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So got my first Jackon SL2H soloist today. Upon first inspection everything appeared solid, but on closer inspection things got dissappointing. The first thing I noticed was that on the underside of the headstock dried glue had leaked from the black panel on the top of the headstock and into the binding. There are three spots where that panel was glued and each leaked into the binding. Its very noticable when you flip the guitar over.
The other major thing was another issue involving the binding. The section on the headstock near the locking nut has binding that goes straight up the neck that converges with diagonal binding that goes around the headstock. On one side its perfect, flush and seamless...as it should be. On the other side the point of conversion between the two bindings is very ugly. First its not flush, you can see where the two pieces of wood were glued together; second, the binding that goes around the headstock was flattend at spot of conversion making a pocket of empty space where the straight binding "overhangs" creating a disjointed look. The flattened portion looks as though someone pushed too hard on soft material of the binding, perahps to hold in place during construction and instead of simply doing it over...said "F-it!" and left it.
To add insult to injury, in the pocket of empty space there is dirt or lint trapped under the finish which makes it looks as though there is a permanent spot of dirt on the binding. I thought USA Jacksons were known for their handmade, quality controlled products. Leaking glue? disjointed binding with lint trapped under the finish? ACKKk...very dissappointed. The guitar plays fine...but the reason I paid for the USA model was so that I could get a well made instrument.. I guess someone had to get the one where the luthier was in an "well, its good enuff" mood.
Does the warranty cover this? Or should I just return it? I'm not that picky of a person, but this BASIC stuff - leaking glue?? binding disjointed?? was too much for me on a guitar at this price point.
The other major thing was another issue involving the binding. The section on the headstock near the locking nut has binding that goes straight up the neck that converges with diagonal binding that goes around the headstock. On one side its perfect, flush and seamless...as it should be. On the other side the point of conversion between the two bindings is very ugly. First its not flush, you can see where the two pieces of wood were glued together; second, the binding that goes around the headstock was flattend at spot of conversion making a pocket of empty space where the straight binding "overhangs" creating a disjointed look. The flattened portion looks as though someone pushed too hard on soft material of the binding, perahps to hold in place during construction and instead of simply doing it over...said "F-it!" and left it.
To add insult to injury, in the pocket of empty space there is dirt or lint trapped under the finish which makes it looks as though there is a permanent spot of dirt on the binding. I thought USA Jacksons were known for their handmade, quality controlled products. Leaking glue? disjointed binding with lint trapped under the finish? ACKKk...very dissappointed. The guitar plays fine...but the reason I paid for the USA model was so that I could get a well made instrument.. I guess someone had to get the one where the luthier was in an "well, its good enuff" mood.
Does the warranty cover this? Or should I just return it? I'm not that picky of a person, but this BASIC stuff - leaking glue?? binding disjointed?? was too much for me on a guitar at this price point.
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