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God WG really are tight arses when it comes to product descriptions!
I don't know why WG haven't got the exact, quick look online will find you what you need to know!
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/en-GB/support/serial...
Its 1989 Ontario factory (doubt your that interested but anywho...)
The centre neck looks worn, although that could be where it has been sanded down to make it smoother to play (although the back of the headstock has the same matt look, don't know why that bit would have been worn!), so I'm not sure if the paintjob was when it left the factory from just looking at pics, so probably not worth that rather steep price!
Have a look on ebay for them,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Custom-Soloist-198...
Use it as an example, as the seller wont ship outside states (boo! hiss!). Probably for the best or else I might be 1800 dollars poorer!
I don't know why WG haven't got the exact, quick look online will find you what you need to know!
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/en-GB/support/serial...
Its 1989 Ontario factory (doubt your that interested but anywho...)
The centre neck looks worn, although that could be where it has been sanded down to make it smoother to play (although the back of the headstock has the same matt look, don't know why that bit would have been worn!), so I'm not sure if the paintjob was when it left the factory from just looking at pics, so probably not worth that rather steep price!
Have a look on ebay for them,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Custom-Soloist-198...
Use it as an example, as the seller wont ship outside states (boo! hiss!). Probably for the best or else I might be 1800 dollars poorer!
What do you get if you mix dubious cheap guitars and bad photography?....
Yes that's right, you get my small herd of stringed beasts!
Left to right I have a Sheckter Omen extreme 7, a Westone Thunder 1A, an Ibanez Ex series and an acoustic out of a Littlewoods catalogue circa 1989.
The stripey cat is trying to work out why the dark red guitar has seven strings? Why just why? I must admit I haven't really worked it out my self but it was cheap, I had to have it!
My favourite out of the bunch is the Westone, its a fab and slightly rare piece of 1980's Japanese craftsmanship. I picked it up off ebay for a song. It plays beautifully.
Yes that's right, you get my small herd of stringed beasts!
Left to right I have a Sheckter Omen extreme 7, a Westone Thunder 1A, an Ibanez Ex series and an acoustic out of a Littlewoods catalogue circa 1989.
The stripey cat is trying to work out why the dark red guitar has seven strings? Why just why? I must admit I haven't really worked it out my self but it was cheap, I had to have it!
My favourite out of the bunch is the Westone, its a fab and slightly rare piece of 1980's Japanese craftsmanship. I picked it up off ebay for a song. It plays beautifully.
Dawg said:
I landed this '54 Gibson ES5N with a rare spruce top a couple of months ago. I gig regularly and braved it with this on a be bop Jazz gig and a couple of roots blues/rockabilly dates. Through a 4 x 10 Bassman it absolutely rocks it. Not for museums - for playing!
Hmmm, 4x10 Bassman---the Dogs B......s. 
JaymzDead said:
Soloists are lovely guitars, but 3.5k? You could get a custom Mayones or Halo for that...
I would strongly, strongly recommend that anyone considering actually spending money on a Halo do some internet research first. Their customer service is appalling but at least it's better than their quality control. I've seen plenty of their guitars land in customers hands (eventually, after months of emails, threats of legal action etc) in what you might call "rushed" if you're being generous, "half finished" if you're not.Mastodon2 said:
I would strongly, strongly recommend that anyone considering actually spending money on a Halo do some internet research first. Their customer service is appalling but at least it's better than their quality control. I've seen plenty of their guitars land in customers hands (eventually, after months of emails, threats of legal action etc) in what you might call "rushed" if you're being generous, "half finished" if you're not.
Well that's my productivity gone up right there, I won't waste time on their online configurator anymore! Substitute 'Halo' for ''Blackmachine' then!
Mastodon2 said:
I would strongly, strongly recommend that anyone considering actually spending money on a Halo do some internet research first. Their customer service is appalling but at least it's better than their quality control. I've seen plenty of their guitars land in customers hands (eventually, after months of emails, threats of legal action etc) in what you might call "rushed" if you're being generous, "half finished" if you're not.
Well that's my productivity gone up right there, I won't waste time on their online configurator anymore! Substitute 'Halo' for ''Blackmachine' then!
JaymzDead said:
Well that's my productivity gone up right there, I won't waste time on their online configurator anymore!
Substitute 'Halo' for ''Blackmachine' then!
Worlds apart in terms of quality! Try getting a Blackmachine though, the man behind the brand, the enigmatic Doug, doesn't even build all of them these days, he took on another builder who had a shop called Blackat to build the simpler BMs. I think the Blackat guy is handling the B6s or something, as they take up the majority of the order volume, while Doug works on the less run of the mill stuff. I don't know what the status for ordering BMs is like though, I know a while ago Doug had stopped taking semi-custom orders as he had a backlog of something like 2 years to get through. Of course, BM don't really offer a custom service, the BM design is their USP and he doesn't deviate from it. Choose the woods, the pickup and the scale option and that's your lot. I've never plated one but they're supposed to be amazing. A shame they got bought up and taxed up by the awful "djent" scene.Substitute 'Halo' for ''Blackmachine' then!
At least for BM the quality has never waivered, I'm a member of another guitar which is way, way less conservative than this little corner of PH, custom guitars are 10 a penny over there and I've seen plenty of builders be lauded as the next big thing, making amazing guitars, then the orders come in thick and fast and people end up waiting a long time for their guitars (years in some of the cases I've seen) or getting rushed, half-finished crap sent out to them.
Halo have always been crap though, Even when they had all the time in the world to get their stuff spot on, they were still building like hopeless amateurs with big ideas and little skill to back it up.
If you're really interested in something high quality, incredibly well designed and different to the crowd, I'd suggest you have a look at strandberg* guitars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfEpaGTPCZY
interloper said:
My favourite out of the bunch is the Westone, its a fab and slightly rare piece of 1980's Japanese craftsmanship. I picked it up off ebay for a song. It plays beautifully.
I had one of those in the 90s, paid a pittance for it. Loved it, but never really got on with electric guitar in general, so gave it to the family friend who had been teaching me for free as a thanks.Sold a bunch of guitars in the last few years, now just have two left. A Taylor GS Mini mahogany that I'm going to keep indefinitely and a Raimundo 148 spruce/rosewood classical.
I've finally decided to sell the Raimundo 148 that my parents gave me for my 18th, some 16 years ago (they're happy for me to sell it, as long as the money goes towards the wedding)
Probably be listing it on ebay shortly, unless anyone wants to discuss it...
Edited by Ahimoth on Tuesday 28th July 09:37
I didn't think I'd ever buy another 8 string after my RG2228, but here I am with an RG8. I wanted 7 string I could tune to A standard (one whole tone below standard) and wanted a longer scale to help maintain a decent string tension for fast, technical riffs. I decided to go the whole hog and get another 8, the low string is just a bonus, it will be tuned to E, one octave below a standard 6 string guitar low E string.
the pickups are actually pretty nice for standard Ibanez items, though I'll swap them at some point. I was thinking a Seymour Duncan Nazgul / Sentient combo, but I don't want anything too harsh, so I may end speaking to Bareknuckle and seeing what they recommend. I'll probably go for their distressed camo finish covers on the pickups to give it some visual flair and break up the black, or see if they can do me a green cover to mimic the classic black / green Ibanez Universe.
the pickups are actually pretty nice for standard Ibanez items, though I'll swap them at some point. I was thinking a Seymour Duncan Nazgul / Sentient combo, but I don't want anything too harsh, so I may end speaking to Bareknuckle and seeing what they recommend. I'll probably go for their distressed camo finish covers on the pickups to give it some visual flair and break up the black, or see if they can do me a green cover to mimic the classic black / green Ibanez Universe.
After much deliberating i treated myself to this.
Les paul deluxe 2015 in pelham blue. Tried a few this felt by far the nicest and combined with the looks, the blue changes in relation to the light, it was by far my favourite.
Will sit alongside my squier affinity telecaster and is the start of a hopefully good quality collection of guitars which i can learn to play with.
Les paul deluxe 2015 in pelham blue. Tried a few this felt by far the nicest and combined with the looks, the blue changes in relation to the light, it was by far my favourite.
Will sit alongside my squier affinity telecaster and is the start of a hopefully good quality collection of guitars which i can learn to play with.
6th Gear said:
'63 Custom Shop Strat - heavy relic.
Fits like a glove and sounds fantastic.
Wish I could afford an original, this is the next best thing.
Edited by 6th Gear on Saturday 25th July 14:22
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