Black Cherry help needed....

[neilli]

Guys,
I have a line on a black cherry SL1 but I have a question:
I had a model 5 years ago in what was described as black cherry, but it was more like metallic brown - The pics of this guitar make it look like a dark metallic purple so is that actually what black cherry is?
It's difficult to tell the actual colour of the guitar 'cos of the flash etc, so if anyone has a pic of a black cherry Jackson they can post, I'd appreciate it....
Cheers
Ian

[diablomozart]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

black cherry is indeed a dark purple...however due to paint mixing techniques different ones may look ...ummm...different... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] ...but all the ones i've seen have been purple (mostly a few model 6's)...d.m.

[toejam]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

Yeah, it's like a dark purplish (a little reddish in certain light), and it is indeed a metallic color. I had a Model 6 that was black cherry, and I've now got a Model 5A that is black cherry (which is going to another board member real soon). http://onlinerock.com/services/toejam//fullft.jpg
http://onlinerock.com/services/toejam//headstockft.jpg
http://onlinerock.com/services/toejam//fullbk.jpg
http://onlinerock.com/services/toejam//ding.jpg
http://onlinerock.com/services/toejam//bodyft.jpg
http://onlinerock.com/services/toejam//bodybk.jpg

[Budman68]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

I would think this pic is a safe bet of what Black Cherry is:




Dave->

[neilli]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

Thanks for that guys - nice looking guitars! (The model 5A looks just like my old one!).
Unfortunately the guitar I was looking at sold before I sorted myself out. Pics are at the link below and it definitely looks more purple than your guitars, but that fits in with diablomozart's paint mix theory....
Cheers
Ian
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ayphotohosting

[slayer]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

I love Black Cherry guitars [img]graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] My 1991 Hamer Chapp Deluxe is BC [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Jack.

[toejam]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

Ian, are you sure that's black cherry? Damn, maybe the paint mixing can be off. Still looks pretty sweet, though.

[StukaJU87]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

Also looked like a rosewood board on that one. [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[neilli]

Re: Black Cherry help needed....

The guitar at the eBay link was described as Black Cherry, but I thought it loked like a metallic purple too....

Ian