Green Spidey Strat

[Axewielder]

I got this one out of the shop after being in and out of the closet for a couple of years. I never could quite get it dialed in and get the ass tone out. This latest round of repairs and mods did the trick. There was an obstruction keeping the truss rod from being adjustable which was resolved, the neck was finally adjusted, and a fresh JT6 went on. I went with a Duncan Custom pup and EMG Afterburner, which is really a smokin' combo in the guitar. This baby has appeared in a few group shots and Tech Q&A threads, but I though she deserved to get out in the sun today for a proper photoshoot of her own.

[Axewielder]

The mini-switch is the on-on-on variety which gives me the series/coil tap/parallel sounds. I must say the parallel tone is amazing. It is full and hum-cancelling like the series mode, but has an open slightly stratty tone to it. The Afterburner always puts out a low-impedance signal, even when disengaged. This gives it that quasi-active clear tone, sort of like you get with the JE1200.

[Trussrod]

Looks good, Larry! What was obstructing the tr? I wasn't aware something could interfere with the tr's operation...

[Axewielder]

Looks good, Larry! What was obstructing the tr? I wasn't aware something could interfere with the tr's operation...

So the truss rod wasn't obstructed per se, but the truss rod nut had poor clearance with the back of the truss cavity. So, it was impossible to get the standard crack-pipe wrench on there. My tech had to shave some wood out of the back a bit, and it is good-to-go now.

[RacerX]

Great photography there!

[ralph]

beautiful board!

[tonemonster]

yea I agree with Rotten Ronnie, nice photography!! you always get great photos of your guitars. I like the green spidey, very cool graphic!!! Hey, how bout a group pic of all your Jackson strats???

[Axewielder]

Thanks for the complements. I just use a mid-level Sony Cyber-Shot camera, but I have some nice backdrops to work with near my pool and plenty of natural sunlight. I've got one or two more to get out of the shop, then I'll work on that group shot. This one does have a huge slab of ebony for a fingerboard. It is so impressive that it changed my preferences over time (I used to be a "Neck Binding Snob").

[VitaminG]

very nice.

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

You like those JT6's huh, lol. The one I had years ago worked fine, never a problem ever. Nice git.

[Grandturk]

Chunge!!! Love it! Glad to hear it's now a player.

[bombtek]

Thanks for the complements. I just use a mid-level Sony Cyber-Shot camera, but I have some nice backdrops to work with near my pool and plenty of natural sunlight. I've got one or two more to get out of the shop, then I'll work on that group shot. This one does have a huge slab of ebony for a fingerboard. It is so impressive that it changed my preferences over time (I used to be a "Neck Binding Snob").

Same here on the neck binding snobbery! It was the main asthetic feature I looked for in a guitar. Anything less was shit. That is UNTIL I started with the 80's J/C guitars. Be it rosewood or ebony, the 80's J/C's used some THICK boards. Think the difference between Oreos cookies regular thickness and Oreos doublestuff. Now, I'd rather have that instead of binding. Unfortunately, you just can't find new guitars that use the extra thick boards like that nowadays.

[Johnnyryche]

Very nice! Glad to hear that you got it dialed in.

[DonP]

Is that a FOTN pickup ring?

I like the JT6's as well. I have extra floyds sitting around in case I get the urge, but I haven't yet.

[MetalDaze]

I got this one ... after being in and out of the closet for a couple of years...

That's an issue for a different forum

The guitar looks great!