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  • 1989 Jackson Custom Strathead PICS (for Joel, I think)

    Here's my 1989 Custom Strathead Jackson

    Rare small logo, rare matching headstock, ebony fretboard, extra jumbo frets, dual Jackson hum J50BC (bridge, not sure of neck), non-recessed Floyd Rose II (Schaller), one tone, one volume, 5 way blade switch, unknown wood, no trem cavity plate... Former GOTM even.

    Truly a time capsule guitar, here's the (unverified) backstory BroFF told me (as much as I can remember after 6 years or so):

    It was built in 1989 and Grover liked this guitar so much he brought it home to keep and put it in the garage. It got buried and forgotten, until some time around 2001. Someone kept bugging to search his garage, and under a pile of crap, out came a case with this guitar. It hadn't been touched since 1989 and the electronics weren't even fully wired. BroFF bought this guitar off ebay... it had CRAPPY pictures and a BIN for $550. He had the guitar wired for the first time, and sold it to me about a year and a half later, for not much less than what I recently offered her for sale for.

    Pictures were always horrible, mine weren't better than ebay's and I think Joel even bugged me to get better pictures a few years ago, and now, finally, here they are:

    The backstory may not be true, but it is a genuine factory Jackson Strathead that went unplayed from 1989 until 2002-ish... definitely not a parts mutt. Who would go to every effort to fake a strathead to every last detail and put it on ebay with a BIN of $550? It's been my #2 guitar for years, and I asked Tim to sell it to me at least twice a month for a year and a half before I actually got my hands on her, and I almost stupidly sold her.

    Anyways, enjoy!




    Last edited by xenophobe; 07-01-2008, 11:26 PM.
    The 2nd Amendment: America's Original Homeland Defense.

  • #2
    That looks fantastic!
    Looks like someone put an R2 nut on it though.
    -Rick

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    • #3
      Thanks! It's seen a few dings and play wear since I got it, but it's all mine.

      I'm not gonna pull it to check.
      The 2nd Amendment: America's Original Homeland Defense.

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      • #4
        Very nice. Bastard
        Popular is not the same as good
        Rare is not the same as valuable
        Worth is what someone will pay, not what you want to get

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        • #5
          Absolutely amazing, what a guitar.

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          • #6
            Dayum! I like it.I'll bet its a J-50 in the neck too check the DC resistance and see if its close to the bridge.
            Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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            • #7
              Thanks guys! Maybe I'll pull the neck pickup tomorrow... I planned on getting a shot with a black sheet laid out behind so the reflection of the stucco and concrete don't show up...

              It's really hard to photograph black...
              The 2nd Amendment: America's Original Homeland Defense.

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              • #8
                wicked!

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                • #9
                  I LOVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                  Hardware: all black, all the time.

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                  • #10
                    Bump for a cool guitar! Dibbs!!!! When you want to sell let me know!

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                    • #11
                      That is very, very nice.
                      http://www.jacknapalm.com/

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                      • #12
                        LOL This thread's almost a year old, and Mike hasn't been on here in awhile.
                        I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by toejam View Post
                          LOL This thread's almost a year old, and Mike hasn't been on here in awhile.
                          +1.

                          WTF?

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                          • #14
                            Sorry toejam and DonP I did not know I was breaking some unwritten rule for bumping a thread from last year of a rare Jackson strathead. ????

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                            • #15
                              do you feel like you were reprimanded for resurrecting the thread? How does that make you feel? How is your relationship with you mother? Have you always been highly sensitive?

                              on the positive side, if Mike (the owner of the guitar) ever comes back to post again, he'll see that he has to sell the guitar to you if he decides to let it go. You did call dibbs, after all
                              Hail yesterday

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