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Last year I started the process of buying a Custom Shop Jackson. It took months however to get to a point to actually put money down on this guitar. I actually put 50% down on 7/3/04.
It didn't take long for bad news to set in. Kevin told me in September or October of last year at a guitar show in Arlington that the custom shop had lost my order. Kevin went over it again with them and everything was fine he said. I had heard the rumors and what not as too other peoples dealings with Kevin but figured he had treated me well so far. I didn't know all the details of Big Red or the DK2LE and just tried to stay out of any other peoples dealings.
A few months ago Kevin was no longer the main sponsor here and Matt took over. Not too long ago he fell off the dealers page. I got worried.
Through a variety of maneuvers I was able to talk to Mike Kotzen at Jackson's Custom Shop. Thank you both who helped me out. You know who you are. At first Mike told me Kevin was no longer a dealer, which I had heard from another Dealer. Later that day Mike told me that everything was good to go and my guitar was being built. I thought cool this is good. I was happy.
Sunday at the Dallas Guitar Show I was looking at a few guitars this one place had. I wanted to know the specs on a few guitars and luckily the guy I was talking to wasn't too knowledgeable about them. He called Edel Diaz, District Sales Manger South Central Territory for Jackson Guitars over. I had actually met him once before at Kevin's house for 15 minutes one day last year when I was talking with Kevin about my custom shop order.
We started talking and he knew of my guitar. At first he said everything was cool and I was good to go but would call me on Monday to tell me the real deal on my guitar. I talked to him today and got the bad news. My guitar will not go to Kevin Easton. It is still being built and he is transferring my order to the same dealer I just bought the Black Dinky from. It's due to arrive 6 months or so from now.
But then there is one small matter to resolve, my deposit. Tomorrow I will be calling Kevin and arranging for him to have my money on Thursday. I am leaving work early on Thursday to get my money back one way or another. More updates as they come in.
Kevin is no longer a dealer for Jackson Guitar's and I don't trust him one bit. I was at his shop on Saturday and he told me to my face that everything was fine. It clearly isn't and hasn't been.
A more personal write up can be found on my site.
Jack Napalm.com
It didn't take long for bad news to set in. Kevin told me in September or October of last year at a guitar show in Arlington that the custom shop had lost my order. Kevin went over it again with them and everything was fine he said. I had heard the rumors and what not as too other peoples dealings with Kevin but figured he had treated me well so far. I didn't know all the details of Big Red or the DK2LE and just tried to stay out of any other peoples dealings.
A few months ago Kevin was no longer the main sponsor here and Matt took over. Not too long ago he fell off the dealers page. I got worried.
Through a variety of maneuvers I was able to talk to Mike Kotzen at Jackson's Custom Shop. Thank you both who helped me out. You know who you are. At first Mike told me Kevin was no longer a dealer, which I had heard from another Dealer. Later that day Mike told me that everything was good to go and my guitar was being built. I thought cool this is good. I was happy.
Sunday at the Dallas Guitar Show I was looking at a few guitars this one place had. I wanted to know the specs on a few guitars and luckily the guy I was talking to wasn't too knowledgeable about them. He called Edel Diaz, District Sales Manger South Central Territory for Jackson Guitars over. I had actually met him once before at Kevin's house for 15 minutes one day last year when I was talking with Kevin about my custom shop order.
We started talking and he knew of my guitar. At first he said everything was cool and I was good to go but would call me on Monday to tell me the real deal on my guitar. I talked to him today and got the bad news. My guitar will not go to Kevin Easton. It is still being built and he is transferring my order to the same dealer I just bought the Black Dinky from. It's due to arrive 6 months or so from now.
But then there is one small matter to resolve, my deposit. Tomorrow I will be calling Kevin and arranging for him to have my money on Thursday. I am leaving work early on Thursday to get my money back one way or another. More updates as they come in.
Kevin is no longer a dealer for Jackson Guitar's and I don't trust him one bit. I was at his shop on Saturday and he told me to my face that everything was fine. It clearly isn't and hasn't been.
A more personal write up can be found on my site.
Jack Napalm.com
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