Show me your Dk1's Pahleeze

[ps43203]

In my long ongoing quest to find a DK1, I would like to my hope alive by seeing some of yours.
Thanks! Any DK1 will do, but I sure love the Ontario builds.

[ps43203]

Not even one? Is everyone hoarding the dk1's or what? They seem to be so scarce and of course that is what I want,lol.

[Iceberg794]

I posted a thread of my dk1 some months ago. http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/146360-Ngd-Dk1

Dk1 are great guitars. They don't get enough recognition. Most people overlook them just because they are bolt ons. But they are equally just as good as soloist. And because they don't have a massive chunk of maple running through the middle of the body they sound different. At least to my ears lol

keep searching for a used one on eBay. I remember seeing an Ontario built dk1 sell for around 800 several months ago.
I paid around 850 for mine.

[ps43203]

I posted a thread of my dk1 some months ago. http://www.jcfonline.com/threads/146360-Ngd-Dk1

Dk1 are great guitars. They don't get enough recognition. Most people overlook them just because they are bolt ons. But they are equally just as good as soloist. And because they don't have a massive chunk of maple running through the middle of the body they sound different. At least to my ears lol

keep searching for a used one on eBay. I remember seeing an Ontario built dk1 sell for around 800 several months ago.
I paid around 850 for mine.

Thanks for that Ice, I Totally agree that DK1's are every bit Jackson as any other model. It is also
reassuring that I could find one for that price. Every one I find is either double or I don't have the cash,lol.
I can never seem to catch a break with these guitars. It's the only guitar I want yet seems to always elude me. I have all my crap for sale, in order to be ready when one pops up.

[walshula]

DKs are some of my favorites
Here are a few of mine....
this is a single hum, top mounted Floyd DK1


Here is the snakeskin model


This is an early model from 1990


and finally just a plain jane DK-1 from 2002

[v4rg666]

here is mine

[ps43203]

Thanks Guys, there is hope! I am in the hunt for one, which I hope to end by the winter. Love the top mounted one, never seen one of those, is that a cs?
The Black one is what I am after, EMG's for the studio, Duncan's for everything else.

[ps43203]

Thanks for showing yours too v4. Do the Bareknuckles live up to the hype?

[v4rg666]

they do look fantastic and sound a little bit different than SD or Dimarzios. I think the sound and what those PUs get out of the setup used depends on the guitar they are installed in. I have a BC Rich Stealth with an Aftermath and it sounds fantastic in that guitar. In the DK1 posted above is a Painkiller installed and it sounds a little bit too dark. I changed strings on that guitar and it seems to sound better now. Those PUs seem to get more from the guitar/wood/setup itself and give it to the amp. Crappy guitar or crappy strings/setup result in a bad sound, good guitar or a guitar that works better with those PUs gives you a fine tone ^^

And thats why I don't like EMGs. They sound the same in a 199$ guitar or in a 1999$ guitar

[walshula]

Thanks Guys, there is hope! I am in the hunt for one, which I hope to end by the winter. Love the top mounted one, never seen one of those, is that a cs?
The Black one is what I am after, EMG's for the studio, Duncan's for everything else.

The single hum is just an special order production model I do believe. She sports a Bare Knuckle pick-up as well and I am not sure of all the hype but she does sound good. DK1s are the absolute best, every bit as good if not better in my opinion than most soloists I have owned. Something about a neck-through guitar that gets the juices flowing but a bolt-on Jackson (strats or dinkys) are in a league of their own. Good luck on you search, they seem to be pretty elusive and once owned, very hard to let go of!!!

[neilli]

Terrible pic, but here's mine - it was shown at NAMM and it's the one they used in the graphics catalogue in 2006 or so..

[v4rg666]

not as terrible as mine, I gotta get a new camera or better phone ^^

btw, is that an EMG85 as bridge pickup?

[Aso]

That single hum dinky.... I so want one

[ps43203]

Thanks Nelli, That is one the nicest space graphics Dk1, I have seen.

[shreddermon]

I used to own the raspberry sunburst one from the '03 catalog. It was a NAMM guitar, too. I'll try to find an old pic.

DK1s are great guitars. A nice cross between Jackson looks and old Charvel feel (bolt-on, oiled neck, thin backshape).