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Got home yesterday after my weekly 5 hour roadtrip from Montgomery back to New Orleans to find the UPS box waiting for me...within rested the Blue and Orange Flame DK-2.
I loved it from first sight. I know the flames aren't eveyone's cup of tea, but the blue and orange just do it for me. What a hot rod!
Impressions.
The neck has a fatter profile than my Predator, and the fretboard is not as wide. However, it plays like butter and I can really haul some major ass with this guitar. Nice binding, fret work very solid, nice rosewood board.
Tonally the guitar is a bit darker than my Predator, and a bit fatter. It also sustains better and is a heavier guitar. The Predator has a Tone Zone in the bridge and has a more "explosive" tone, while the DK-2 is not as hot, but smoother overall. Right now I am actually pleased with the stock Duncan Designed pickups. The neck tone with the single coil is very strat like, but not as fat as most strats I have owned. I am not thrilled with the #2 position...and I think this is the only tonally limited pickup selection on the guitar. Before I would change the bridge pickup, I would attend to the neck and middle. But, for now, I am not touching it.
Fit and finish are very, very good. After close inspection I can only find what I would deem as minor quibbles. Some of the line work in the paint around the flames and on the headstock are not perfect...probably as a result of the masking. However, very minor quibbles. The tone and volume pots seem to be pretty responsive and decent, especially considering it is an import. I like the Jackson Floyd. I have never had a guitar with this new style Floyd. I find it comfortable, although I am having trouble keeping the high E from going flat.
Overall, I thik this is a hell of a guitar. It screams, is comfortable to play, has a nice low action that is conducive to hauling ass and it looks great.
I am thrilled with my first Jackson!
Mike
I loved it from first sight. I know the flames aren't eveyone's cup of tea, but the blue and orange just do it for me. What a hot rod!
Impressions.
The neck has a fatter profile than my Predator, and the fretboard is not as wide. However, it plays like butter and I can really haul some major ass with this guitar. Nice binding, fret work very solid, nice rosewood board.
Tonally the guitar is a bit darker than my Predator, and a bit fatter. It also sustains better and is a heavier guitar. The Predator has a Tone Zone in the bridge and has a more "explosive" tone, while the DK-2 is not as hot, but smoother overall. Right now I am actually pleased with the stock Duncan Designed pickups. The neck tone with the single coil is very strat like, but not as fat as most strats I have owned. I am not thrilled with the #2 position...and I think this is the only tonally limited pickup selection on the guitar. Before I would change the bridge pickup, I would attend to the neck and middle. But, for now, I am not touching it.
Fit and finish are very, very good. After close inspection I can only find what I would deem as minor quibbles. Some of the line work in the paint around the flames and on the headstock are not perfect...probably as a result of the masking. However, very minor quibbles. The tone and volume pots seem to be pretty responsive and decent, especially considering it is an import. I like the Jackson Floyd. I have never had a guitar with this new style Floyd. I find it comfortable, although I am having trouble keeping the high E from going flat.
Overall, I thik this is a hell of a guitar. It screams, is comfortable to play, has a nice low action that is conducive to hauling ass and it looks great.
I am thrilled with my first Jackson!
Mike
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