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I recently picked up this almost mint KE3 for $600 CAD. There’s just a bit of a nick in the clear coat on the tail horn. After cleaning, and setting it up it plays phenomenally! I’ve always wanted this colour. I had bought a trans red DKMG in like 2009 which was my first Jackson and also my first nice guitar. After owning a kelly later on I realized I should have bought a KE3 back then… I’ve got it now! I If only they had put neck binding on these it would be pretty much perfect. Neck thru, ebony board, and matching headstock too would be ideal. But that’s an extra $5000… 
There’s a pic of the serial plate for Mudlark’s database. I guess this is about 2006 based on black hardware and TB-4 and SH-2N pickups.
The JT580-LP trem is much better than I remember it being. It didn’t come with a trem arm, but I had an extra FR Special arm that fits perfectly and feels really nice and solid. It moves smoothly, but also stays in place. You can even get a bit of flutter which surprised me. The neck shifts a bit on really big pull ups and dive bombs so I’ll try and take the neck off and shim it a bit to get a tighter fit to stop that. I tightened the neck bolts, but I don’t think going tighter will solve it.
One thing I noticed when taking it apart and cleaning it was the counter sinks in the trem plate were too deep so the screws would bottom out on the top of the trem block so the trem plate wasn’t clamped and could wobble. Counter sinking the tapped trem block holes a bit let the screws seat deeper and solved the problem.
And now the important part!
There’s a pic of the serial plate for Mudlark’s database. I guess this is about 2006 based on black hardware and TB-4 and SH-2N pickups.The JT580-LP trem is much better than I remember it being. It didn’t come with a trem arm, but I had an extra FR Special arm that fits perfectly and feels really nice and solid. It moves smoothly, but also stays in place. You can even get a bit of flutter which surprised me. The neck shifts a bit on really big pull ups and dive bombs so I’ll try and take the neck off and shim it a bit to get a tighter fit to stop that. I tightened the neck bolts, but I don’t think going tighter will solve it.
One thing I noticed when taking it apart and cleaning it was the counter sinks in the trem plate were too deep so the screws would bottom out on the top of the trem block so the trem plate wasn’t clamped and could wobble. Counter sinking the tapped trem block holes a bit let the screws seat deeper and solved the problem.
And now the important part!
Congratulations!!!
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