Jackson USA

[chucke]

Here is my only picture of my Magenta Soloist from the 80's. The picture was taken when I first bought it. I was one happy long haired dude. It is shown with the original Kahler from the factory. I ended up installing a Floyd Rose at a later time.

Like a fool I sold her in the 90's because of the color..


Has anybody seen my baby out there? This guitar played like butter!! I want her back.


[IMG]

[Mudlark]

I'd guess it's all just human error, but nothing to be concerned with.

[DonP]

I'd guess it's all just human error, but nothing to be concerned with.

Unless the tag is faked or forged for some reason. But I don't see a reason to do it.

[chucke]

Sorry about that. I jacked up my own thread by having an eighties flash back....

Anyway, I got the guitar setup very well if I do say so myself.

The action is low and fast with no fret buzz. All notes ring unplugged.

The pickups are not my cup of tea.... There looks to be a small circuit board and EMG pots installed.

Beginning to look like more of a pain than I was expecting. Now I need to buy pots as well as pickups.

Does anybody know what the original pots are?

[DonP]

EMGs tend to go with Mesas. Passives with Marshalls.

What type of amp are you playing?

[ed]

EMGs use 25k pots so they dont go with passive pickups. Passives usually use 500k and 250k pots.

[chucke]

I am a Marshall guy. JCM 800 with an OCD or whatever.

I play classic rock and metal.

Zeppelin, RUSH (2112 era), Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Ozzy w/Randy and various modern metal stuff.

I need pickups that clean up well.

This is my first shredder in a while.

My other guitars are PRS and Les Pauls.

[Number Of The Priest]

If you want to switch to passive pickups, you will need not just new pots, but also a monaural (mono) output jack. Active pickups like EMGs use a stereo output jack to engage the battery/circuit when a patch cable is plugged into the guitar and disengage the battery when unplugged.

[Cuthbert]

I am a Marshall guy. JCM 800 with an OCD or whatever.

I play classic rock and metal.

Zeppelin, RUSH (2112 era), Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Ozzy w/Randy and various modern metal stuff.

I need pickups that clean up well.

This is my first shredder in a while.

My other guitars are PRS and Les Pauls.

I am late for the party I would give the EMGs a try, I also play that kind of music, if you keep the gain of the 800 on the low side and you use a distortion plus to get the distortion they can work, their clean sound is a little cristalline but not too bad.

For passive,I would NOT recommend the JB,it's nasty with a nasal sound, I prefer the Custom Custom and an Alnico 2 pro or pearly gates. The Dimarzio TZ/AN works well on one of my guitars if you like a relatively dark sound.

[phragle]

If you want to switch to passive pickups, you will need not just new pots, but also a monaural (mono) output jack. Active pickups like EMGs use a stereo output jack to engage the battery/circuit when a patch cable is plugged into the guitar and disengage the battery when unplugged.

His jack is fine, he just doesnt hook up the extra circuit

[groverj3]

That's a standard SL2H in trans red and the previous owner swapped pickups. Not too much mystery to it.

Sweet guitar! I got my trans blue at about the same time that was built (seems like 2006 from the serial) and wanted a trans red. I couldn't find one, and no dealer I talked to said it could be had unless I went through the custom shop? Strange, but that looks to be a totally normal SL2H in every respect aside from a color which seemingly is rare.