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I first heard of this one back in October. A small store moved into a new shopping plaza about a mile from my house. I stopped in to check out the store and see what they had. I started talking to the owner and told him that if he ever gets any Jacksons or Charvels in, he should give me a call. He then tells me that he took in an older Jackson on trade but one of his guitar teachers "bought it." The only problem was the teacher never paid for it so the store owner was trying to get it back from him. The only details he could tell me about the guitar was that it was a bolt on with a "Japanese lady" graphic.
So every couple weeks I would stop in the store to say Hi, see what was new, and see if they had any news on this guitar. He kept telling me that he was trading phone calls with the guitar teacher and that he would give me a call if/when he gets it back.
Well, this weekend I got a call from the store owner! And here's what I came home with.
It's in great shape except for a ding on the top contour just above the bridge pickup and another small ding on the back. The prior owner(s) swapped out the pickups and installed EMGs (you can see that they installed the bridge pickup on a slight angle and didn't reuse the original holes). But other than that it's very clean.
The white in the graphic is aging - it's more of a yellow/ivory than a white. The maple neck is super smooth and in killer shape. It has an Ontario plate, serial #7164. The trem cavity has a stamp in it that shows a work order number in pencil (either 5739 or 6739 - tough to make it out), a date of 8/28/89, marked as "graphic" and a signature (more like a scribble which is also tough to read). I haven't taken it apart yet to check the markings in the neck pocket but I'll get around to that.
So what do you think? I've seen a couple nagel graphics on the Jackson website and a few on GMW's. Any one else have pics of nagel graphics or know where I can find some?
John
So every couple weeks I would stop in the store to say Hi, see what was new, and see if they had any news on this guitar. He kept telling me that he was trading phone calls with the guitar teacher and that he would give me a call if/when he gets it back.
Well, this weekend I got a call from the store owner! And here's what I came home with.
It's in great shape except for a ding on the top contour just above the bridge pickup and another small ding on the back. The prior owner(s) swapped out the pickups and installed EMGs (you can see that they installed the bridge pickup on a slight angle and didn't reuse the original holes). But other than that it's very clean.
The white in the graphic is aging - it's more of a yellow/ivory than a white. The maple neck is super smooth and in killer shape. It has an Ontario plate, serial #7164. The trem cavity has a stamp in it that shows a work order number in pencil (either 5739 or 6739 - tough to make it out), a date of 8/28/89, marked as "graphic" and a signature (more like a scribble which is also tough to read). I haven't taken it apart yet to check the markings in the neck pocket but I'll get around to that.
So what do you think? I've seen a couple nagel graphics on the Jackson website and a few on GMW's. Any one else have pics of nagel graphics or know where I can find some?
John
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