much demand for USA customs? After all, you can get a full custom from the Japanese shop, too.

That semi-custom thing is great--too bad the USA shop can't do something similar. It's really nothing different than what Carvin does, and something we've talked about here on the JCF before.

[Newc]

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JacksonStars are today what the 1990/91 Pros were back then, which is why they can't be imported by a Jackson dealer.
Congrats [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[AfterForever]

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that beats the Fear factory dude's signature [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

awesome guitar! love white guitars

[StukaJU87]

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Nice guitar. Get someone other than Toejam to take some pics of it though! [img]/images/graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[pro-fusion]

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that beats the Fear factory dude's signature [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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It would actually be very similar if the production version of the Wolbers sig guitar was neckthru, as it should have been. I think Jackson made a mistake making it a bolt-on, given that ESP's Stephen Carpenter sig (which has to be the main competition) is neckthru.

[pro-fusion]

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JacksonStars are today what the 1990/91 Pros were back then, which is why they can't be imported by a Jackson dealer.

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Yeah, that's very true. In fact, I wonder how many sales the SL3, SLSMG and RR5 take away from the USA shop as it is? The SLSMG, in particular is a pretty good deal at $800 or so out the door, when compared to almost twice that for a USA Soloist. The SL3 and RR5 don't have quite the feeling of quality that the USA guitars do, but that SLSMG certainly does, judging from the ones I've played.

[eaeolian]

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Damn, missed this first time around - very nice! My USA has the same neck scallop, and fret access is damn good. In fact, that's really close to my guitar, minus a few things...