Newbie here with a question on ps-5 Performer and Concert EX Professional

[pilgrim]

Hi, I`ve looked but can`t seem to find where these are manufatured, Japan, Korea, India? I have a 3 MIJ Charvel basses and love the necks but the Jacksons just are not the same wide thin profile as the Charvels.

[amimbari]

well howdy pilgrim.....

anything that says pro is automatically from japan, and the ps5--well the bottom of the quality barrel like charvettes.
and what 3 basses do you have?

[pilgrim]

Hi, from reading posts it seems your the keeper of the cheese on charvel/jacksons. So the ps-5 is Korean or just poor quality? I hate the baseballbat neck on it but it was a deal and had active emg`s and a drop d tuner that made it worth getting. I have a gray metalflake toothpaste logo model 2 and a $20 p-bass body with a model 2 neck, a warmoth t bird body with the same neck on it and just bought a black model 1 I should get by Monday! I have a couple of Kramers also, seems pointy headstocks kinda flock together.

[amimbari]

one of the guys here put a jackson neck on an epi body..that was a cool idea to kinda remind him of a TBX
and hell for a emg set and tuner that would cost 150-200 bucks ya it was probably worth it. i would never consider anything junk even from china, but ya charvette/performer = cheaper bridge, pickups not as hot as the old ones and a neck that dont feel like the old charvel flat-backs.

easily playable and never an issue, but I also hate the different necks on the mid-90's boltons. My Futura/CMG and TBX feels way different than my model2's - not better or worse, just different.

[WRC]

Yup Japan For Sure!!

Charvels & Kramers like to hang together or at least they do around here..

[pilgrim]

I saw the jackiphone t bird, looks killer! I can get a epi dirt cheap local so thats on the to do list along with a explorer and telecaster charvel beasts, just need a couple more charvel wide flat necks. Thats part of why I`ll probably sell the 2 Jacksons to feed my Charvel habit. The performer had the bridge upgraded so they did replace the cheap bits and it came with a chainsaw case, seemed like a real deal.

[amimbari]

here's another JCF members PS5 transformed with stickers for inlays...


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[CowboyFromHell]

a $20 p-bass body with a model 2 neck, a warmoth t bird body with the same neck on it

How'd ya attach the same neck to two guitars? And where the hell did ya put the tuners? (j/k but couldn't resist)

[amimbari]

pilgrim, just in case your interested in frankensteining something else, a kramer ZX70 neck fits perfectly in a jackson pocket:

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[pilgrim]

Nice, I could make a evil twin of that one. I have the rosewood board version of that neck on my J bass and a very beat red 2b body setting around! The 1b shipped today so new toy next week!

[amimbari]

thats the one with the sparkly pickguard in the picture right or do you have another?

[pilgrim]

Yep, ugly sparkly pickgaurd bass. So when did they quit making pointy headstock charvel basses?

[amimbari]

youd get harassed if you showed that on TB to the FenderFools for the pickguard but that would be mild compared to the shit youd hear about a pointy neck ruining it blah blah blah.
jap import charvel sticker up to 88, toothpaste charvel sticker 89-92, charvette sticker 91-92 --thats it.
sandimas always fenderhead and the other ugly designs they had in the 90's CHS/CSM/JX/EL/GUMBYHEAD...lol
you like charvel AND jazzbody go find this one.

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[pilgrim]

Mine has nothing Fender on it, nice 2 peice mystery j body for 40 bucks fully loaded with a badass bridge. I ignored it for a couple years till I got a box of Kramer bass thrown in with a amp deal. Twas not a premeditated thing but it worked out nice. I just put a solid black pickgaurd back on it, much better. It would be fun to post it on the TB and tell em its a 65 j bass body just to to hear the cries of outrage. Screw Fender necks, you can`t kill a vampire with a Fender!

[amimbari]

perfect thread "NBD Fender J bass with custom neck"
and tell them you got a great deal as the seller let it go for 800.00 instead of 1000.

( let the fun begin )

[pilgrim]

I got the black 2b today! Just a heads up on a left handed Futura up on e bay now.

[WRC]

amimbari it's a four stringer & @ $249.00 with Zero Bids SO FAR..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jackson-Futu...item4ab3862243

[amimbari]

thanks WRC, ya I saw that probably an hour after it was listed and is on my watch list. I already have one so it's not on my radar, but I will probably bid on it anyway at the end if nobody else is.

hey Pilgrim, now you gotta find a model 1 and swap necks

[pilgrim]

Ooops, a Black 1b was what I got just, # challenged I guess. I was gonna put the neck on a beater red 2b body but its a sloppy fit in that neck pocket so the 1b gets to stay original. I did find another Black 2b for cheap I may get this weekend.

What do you all think is a fair price for the Black ps-5 with the upgraded bridge & 18 volt EMG`s and the Blue Concert EX with a drop d tuner?

[amimbari]

not as much as if you were to put a model series neck and plate on it and tell everyone it's a 2b...lol