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"One thing I find interesting about the 1983-85 log sheets is all the mom-and-pop stores in out of the way places that were selling custom-shop Jacksons at the time. A lot of them were made for Guitar Center, which was only in California at the time, and Sam Ash, but you also see places like AL&M in Norfolk (my J0726), Apple Music in Portland, Akron Music, Marshall Music in Michigan (my J0456), etc. Musical instrument retailing was a lot different back then, eh? Many of those stores are still around, but when you go to their web sites, they all sell cheapo starter crap almost exclusively."
That's the damn truth about Akron Music. The original down-town store always had 30-40 San Dimas era CS pieces on hand,and later USA's up until 1994. I think I remember seeing the purple/black checkerboard SD shown several pages back there at one time. If that is the one I think it is I played it. I eventually bought a black 2-hum with the dotted fretboard that was eventually lost in a fire from them,and a bunch of other gear.
Last time I was in their new location in Cuyahoga Falls,it was basically a Guitar Center. Tommy D.
That's the damn truth about Akron Music. The original down-town store always had 30-40 San Dimas era CS pieces on hand,and later USA's up until 1994. I think I remember seeing the purple/black checkerboard SD shown several pages back there at one time. If that is the one I think it is I played it. I eventually bought a black 2-hum with the dotted fretboard that was eventually lost in a fire from them,and a bunch of other gear.
Last time I was in their new location in Cuyahoga Falls,it was basically a Guitar Center. Tommy D.
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