Jackson Custom Shop Help

[mike.inc]

hey guys. I'm ordering a CS King V. I'm pretty set on what I am looking for, I just need a hand with one the logo. Here's what I'm getting:

KV2 body
Pointy old school headstock (like the KV2)
Shark fin inlays
Body, neck and headstock will all be Snow White
Ebony board with no binding
Chrome hardware

I'm just wondering what color the logo should be, I'm thinking black but can't decide between the solid or shadowed type, like these examples:







I can't seem to find many examples of white Jackson headstocks online, do any of you have any that you can post so I can see for examples? I also want the guitar to have more of an old 80's vintage look, so, do you guys know the history of the Jackson logo and when it changed?

[~K~]

Solid is reminscint of the early handpainted logos and the shadowed is a throwback to most of the san dimas production ...both cool logos but unless it is hand painted I prefer the shadowed

[neilli]

Shadowed for me every time. The solid looks cheap to me, unless it's the actual old-school handpainted original logo.

[mike.inc]

Yeah I'm definitly leaning toward the shadowed, I like the solid more so when it's pearl on a black headstock like the KV2.

[Mr.Shreddy]

The shadowed looks like a sticker compared to the solid, which looks not only older, but hand-painted. If I were to throw down for a custom shop I might consider a solid logo as an alternative to the shadowed. The USA mother of pearl is solid, so it follows with the "quality" presentation.

[Animus]

Do a solid ebony logo inlay.

[mike.inc]

I wish I could see more pictures of various options, not so many pictures of white headstocks out there.

[Dog Boy]

Do a solid ebony logo inlay.

Cool idea^^

[Devotee]

For some reason on this thread and others, i can't see any images uploaded with imageshack, instead i get this stupid thing:

[TVTiZtiK]

The first pic you have is from the Snowblind CS run they did a few years back. I actually have a one-off of those with the shadowed logo and it's a string-thru (the picture is fairly large if you right click and view the whole thing):

[SHREDINATOR]

No binding? Wow, I don't why but binding makes me so happy! I wouldn't own a guitar without it. As for the name, against the white the abalone inlay would look sick as shit! But thats just me. It will match the shark's on the fret board! AND SPARKLE!

[mike.inc]

The first pic you have is from the Snowblind CS run they did a few years back. I actually have a one-off of those with the shadowed logo and it's a string-thru (the picture is fairly large if you right click and view the whole thing):

I think I'm going to go with the Black outlined logo on the white headstock. It's hard to picture what the logo would look like if it matched the inlays...I'm very interested in knowing what it would look like but don't want to risk it in case I don't like it so much. I wish Jackson did a better job at showing you all the various custom shop options. At the very least the should take pictures of all the CS they have built over the years and offer an online photo album to view them all in great detail...

[mike.inc]

No binding? Wow, I don't why but binding makes me so happy! I wouldn't own a guitar without it. As for the name, against the white the abalone inlay would look sick as shit! But thats just me. It will match the shark's on the fret board! AND SPARKLE!

I also love the binding, but for this guitar what is most important is it needs to be a snow white body & headstock, to me the binding would be in issue only because of color. I hate the way binding looks against the white neck/headstock. I love the binding against the black neck/headstock.

[MetalDaze]

I agree that the ivoroid binding looks weird on snow white. But, since you are doing a CS order, you can specify white binding.

[mike.inc]

I was thinking of that. I'm really concerned about how it will look. I can't seem to find examples of White binding on a painted white neck. Does anyone on here have a guitar or CS that has white binding on a painted white neck? Maybe you can post a pic?

I love the binding and hate the idea of not going with the binding, I hope I can get a pic to see how it would look.