NGD: DK Eerie Dess

**matt_gu3** · 02-01-2012, 03:46 PM

It has been a good week here. Craigslist has been treating me pretty alright. This is going to have to be it for a while though. The wife is going to get irritated. Not quite as mint as the red DK2M I picked up earlier this week but it is in real nice condition. Came with the hard shell case also. Serial #9742579.

I have wanted one in this color since they came out. I'm smiling pretty big

**rebar71** · 02-01-2012, 04:29 PM

NICE! I have one myself - also a craigslist score.

**Force** · 02-02-2012, 11:49 PM

Oh good lord, yummy yummy yummy. Congratulations.

**CowboyFromHell** · 02-02-2012, 11:57 PM

Love that paint, seen a pic of a RR with it and couldn't stop drooling.

**matt_gu3** · 02-03-2012, 04:10 PM

Ok, what's the trick with getting these trems to really hold tune well? This one I can't seem to get to be as solid as my others. Is the OFR or JT590 a direct replacement for this model?

**wilkinsi** · 02-03-2012, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by matt_gu3

Ok, what's the trick with getting these trems to really hold tune well? This one I can't seem to get to be as solid as my others. Is the OFR or JT590 a direct replacement for this model?

Either of those will retro-fit the JT580(LP); But ultimately, its how well you set up your guitar and how worn the nut is, that'll keep it in tune. Of the 3 guitars I own, only 1 goes out of tune, and it has a JT-590. As I speak, that guitar is being restored and setup by the same tech how did the first two. Neither have gone out of tune in over 8 months. And I abuse my guitars with divebombs and pull-ups all the time.

**axmann** · 02-03-2012, 07:29 PM

Man, thats a spectacular eerie-dess. Beautiful!! I'm a sucker for that color. I had a old Soloist here, doing some work on for a friend,it wasn't close to that. But then again, the one I had was ridden pretty hard.Soloist.jpg

**Nimitz** · 02-03-2012, 07:47 PM

^ That's sexy man... Ebony and Binding... my two favorite words.

**axmann** · 02-03-2012, 08:13 PM

Nimz that old Soloist was a gem. The color was like burned out if that makes sense. The neck was just tremendous. It had great character and just screamed........ Hey Matt, I'm with wilkinsi, check the nut, allthough it looks way too clean to have it wornout it still might not be contacting correctly. Also, the setup and looksee at the trem makes a huge difference. Springs and pivot contact are always checked first. I had a DK-2 that just loved bombing and pull ups, with no issues.

**matt_gu3** · 02-03-2012, 09:40 PM

Thanks guys. I'll work on it a little. My Charvel Fusions w/ the JT590, Jackson JTX and Jackson Stealth, both with the JT580, are all rock solid. These 2 DK's w/ the JT580LP are giving me fits.

**matt_gu3** · 02-03-2012, 10:03 PM

I am learning (slowly) how awesome this site is. Sully has an excellent write up on trouble shooting tuning problems w/ a floyd. This is in the Sticky post at the top of the Tech Q&A section. Tomorrow I'll be messing w/ a couple JT580LP's.

**axmann** · 02-03-2012, 10:09 PM

Some of them just take a little patience. I have a bunch of Floyded gits, some just worked, some just needed a little tweak. All work very well right now.

**JTFormula** · 02-05-2012, 09:04 AM

Wow, that is a sweet axe!

**gerryl98** · 02-05-2012, 11:50 AM

Nice score. I hope you took into account it came with Duncan Designed pups. Not to get off topic, I went to Schecter's sidewalk sale a few months ago and the Seymour Duncan guys were there selling overstock. I picked up a set for really cheap. Next time i'm bringing a wad and stocking up for all my CL finds that have DD pickups. Regarding the floyd issue, a setup seems to always help.

**Chief_CrazyTalk** · 02-05-2012, 09:49 PM

Nice...I love my DK2. I don't care for the singles, especially the middle one, since I never use them and seems like the middle one is in the way, but love it nonetheless. Mine stays in tune very well but I may upgrade to an OFR.

**matt_gu3** · 02-06-2012, 07:02 AM

I took the bridge off the guitar so I could get a close examination of everything. The knife edges on the trem seem to be just fine. The pivot posts, however, are a bit messed up right at the pivot point. The posts also had a lot of wobble in the bushing. I have ordered new posts and bushings from StewMac. I am really hoping they have the same thread and I can use the existing bushings. If there is still a little wobble I will try and take care of it with some teflon tape. If not, I guess I will work on getting the original bushings out and replace with the new ones. Also, the treble side of the nut is going to need to be shimmed very slightly. I have also ordered the shims. Hopefully this thing will be better than new in a week or so.
Thanks guys for the nice compliments on how the guitar looks. I am very happy with that, hopefully I can get it to play as nice as it looks.

**matt_gu3** · 02-14-2012, 06:19 PM

Just to let everybody know......The StewMac studs have a much finer thread than the original ones in this guitar.

**matt_gu3** · 02-19-2012, 02:18 PM

Finally got everything done. Pulled the old pivot bushings (thanks again Sully for leading me in the right direction). Replaced them with the StewMac bushings and studs. Shimmed the treble side of the nut. Now it plays and holds tune like it should. Glad I didn't have to to a total swap on the trem. I'm very happy with this guitar now.

**Axegrinder87** · 02-19-2012, 02:33 PM

Congrats, no better feeling then getting a great guitar to play like it should.

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