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...but I don't like the neck, and don't like the sustainer. So, after much discussion with Brian McDonald and Tim at Musiczoo, I put together the specs for my ideal 'pseudo' PC1. I had to stick to the basic framework of the standard guitar (strathead, maple board, recessed floyd etc) but I could get creative within those limits. However, I wanted the reverse strathead and hum/single but those were OK’d because of the 25th ‘splatter’ limited PC1.
I wanted the Adrian Smith neck profile which I think is awesome - my hands are just too small for the standard PC1 neck. I also wanted a reverse headstock, a wide ‘tubular’ quilt, hum/single with no sustainer and the old school SD control route. I also wanted it to be a custom colour, but wasn’t totally sure what colour to go for. I went through a bunch of pics of Suhrs, Andersons etc but eventually settled on a similar shade of brown to a one-off guitar that Phil had which was used in the Jackson catalogues back in the day. Jackson sent me various pics of quilts for me to choose from, and this is what I went for (as stated, I really wanted that big wide quilt):
I’ve always been fortunate in getting Jackson to send me progress pics, so I got a couple of Pablo working on the guitar, plus they sent me some of the stain process, to be sure the colour was correct. They actually sent me a physical sample of stained wood so I could see exactly how it looked.
After 16 months or so, the guitar arrived at Music Zoo 10 days or so ago, and I’ve used their pics because they’re just waaay better than any pics I can take:
One bit of fortunate timing was that Phil Collen was going to The Music Zoo to do a signing session, and so my guitar was ‘rushed’ through the inventory process so it would be there in time for Phil to check it out. I’d asked them to see if Phil would sign the back of the headstock, which he did, and as a bonus they took a video of him playing the guitar. Which is a pretty cool ‘extra’ to have with it...
I wanted the Adrian Smith neck profile which I think is awesome - my hands are just too small for the standard PC1 neck. I also wanted a reverse headstock, a wide ‘tubular’ quilt, hum/single with no sustainer and the old school SD control route. I also wanted it to be a custom colour, but wasn’t totally sure what colour to go for. I went through a bunch of pics of Suhrs, Andersons etc but eventually settled on a similar shade of brown to a one-off guitar that Phil had which was used in the Jackson catalogues back in the day. Jackson sent me various pics of quilts for me to choose from, and this is what I went for (as stated, I really wanted that big wide quilt):
I’ve always been fortunate in getting Jackson to send me progress pics, so I got a couple of Pablo working on the guitar, plus they sent me some of the stain process, to be sure the colour was correct. They actually sent me a physical sample of stained wood so I could see exactly how it looked.
After 16 months or so, the guitar arrived at Music Zoo 10 days or so ago, and I’ve used their pics because they’re just waaay better than any pics I can take:
One bit of fortunate timing was that Phil Collen was going to The Music Zoo to do a signing session, and so my guitar was ‘rushed’ through the inventory process so it would be there in time for Phil to check it out. I’d asked them to see if Phil would sign the back of the headstock, which he did, and as a bonus they took a video of him playing the guitar. Which is a pretty cool ‘extra’ to have with it...
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