New score.....Jackson USA WR1 - Black Ghost Flames

[Torgreen]

Yesssss!! I have been dreaming for one of those Warriors for quite some years now and now a dream has come through...

It all started 3 weeks ago when I spotted a nice Jackson USA WR1 Black Ghost Flames up for sale on eBay.co.uk. I was really hooked on it since the BGF is one of my favourite finishes and the price was reasonable but still I spent a whole week thinking about buying it....keeping in mind that this would be my first eBay deal and I live in a different country than the seller. After several emails back and forth with the seller who was really nice and helpful I decided to go for it and I´m really glad I did!!

This one has the oil-finished neck which is a really nice variation to my other USA Jacksons which all have painted necks and it plays fantastic, those USA Jackson necks are really awesome!!
The condition is 8/10 with a few small dings but the front side and neck is in good shape which is all that matters to me.

The guitar was set up in E standard tunning with 10-46 strings. First I had trouble taming the Invader pickup since it´s really agressive and the frequencies are quite different than the EMG´s I´m used to also the stings needed to be lowered a bit. Lowering the pickup further and rolling the tone back a little made some improvements in sound. Then I tried to tune down a half step to Eb and it suddenly sounded way better, so I´m gonna keep it that way for now since I need one guitar in Eb. Eventually I will swap the pickups but I can´t affort new pickups at the moment so this is a good opportunity to experiment with the Invader anyway.

Sorry for the crappy pics, I will add better ones some other day..

[toxikdeth]

Wish I would have gotten a warrior instedad of a kv2

[P I K A]

my fav graphic for the warrior. and it has an oiled neck . SWEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great guitar have fun

[KBRR]

Killer axe and a wise choice going for it , the unfinished neck versions are pretty rare and much nicer . congrats

[wilkinsi]

Is this the one priced at £1k recently? I nearly went for it myself.

[Hellbat]

Was the unfinished neck a usa select option or limited run?

[P I K A]

thats how they came years ago. should of kept it like that .

[Axewielder]

Kickass! Looks identical to mine. BTW....BGF = blue ghost flames, and BKGF = black ghost flames.

[javert]

Nice score, torgren, congrats! Did you sell your JJs? I seem to recall that you had several.

[Torgreen]

Thanks everyone, damn this Warrior is so awesome it sounds good, plays fantastic, looks super cool and it feels really solid!! It will be a while before I realize that I bought it sometimes things happen so fast, I´m really on a tight budget this year so I wasn´t expecting to buy new gear but now suddenly something new is hanging on the wall.

I expected it to sound a little more agressive and direct than the other Jacksons I have and it sure does, it has a nice resonans as well.

Yes Wilkinsi, this is the one that was priced at £1K recently. I think the "buy it now" price was resonable at least compared to what we pay for USA Jacksons in Denmark.

Javert, yes I ended up selling all the JJ´s....allthough I regret not keeping at least one of them but this is how it goes when you are on a tight budget, you can´t have everything...

[Phantom Hawk]

Hey congrats on the WR1. I just picked up an EDS one with unpainted neck last week. The unpainted necks feel great eh ?

[shredtilurded]

sweet score.

[Axewielder]

The evil twin! And yes, mine has the oiled neck too.

[KBRR]

Hey axe what pickups did you end up putting in yours??

[Axewielder]

Hey axe what pickups did you end up putting in yours??

I went through many different iterations over the years, and settled on a pearly gates in the neck and a custom custom in the bridge. I added a 500K resistor / .044 uf cap in the control cavity, as it was a bit bright without the tone knob. This is a "magic" combination.