JT580 vs JT500 Floyd Rose Licensed Jackson

[BenoA]

Can someone comments on this: JT580 vs JT500 Floyd Rose Licensed Jackson?

Is one model better then the other?

I was looking at the specs of various cheap model of Jackson as I'm planning getting my son his first guitar.

So, I was going throught the specs at the end of the 2006 catalog and noticed that the DX10D has a JT580 and some X series models have the JT500. Is this a typo in the catalog (the web site also shares the same info)? I would have tought the JT500 would be used on entry models and the JT580 would be for the Pro and MG series.

Hope someone can clear this? Thanks in advance.

[RacerX]

Typo. New X series have the 580, generally considered superior to the 500.

[Inazone]

I thought it was the other way around - 500 on the Xs, 580 on the Pros.

[BenoA]

Damn, I'm dumb... The typo I found was for the JS30 Dinky with a licensed Floyd, the specs for that model was JT580... So X and Pro would have the JT580 and the JS would have the JT500... If the JT500 is inferior... Sorry guys.

[wilkinsi]

i thought the 500's were discontinued with the 580 as the direct replacement in 2004-ish.

[rjohnstone]

The 580 is a million times better than the 500.

[jackson1]

I thought the 580 was 1.16 times better than the 500

[rjohnstone]

I thought the 580 was eighty times better than the 500

I thought the 580 was 1.16 times better than the 500

Hey now... stop changing your numbers.

[jackson1]

You can't prove I wrote that

(DAMN! )

[RacerX]

Hen got his addition mixed up with multiplication!

[jackson1]

No, I refined my joke! PUNKS!

[RacerX]

Well, that too.

[jackson1]

[rjohnstone]

[Jackson-Charvel]

There is only 1 upside of the JT-500 to the JT-580 IMO, and that is still questionable. The JT-500's baseplate and route is similar (anyone know if it is the same) to an OFR. No idea if you can just drop an OFR with new posts in a guitar with a JT-500. Are the post spacings the same? If so then this would be the ONLY upside.