japanese stores for Jackson stars

[hunter1970]

Ok,cool mine is a 2004,it seems to be a custom order one,neck-through,binding,small sharkies,reverse headstock and no bevels,one EMG 81,case and all.
I traded a charvel USA 1995 re-issue for it.
The serial number is # 041652.
I'll try and get some new pictures of it up as soon as I can.

[QuantumRider]

Sorry guys, I've been in Australia for a week, playing with the Koalas and the Kangaroos.

Shadowcat, Naz, and Ken-

I will ask the guys and let you know. The Musical Instrument Fair will be held November 1-4. I plan on going on Sunday the 4th, so I will post the answers I get after that

[hunter1970]

About how much would my guitar be worth if I had custom ordered it myself?
I'm not interested in selling it I was just curious how much its valued at'in american dollars.

[QuantumRider]

Guys, I went to the International Musical Instrument Fair.

Please go to this thread: http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76157

for the answers to your questions.

[shadowcat]

Perfect... 43mm nuts and custom orders restarting right when I'm going to start earning lots of money. Life is good.

[XxKilgannonxX]

How much of a chance do you have of running into a 2ndhand one in Japan at a random guitar store??

[hunter1970]

I'm still curious if anybody can put a value on my Jackson Stars Rhoads.

[hunter1970]

This guitar.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73...oadshstock.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73...tarsRhoads.jpg

[QuantumRider]

How much of a chance do you have of running into a 2ndhand one in Japan at a random guitar store??

I see used Jackson Stars, Grover Jacksons, and Charvel Model Series guitars all the time at my local guitar shop.

[The Mitch]

Guys, I went to the International Musical Instrument Fair.

Please go to this thread: http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76157

for the answers to your questions.

Thanks QR, your pix really made my day!
Good news!

Cheers

[hunter1970]

I'm still curious if anybody can put a value on my Jackson Stars Rhoads.

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[hunter1970]

This guitar.

Again

[RacerX]

$1149.73 ?

[QuantumRider]

hunter1970-

As the logo on the headstock is silk screened and not MOP, it is not a top of the line model.

An RR-J2 (which is the second most expensive RR in the Jackson Stars line) costs 126000yen ($1118). The quilt top and quilt headstock are probably custom options, so add 10000yen ($88) to that, and you have a $1206 guitar, if it was new.

So Ron was pretty close

[ken]

hunter1970-

As the logo on the headstock is silk screened and not MOP, it is not a top of the line model.

QR, you're the expert (no doubt about that), but are you sure it's a semi-custom RR-J2? It has a lot of custom features. Most notably it's rear-loaded and it has a flat-top with body binding. Because of the body binding, I would have thought it has probably got a quilt cap rather than a veneer.

Even if it were a semi-custom RR, my guesstimate would be higher than QR's based on quotes I've got and the guitar I bought: 126k Yen for a RR-J2; 17k for quilt veneer body; 5.5k for matching quilt headstock; 4.5k for the reverse headstock; 9k for ebony board instead of stripped ebony; 14k for the hard case in lieu of the standard soft case; probably no charge for the pirahna inlays and the single hum.

So I'd guess at least 176k yen (~1600 USD), but I don't know how to guess the price for it being rear-loaded or having a bound flat top. Given how expensive painted bevels are, I'd expect that all in it was about the 200k yen (~1800 USD) mark.

One thing is for sure, it's an awesome looking guitar.

Edit: due to log-cabin/forest fun, I probably won't have acces to the Internet until next week, so I'm not being intentionally rude if anyone replies!