Whatever happened to...

[Axewielder]

Mikey Wright, genius Warrior innovator?



I am still amazed at how comfortable and balanced and versatile my WR-1 is, despite it's brutal appearance. I understand he was only with Jackson a short time. Anyone know the back-story there?

On an unrelated note, bring back the slated fretboards!!!

[delt]

Slated fretboards just waste space that could be used to put the neck pickup closer and get a more "round" and organic sound.

[NextInLine]

Slated fretboards just waste space that could be used to put the neck pickup closer and get a more "round" and organic sound.

To me a less rounded neck pup sound is much better and the slated fretboards are metal! And I know there are lots of people like me

[Robert Burns]

Didnt he recently pass away? The inventor of this design? If im right...
R.I.P. cause he was way too young.

[Newc]

After being booted from Jackson for the Warrior's failure (imagine that!), he moved into distributorship, and helped a shop in Arizona with their Jackson dealership. I forget the name of it now - Grandma's, Momma's, something like that.

They became one of the best-respected Jackson dealers in the Southwest (and I think biggest, not sure - hafta find my original source of info).

This info came from a guy I knew on another board and who was also a member here for a short time. He also built custom boutique guitars, and at one time worked for BC Rich about the same time Ken/WarriorX7 did.

[Newc]

http://www.grandmas.com/index.html

Grandma's Music in New Mexico. Sorry.

[zeegler]

Do you guys mean slanted? Not one of you, but 3 of you in a row spelled it wrong.

[Newc]

You been hanging around Ron?



But yeah, slanted, not slated

[Axewielder]

Do you guys mean slanted? Not one of you, but 3 of you in a row spelled it wrong.

Hehe sorry, late night posts + Jack Daniels = typos

[NextInLine]

You been hanging around Ron?



But yeah, slanted, not slated

Well you wouldn't believe me but, I wrote "slanted" first (I know those pickups are called slanted) then I realised they both wrote slated, so I thought maybe it's used that way for the fretboard and edited my post immediately not to get caught by Ron

[neilli]

I seem to remember there being some discussion here that he was booted from Jackson for doing something dodgy - can't remember what, but it was questionable...

[excon]

I think the slanted fretboards look way cool. If nothing else, it adds to the Warrior's exotic look and mystique.

[delt]

But yeah, slanted, not slated

Oh yeah, i thought something sounded weird about that... ok then, "angled" fretboard ledge

[AK47]

I heard he died also along with the Kelly guy for some reason I remember that it happenend within a year of each other?

Is this right?

[Newc]

I seem to remember there being some discussion here that he was booted from Jackson for doing something dodgy - can't remember what, but it was questionable...

Yeah, something about Employee Projects and such going out the back door on the cheap to friends.

Still, can you imagine the Warrior as a marketing failure? The only reason they brought it back was because they received so many Custom Shop orders for them.