NHGD! Jackson neck-thru Dinky Strathead?

[Tetsuo]

If you sell it hit me up. That is maybe my favorite custom shop I have ever seen. Knowing your taste it is perfect for you but damn it's hot (sorry to be gawking at your girl)

[xenophobe]

If you sell it hit me up. That is maybe my favorite custom shop I have ever seen. Knowing your taste it is perfect for you but damn it's hot (sorry to be gawking at your girl)

Wow, extremely flattering words. Yeah, I've been playing it a lot and it came out exactly the way I wanted... and it's taken owning a LOT of CS guitars with a lot of little quirks to figure out exactly how I wanted it. And you're the first person to ask, so if I were ever to sell, you'll have first dibs. But yeah, I'll carry it around homeless if it came to that. LOL

I forgot to mention that it also has the Football recessed input jack... My CS Charvel came with one and I fell in love with it. I've always bumped and loosened the standard input jack on many guitars, so this was a must-add feature... and when you're wearing a strap, it makes it so easy to wrap the cord through the sling.

[JCB RR1]

OMG...Amazing guitar...the 5 piece neck looks incredible...and the outlined shrakies look great too...congrats!!

[AIC70]

Wow, this has to be my all-time favorite Jackson, (aside from a Crosby Double Rhoads). I agree with your original idea of running the Jacko script parallel to the strings - good call. I've never ordered a CS before, but I am always shocked at how little effort seems to go into getting a custom order right the first time. I know it's not just Jackson CS that screws up, they all do I'm sure. But when you are paying big $$$ and waiting that long, GET IT RIGHT! Please. Beautiful guitar Xeno.

[xenophobe]

Thanks! Well, they did everything else right, just didn't get the logo correct... even though it's spec'd. Oh well, it's off at FedEx right now on it's way back. Hopefully I won't have to wait too long to get it back!

[Dog Boy]

That 5 piece neck is amazing...Well I know how I'm ordering all my future guitars. A scarf joint is just butt ugly to me now.

[xenophobe]

That 5 piece neck is amazing...Well I know how I'm ordering all my future guitars. A scarf joint is just butt ugly to me now.

Pure speculation: You might want to spec thinner ebony stripes though. The neck is unbelievably stiff, which I actually like, but it was shipped 6 months after completion and extra stiff springs setup with 10's leading me to think they might have hung onto for a while it to make sure the neck settled properly.

Grabbing the body and pushing the headstock forward, I could get a little flex, but not much.

If mine ages and doesn't settle properly, I'll just have it Plek'd, so I'm not concerned about it because a Plek will ignore the level plane of a fretboard and will level according to string vibration clearance...

[Axewielder]

Grabbing the body and pushing the headstock forward, I could get a little flex, but not much.

Give Jake E Lee a crack at it! (no pun intended...)

So back it goes? Seems like madness to me over that issue but you'll get it sorted out I'm sure.

[xenophobe]

Give Jake E Lee a crack at it! (no pun intended...)

So back it goes? Seems like madness to me over that issue but you'll get it sorted out I'm sure.

Oh, no, it's not going back because of that. They screwed up the logo, so they're gonna redo the headstock face. The guitar itself is awesome and just what I was expecting.

It was supposed to look like this:

[Laceyswiss]

It's...it's...it's...it's beautiful

[Dave Rocks]

Bitchin'

[DRM]

I come back to this thread almost daily.

That's the perfect Jackson. Man.

[xenophobe]

I come back to this thread almost daily.

That's the perfect Jackson. Man.

I'm honored to hear you say that. Thank you.

Mike Shannon sure knows how to build them. He outdid himself this time.

[ps43203]

Wow, I just found this. Amazing build. Does the neck have the graphite rods in it too? Probably not necessary just curious.
Also, Is this the first neck through soloist strat head? I have NEVER seen another one besides this one. I'll bet there will be more in the future.
At any rate, she should bring you joy for many years to come. Congrats.

[xenophobe]

No, no graphite in the neck, it would probably be detrimental. The neck is really stiff... you can barely get it to move by holding the body and pushing it. And as far as I know it's the only one, and it's likely not going to happen again. They've always said no before, I pretty much had to weasel my way to get it done. And thanks!