Can anyone put a year on this DK2?

[cornstar70]

How was I busting your balls? I told you I replaced all my DD pups with real Duncans. All I said was I liked the single coil DD pups in the DK2 I had.

So go fuck yourself.

You posted twice on my thread questioning my reasoning why I had the DD's removed. I was humble in my first response, but you're answers are a bit belittling if you ask me. So, fuck me? Fuck yourself Almighty keyboard warrior. I came on here to get some respectful info about my guitar since it was my first Jackson. What I asked had nothing to do with the Duncan Design pickups.

[MartinBarre]

You posted twice on my thread questioning my reasoning why I had the DD's removed. I was humble in my first response, but you're answers are a bit belittling if you ask me. So, fuck me? Fuck yourself Almighty keyboard warrior. I came on here to get some respectful info about my guitar since it was my first Jackson. What I asked had nothing to do with the Duncan Design pickups.

I TOLD you I always replaced DD pickups myself too - I was agreeing with you!
I simply asked about the pickups, I never passed judgement or "busted your balls" about it. If someone else did, don't blame me for it FFS. :think:

[MartinBarre]

Anyhoo, with that out the way, you should put some black hardware on that, more like your Ibanez.
Don't take it the wrong way again, I'm just saying, the black works better in some guitars, I think it'd work well in that one. It'd certainly make the headstock look cooler (I've done it myself on a DK2 neck).

[cornstar70]

Anyhoo, with that out the way, you should put some black hardware on that, more like your Ibanez.
Don't take it the wrong way again, I'm just saying, the black works better in some guitars, I think it'd work well in that one. It'd certainly make the headstock look cooler (I've done it myself on a DK2 neck).

If that was indeed your intention, then I apologize. It's just I had a swarm of DD comments that said I was contradicting myself and people questioning me about the DD PUs. Just the way I interpreted the comments I was getting a little irritated. Moving on, the black hardware was exactly what I was going to go for in the future. I've been keeping my eye out for a black Schaller OFR for a decent price. I was also thinking about getting a replacement neck also. I have always had maple and mahagony necks with rosewood fingerboards. Have any of you have experience with ebony fingerboards? As for the Ibanez, it's a 92 RG570 I just recently got. I have some big plans for that one. I'm eventually going to install a H/H pickguard and do away with the middle single coil. Probably going to drop in Petrucci's new pickup line in there (crunch lab and liquifire), but I want to play them first if possible.

[Newc]

DDs are cheap. They're DESIGNED BY not BUILT BY Duncan, and many people can't grasp that concept. So don't feel too bad about having your balls busted over it.

[Musician78]

I actually like the sound of the DDs. I'm not too anal about pickups though.

[straycat]

DD's Are made in Korea by low paid labor they cost Jackson less money to purchase.Thats business.
Upgrading pickups and electronics is money well spent.
Ball busting is normal operating procedure around here get used to it.
Nice guitar you got a good one.The new DK's don't do much for me so thats where I stand.
I'm not anal about pickups either with good pots and caps most any pick up can sound good.
I have a 70's Aria Pro II L.P.copy that screams to the heavens with the stock pick ups now that I have an RS kit in it.

[cornstar70]

DDs are cheap. They're DESIGNED BY not BUILT BY Duncan, and many people can't grasp that concept. So don't feel too bad about having your balls busted over it.

DD's Are made in Korea by low paid labor they cost Jackson less money to purchase.Thats business.
Upgrading pickups and electronics is money well spent.
Ball busting is normal operating procedure around here get used to it.
Nice guitar you got a good one.The new DK's don't do much for me so thats where I stand.
I'm not anal about pickups either with good pots and caps most any pick up can sound good.
I have a 70's Aria Pro II L.P.copy that screams to the heavens with the stock pick ups now that I have an RS kit in it.

Haha, my balls are literally my left and right hand men. When they're getting busted, I gotta stick up for them. No but seriously, i'm thinking about getting a DK2M neck and replacing this one. I like the maple/rosewood neck, but I would like to venture off and try something different. What do you gentlemen think?

[Sunbane]

Seriously, I think it looks great as it is. The rosewood board goes well with the purple finish. I wouldn't have any second thoughts about playing that guitar in front of an audience - it looks awesome. I love the Pavo Purple finish.

According to my list of import serials, 9615654 would place the guitar somewhere in 1998. BUT, a neckplate serial is not proof of its age by any means. We've concluded in the past that the japanese plant never bothered to put the serials on the guitars in chronological order. I think they had a big bin of stamped neck plates, and just grabbed one when they needed one. Like I stated earlier; the only way to make sure, is to take the neck off.

[cornstar70]

Seriously, I think it looks great as it is. The rosewood board goes well with the purple finish. I wouldn't have any second thoughts about playing that guitar in front of an audience - it looks awesome. I love the Pavo Purple finish.

According to my list of import serials, 9615654 would place the guitar somewhere in 1998. BUT, a neckplate serial is not proof of its age by any means. We've concluded in the past that the japanese plant never bothered to put the serials on the guitars in chronological order. I think they had a big bin of stamped neck plates, and just grabbed one when they needed one. Like I stated earlier; the only way to make sure, is to take the neck off.

Yeah, you got it. I took the neck off a couple of nights ago while I was changing the strings and it was indeed made 2/1998.

[warlok]

Just out of curiosity, You changed the pups, want to change all the hardware to black, and want to change the neck. That leaves just a body that will be original. Why did you buy that guitar in the first place? Don't get me wrong... Almost everything I get (including guitars, motorcycles, trucks, etc..) is a shell of it's former self when I'm done with it so I try for a good base (body and neck) and build from there. It seems like you should put the pups back in and buy/build something closer to what you want. May get more than the $250 you spent on it in the first place.

[DonP]

To DonP and Barre1, stop busting my balls about DD pickups.

OK. I'll find something else to bust your balls over

As for the dating, I decided to change the strings anyway, popped off the neck and discovered it was made in february 1998 thus making it a pre-fender era guitar which makes me feel a little better (not that fender is doing a bad job). Flame away.

What the hell does pre-fender mean to a non-USA axe?

Welcome to ball buster central

I thought since you were from Texas that you could take the heat

Seriously, the axe you have is the same exact first Jackson I bought in Feb 2005. I've changed the hardware to gold, but haven't swapped pickups yet. Mine has a fatty neck, which I'm not into so it stays in the case a lot.

[cornstar70]

Just out of curiosity, You changed the pups, want to change all the hardware to black, and want to change the neck. That leaves just a body that will be original. Why did you buy that guitar in the first place? Don't get me wrong... Almost everything I get (including guitars, motorcycles, trucks, etc..) is a shell of it's former self when I'm done with it so I try for a good base (body and neck) and build from there. It seems like you should put the pups back in and buy/build something closer to what you want. May get more than the $250 you spent on it in the first place.

Yeah I see what you mean. I actually bought this out of impulse in October. I love the way it feels now, and i'm not too sure about the neck yet. I got the pickups replaced and that was a good $150. I'm still going to look for an original Floyd (in black of course) to put on there. I won't be spending more than $150 on one, and I do my own work. The only reason I am considering another neck is because i've never had a maple fretboard. But that would be later down the road and that's even if I do it.

[cornstar70]

OK. I'll find something else to bust your balls over

What the hell does pre-fender mean to a non-USA axe?

Welcome to ball buster central

I thought since you were from Texas that you could take the heat

Seriously, the axe you have is the same exact first Jackson I bought in Feb 2005. I've changed the hardware to gold, but haven't swapped pickups yet. Mine has a fatty neck, which I'm not into so it stays in the case a lot.

DonP you silly silly little ball buster, you. Gold hardware would look pretty sweet, but I guess im just not the flashy. As for this axe, I believe it's a pretty solid guitar (especially for the $250 I paid for it). The neck dimensions are pretty good, but I definitely favor the Ibanez with the Wizard neck as far a playability. Those wizard necks are slim, smooth, and fast. I pray that you know this already, but when I say pre-fender era, I'm stating that this guitar was made before 2002 before fender bought Jackson. I haven't noticed that much of a change, but it's pretty common that I hear that since Fender has come in command that the jackson quality has reduced and I would assume they're specifying the imports as well. I'm NOT validating that, but its just what I keep hearing. I'm relatively new to jackson and still learning bits hear and there regarding model histories and timelines. And as you know, central texas has been reaching temps up to at least 105 and feels like fucking death valley. My sweaty balls can't take any more heat.

[MartinBarre]

Haha, my balls are literally my left and right hand men. When they're getting busted, I gotta stick up for them. No but seriously, i'm thinking about getting a DK2M neck and replacing this one. I like the maple/rosewood neck, but I would like to venture off and try something different. What do you gentlemen think?

I have both a DK2 neck (on my KE3) and a DK2M. I love the look of the DK2M, but I actually prefer the DK2 feel. It's thicker, and I like that. You might prefer thinner ones, so would prefer my DK2M one.
That said, I'm not sure if your DK2 neck is as thick as the one I had, or if any DK2M neck you got would be as slim as mine.
I don't think it'd be worth swapping it either way though, you would be better off just getting a DK2M if that's the look you want. They come loaded with real Duncans and black hardware too!