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  • Jackson Stars value?

    Hey guys! Is $1200 a good price for a Jackson Stars Rhodes? There's been one floating around on the 'bay (the Katana guitars guy); it looks really sweet, but with $$$ in such short supply, I'm wondering if I should wait it out to see if the price drops...:think:
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    It depends on whether it's a J1 (or TN01) or a J2 (TN02). Good deal for the former (ebony, MoP, hardcase...), bad for the latter (stripped ebony, MOTO, softcase...). Yen is strong against both the Euro and the USD at the moment, so Jackson Stars are expensive unless you live in Japan.

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    • #3
      It's a J2. Thanks - you saved me from making a bad decision!
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      • #4
        Originally posted by WarPig View Post
        Hey guys! Is $1200 a good price for a Jackson Stars Rhodes?
        A Jackson Stars what now?
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        • #5
          Originally posted by RacerX View Post
          A Jackson Stars what now?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by WarPig View Post
            It's a J2. Thanks - you saved me from making a bad decision!
            As I don't know what guitar you're looking at, I should have said that the RR-J2SP (rear-loaded, one hum) was an exception as it had an ebony board and MoP inlays.

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            • #7
              It also depends on if it has 24 frets or 22. Good luck finding a 2-hum 24 fret neckthrough USA or Professional Series Rhoads for $1200. The MSRP for the TN-0x models is $1600 - $1800.

              Striped ebony is not bad wood. Not all ebony is jet black. Most manufacturers dye their ebony boards to make them jet black.

              MOP/MOTO is inconsequential to the tone.

              All JacksonStars come with only the soft case. Even the high-end Killer RG-Prime (Akira Takasaki) models that cost $2500-$3500 come with only a soft case.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Newc View Post
                All JacksonStars come with only the soft case. Even the high-end Killer RG-Prime (Akira Takasaki) models that cost $2500-$3500 come with only a soft case.
                What? All my JacksonStars came with a hardcase...




                AFAIK the J1 series came with a hardcase, I don't know about the current TN01s... J2 and below was softcase.
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                • #9
                  I ordered mine with a hard case, it was like 100$ more.
                  In the future though I need to remember to not buy guitars while on Nyquil

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                  • #10
                    Hard cases are available but none are included. At least that's what I was told when I bought my NASLs. I also paid $100 extra for a hard case.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Newc View Post
                      Hard cases are available but none are included. At least that's what I was told when I bought my NASLs. I also paid $100 extra for a hard case.
                      It's hard to beat italicization as an argument, but you're wrong.

                      J1s came with hard cases and J2s with soft cases. You can see it on archived copies of the Stars web-site. For example, here's the RR page in November 2006:

                      http://web.archive.org/web/200611280...s.com/top.html

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                      • #12
                        Damn frames websites. Here you go:

                        http://web.archive.org/web/200503021...m/rrspecs1.htm

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                        • #13
                          DAMMIT! I knew I shoulda got the NASL J1 instead of the J2!!!!!!!1111

                          Ok, fine, so the J1s came with the hard case. That's what I get for grabbing up the NOS NASL-160 that was being blown-out to make room for the J1 model changeover
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                          The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

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                          • #14


                            Did you have a group shot of your NASLs? Would love to see it if you do.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by RacerX View Post
                              A Jackson Stars what now?
                              There's a word for people like me: DUMBASS

                              Rhoads. I have no excuse.

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