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Ive had quite a few NGD's in the past 6 months, but to be honest Im lazy and havent posted about them yet, but this one is special.
About 4 years ago, I walk into Sam Ash and see a trans-black SL1 hanging on the wall. The first USA Jackson Ive seen in person actually! It was literally brand new even though it was a 2004 model. The price was friggin killer, especially without their stupid warranty so I walked out with it for $860, a pretty damn good deal especially at the time when the economy wasnt such garbage.
Fast forward a few weeks and an SL2H Chlorine comes up for sale which I have to have... even though I loved the SL1, I had to have that chlorine. So I take a bunch of great pics and sell that SL1 on eBay to a nice guy in Hawaii for $1500 shipped, almost enough to cover that SL2H. So I say goodbye to the SL1 and get the SL2H... after a bunch of issues with the guitar, it gets sent to Jackson to be fixed, which took a good while. Then I started to miss that SL1 again...
Less than a year later, he puts it up for sale and offers it back to be, though I didnt have the money at the time, and eventually the guitar sold and I lost track of it... until about 6 months ago, I was cruzing ebay as I do multiple times a day, and saw a trans black SL1... nothing special, looks like the rest, but for some reason I decided to compare it to my old one and holy hell, its MY guitar! He was asking $1250 which in todays market is a bit high for an SL1, auction ended, it didnt sell. So I email him, figured I can make a deal outside of ebay with him, and what do ya know, hes decided not to sell it! I give him my contact info and say if he wants to sell it, let me know. Couple months go by and I email again just as a reminder... nothing. Fast forward again to last month, the night I had just bought a 98 Trans Am as a little project, wouldnt ya know this guy emails me wanting to sell! Ugh... but luckily I had the money so I bought it for, $1145 shipped.
So all in all, since this guitar left my hands, it has traveled almost 9000 miles through two owners to get back to me. Ive only paid $605 total for it, $255 less than when I originally bought it 4 years ago. Hell, the odds of getting a guitar back from someone you know is tough enough, let alone from two people you dont! So its a pretty special guitar to me, and though its not a custom, it sure wont be going anywhere ever again!
About 4 years ago, I walk into Sam Ash and see a trans-black SL1 hanging on the wall. The first USA Jackson Ive seen in person actually! It was literally brand new even though it was a 2004 model. The price was friggin killer, especially without their stupid warranty so I walked out with it for $860, a pretty damn good deal especially at the time when the economy wasnt such garbage.
Fast forward a few weeks and an SL2H Chlorine comes up for sale which I have to have... even though I loved the SL1, I had to have that chlorine. So I take a bunch of great pics and sell that SL1 on eBay to a nice guy in Hawaii for $1500 shipped, almost enough to cover that SL2H. So I say goodbye to the SL1 and get the SL2H... after a bunch of issues with the guitar, it gets sent to Jackson to be fixed, which took a good while. Then I started to miss that SL1 again...
Less than a year later, he puts it up for sale and offers it back to be, though I didnt have the money at the time, and eventually the guitar sold and I lost track of it... until about 6 months ago, I was cruzing ebay as I do multiple times a day, and saw a trans black SL1... nothing special, looks like the rest, but for some reason I decided to compare it to my old one and holy hell, its MY guitar! He was asking $1250 which in todays market is a bit high for an SL1, auction ended, it didnt sell. So I email him, figured I can make a deal outside of ebay with him, and what do ya know, hes decided not to sell it! I give him my contact info and say if he wants to sell it, let me know. Couple months go by and I email again just as a reminder... nothing. Fast forward again to last month, the night I had just bought a 98 Trans Am as a little project, wouldnt ya know this guy emails me wanting to sell! Ugh... but luckily I had the money so I bought it for, $1145 shipped.
So all in all, since this guitar left my hands, it has traveled almost 9000 miles through two owners to get back to me. Ive only paid $605 total for it, $255 less than when I originally bought it 4 years ago. Hell, the odds of getting a guitar back from someone you know is tough enough, let alone from two people you dont! So its a pretty special guitar to me, and though its not a custom, it sure wont be going anywhere ever again!
Though in reality, they are also good investments... if my kids or family were to ever need anything important, Ive always got plenty of guitars to sell if need be. Thats also how I justify owning so many to people... it works, I swear! 
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