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Been doing some digging trying to figure just what the heck Jackson USA was building in 2002 in this picture. This one has been debated for 15 years now. The big diamond BC Rich inlays are especially confusing. Now after getting with Lee Garver and Tim Wilson(I'm guessing), I can tell you what these things are:
The Sweetone guitars in the back of the pic were the brainchild of Donnie Wade, head of AMIC in Ft. Worth that owned Jackson at the time. Lee got with someone who I'm assuming is Tim Wilson since Tim ran the shop in 2002(Mike Shannon was gone) and this is what he reported back to me:
"The other models in the front bin labeled RR1 with the large diamond inlays were also a special run of Jacksons that Donnie commissioned to be built as well. So none of those guitars shown in your photo had any relation to BC Rich. They were all ordered by Donnie. The fact the front batch used a large diamond inlay is purely coincidental to the fact BC Rich also used diamond inlays."
The Sweetone guitars in the back of the pic were the brainchild of Donnie Wade, head of AMIC in Ft. Worth that owned Jackson at the time. Lee got with someone who I'm assuming is Tim Wilson since Tim ran the shop in 2002(Mike Shannon was gone) and this is what he reported back to me:
"The other models in the front bin labeled RR1 with the large diamond inlays were also a special run of Jacksons that Donnie commissioned to be built as well. So none of those guitars shown in your photo had any relation to BC Rich. They were all ordered by Donnie. The fact the front batch used a large diamond inlay is purely coincidental to the fact BC Rich also used diamond inlays."
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