Re: So if ALL I want different is a reverse head..
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So why doesn't Jackson make a good business decision and canvass the dealers or even this forum for a feel for the demand for a reverse-head guitar or a single-hum guitar built to USA production specs? Please understand that I'm not saying that I'd order one (I would if I had the cash), but there seems to be at least a small market for it. It seems to me that it might be a good business decision for Jackson/FMIC to find out what the customers want.
In a more cynical way of thinking, if Jackson won't do it for a reasonable price or at all, serious customers will find another source for a similar guitar, be it GMW, a custom builder or even used Jacksons already on the marketplace. Either way, Jackson/FMIC loses that income.
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In some ways they do, but the problem is that when you poll something like this board EVERYTHING becomes a custom shop. That's why the only way any Limited Editions worked out is when someone came up with the specs first, worked out a deal with a dealer, and then solicited interest (not suggestions or modifications) from the peanut gallery. Go through the archives, I can remember at least 3 times where limited editions were started, but stalled because nobody could agree on what the specs were. I think from these limited editions JCMI gets a better idea of what folks on the JCF want. (the Charvel San Dimas Standards are mostly single humbuckers like the GX-LE Bullseye)
Instead of playing a guessing game, FMIC just goes with what is marketable.
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So why doesn't Jackson make a good business decision and canvass the dealers or even this forum for a feel for the demand for a reverse-head guitar or a single-hum guitar built to USA production specs? Please understand that I'm not saying that I'd order one (I would if I had the cash), but there seems to be at least a small market for it. It seems to me that it might be a good business decision for Jackson/FMIC to find out what the customers want.
In a more cynical way of thinking, if Jackson won't do it for a reasonable price or at all, serious customers will find another source for a similar guitar, be it GMW, a custom builder or even used Jacksons already on the marketplace. Either way, Jackson/FMIC loses that income.
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In some ways they do, but the problem is that when you poll something like this board EVERYTHING becomes a custom shop. That's why the only way any Limited Editions worked out is when someone came up with the specs first, worked out a deal with a dealer, and then solicited interest (not suggestions or modifications) from the peanut gallery. Go through the archives, I can remember at least 3 times where limited editions were started, but stalled because nobody could agree on what the specs were. I think from these limited editions JCMI gets a better idea of what folks on the JCF want. (the Charvel San Dimas Standards are mostly single humbuckers like the GX-LE Bullseye)
Instead of playing a guessing game, FMIC just goes with what is marketable.
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