marnold
January 8th, 2009, 04:27 PM
OK, so here I was feeling relatively GAS-free. I walked into a shop in Green Bay that is a Jackson and Crate dealer to see if they had a Jackson DK2M (they did) and any Blackheart amphs (they didn't). I tried the DK2M which was pretty nice, except that the previous moron who tried to use it used the micro tuners to put it into drop-D.
What struck me was that they had a Jackson Randy Rhodes in ivory with black pin-stripes, gold hardware, and a tune-o-matic bridge, just like this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Jackson-Randy-Rhoads-RR3-SPECIAL-Guitar-IVORY_W0QQitemZ390019121527QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphot ohosting). I expected it to be > $1K, but I was wrong. It was $629. Apparently it is a limited-run Japanese-made RR3. Jackson only made 100 of them for their little mom-and-pop stores--i.e. no Guitar Centers.
The body is alder. The only difference from the RR3 series is that it has Duncan Designed Invader pickups instead of the JB/Jazz combo. Naturally, I had to play it. It needed a bit of a setup and a set of 10s, but beyond that it was pretty sweet. I did my best lame Randy Rhoads imitation as I barfed my way through Crazy Train. As I left, I said I wasn't sure if I was glad that I saw that or not.
All's I know is that if I win the raffle, one of my guitars might be in real danger of being mine no longer and put towards that one. I've a feeling that at that price it won't last too long.
What struck me was that they had a Jackson Randy Rhodes in ivory with black pin-stripes, gold hardware, and a tune-o-matic bridge, just like this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Jackson-Randy-Rhoads-RR3-SPECIAL-Guitar-IVORY_W0QQitemZ390019121527QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphot ohosting). I expected it to be > $1K, but I was wrong. It was $629. Apparently it is a limited-run Japanese-made RR3. Jackson only made 100 of them for their little mom-and-pop stores--i.e. no Guitar Centers.
The body is alder. The only difference from the RR3 series is that it has Duncan Designed Invader pickups instead of the JB/Jazz combo. Naturally, I had to play it. It needed a bit of a setup and a set of 10s, but beyond that it was pretty sweet. I did my best lame Randy Rhoads imitation as I barfed my way through Crazy Train. As I left, I said I wasn't sure if I was glad that I saw that or not.
All's I know is that if I win the raffle, one of my guitars might be in real danger of being mine no longer and put towards that one. I've a feeling that at that price it won't last too long.