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  • Help ID'ing this Sweetone...

    Saw this on the GuitarCenter site in the used gear. Never saw a sweetone with that pickup config. Was that standard back in 97? Anyone know anything about it (specs, etc)?

    http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgea...stId=104933953

    Is it worth 1499?

    Thanks in advance.

  • #2
    First off... the Sweetone was not a standard production model in 1997. Sooo, either they've got their dates confused or the guitar is a custom/prototype.
    This was a standard pickup configuration for the sweetone known as the Triple Decker.
    This is a Bent Top
    Mahogany neckthrough with graphite rod reinforcement, a scarf joint and oil finished neck.
    25" scale
    1/8" maple top
    Spruce wings
    Sperzel tuners
    Nitrocellulose finished.
    Analine Dye (faded cherry sunburst probably) with natural binding
    1/4" Ebony fingerboard
    Ebony headstock cap
    Pickups are a stacked p-90, a little '59 and a Pearly Gates in the bridge
    Apparently thats the bigger v shaped neck so it likely has the vintage style fretwire

    Now... is it worth 1500... Well this line was the pinacle of Jackson quality so yes, if it's as mint as advertised. However, the demand for the triple pickup configuration is not as great as the dual humbucker design demand. For a little less dollars, I'd consider buying it and routing it for a bridge hum. I like my 2 hum bent top that much.

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