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Hi there, I'm Val from Toronto, Canada! I'm new to the forum!
I used to have a 92' Japanese Jackson Dinky Reverse in the cool Stone finish, I loved that guitar but ended up regretfully selling it to fund another purchase around 2000's.
Long story short, I recently found the same one but from 94 for cheap around my area and bought it without hesitation. The problem is, the neck is not in great shape, lots of wear, scratches, dings and uneven frets, seems like it got a rough life. Surprisingly, the body is in great shape, I think the stone finish is very durable.
Bridge has almost no rust, but it seems like 3 of the original locking block inserts are not there, they were replaced with standard Floyd blocks that don't align properly with the locking screws and are breaking apart.
The previous owner changed the pickups too and put some nasty Amazon $20 humbuckers in it and lost the original ones.
Anyways, now I'm looking to give this guitar a second chance, and I may need your help to accomplish it.
Instead of investing on trying to salvage the old neck, I'm planing to get a custom neck made. I'm looking for builders that can pull this off, any ideas? I'm digging those Charvel Strat headstock, so I was thinking something like this to pay homage to the original reversed headstock, here is a quick Photoshop rendition of what I have in mind, what do you guys think?
The second thing I'm looking to get is the right insert blocks, I've been looking around and they seem hard to find, any clues?
And the third and final thing where I need your help is with pickups, I want this to be a good all-around kind of guitar, mostly but not limited to Rock. Which pickups do you recommend for this one based on the wood (I think is Basswood) and the rest of specs? The usual SD JB/JAZZ? DiMarzio TZ/AN? Any other? Or maybe the originals? I don't know the original pickup models, Open to suggestions!
Thank you guys! I'm so excited to be a Jackson guitar owner again, can't wait to have this baby in playing condition again!
Cheers.
I used to have a 92' Japanese Jackson Dinky Reverse in the cool Stone finish, I loved that guitar but ended up regretfully selling it to fund another purchase around 2000's.
Long story short, I recently found the same one but from 94 for cheap around my area and bought it without hesitation. The problem is, the neck is not in great shape, lots of wear, scratches, dings and uneven frets, seems like it got a rough life. Surprisingly, the body is in great shape, I think the stone finish is very durable.
Bridge has almost no rust, but it seems like 3 of the original locking block inserts are not there, they were replaced with standard Floyd blocks that don't align properly with the locking screws and are breaking apart.
The previous owner changed the pickups too and put some nasty Amazon $20 humbuckers in it and lost the original ones.
Anyways, now I'm looking to give this guitar a second chance, and I may need your help to accomplish it.
Instead of investing on trying to salvage the old neck, I'm planing to get a custom neck made. I'm looking for builders that can pull this off, any ideas? I'm digging those Charvel Strat headstock, so I was thinking something like this to pay homage to the original reversed headstock, here is a quick Photoshop rendition of what I have in mind, what do you guys think?
The second thing I'm looking to get is the right insert blocks, I've been looking around and they seem hard to find, any clues?
And the third and final thing where I need your help is with pickups, I want this to be a good all-around kind of guitar, mostly but not limited to Rock. Which pickups do you recommend for this one based on the wood (I think is Basswood) and the rest of specs? The usual SD JB/JAZZ? DiMarzio TZ/AN? Any other? Or maybe the originals? I don't know the original pickup models, Open to suggestions!
Thank you guys! I'm so excited to be a Jackson guitar owner again, can't wait to have this baby in playing condition again!
Cheers.
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