After about 4 or 5 months of waiting for my next Jackson it has finally arrived. Let's go over the specs, for those who don't know:

I named this guitar "Goldilocks" Get it?

Body Wood: Alder
Fretboard: Ebony
Frets: 24 Extra Jumbo
Inlays: Pearl Shakfins
Pickup: EMG HZ
Electronics: EMG PA-2
Controls: Volume, EMG PA-2 On/Off switch
Bridge: Schaller S-FRT-II
Neck Joint: Neck-through
Neck Material: Maple

Pre-review story:

So on the day I expected it to arrive, I was anxiously waiting for the last bell of school to ring the moment I set foot outside of my house that morning. I sit through all of my classes with only one thing in my mind: My new Jackson, and the sight of me arriving from a long, tormenting day at school and me walking into my room while a large rectangular cartboard box lies on my bed. The bell rings, I break out of my daydream and get in the car and wait for us to arrive home. Once we've arrived, I rush out of the car and I head to my room and I swing open the door...then on the bed I see......nothing....I look in my closet and under the bed to see if my parents had put the box somewhere else, my search resulted with nothing but an angry grunt. I immediately get on the computer and punch in the tracking code into the Japanese website, but before I could finish my dad walks in and says, "look what the mailman dropped off" I look over to him and then I see....a missed delivery slip....he said "he probably dropped it off while I went to go pick you up at school." Fustrated I argue with my dad, trying to convince him to take me to the post office to go pick up my guitar, he disagrees and he says that I will have to wait until tomorrow, disgusted I tell him that I and sure as fuck not waiting another day, so then he says, lets get in the car and look for the mailman, he might be around the area, with a thought of hope I agree with him. So we get in the car and scout the area for a mail delivery van, we drive down the steet into the next block, then around that block, so far it's not looking too good, then after we cross a street and begin another block I look to the side and I see the van, I yell to my dad to stop and go back then we drive up to the mail man in the van, I go up to him and show him the slip, and I say in a calm, yet suggestive voice "Do you have this package?" He looks at the slip for a couple of seconds and then says....."Yep, sure do, it's a big box though" Inside I can hear myself cheering at the comment the man had just spoken, he opens the back of the van and there it was, the box that has been in my mind for the past couple of months, the box which inside, held the very axe of my dreams. All the way home I had a big grin on my face, I get out of the car and take the box inside of my room, I open it and there it was...
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I immediately pick it up and start playing it, I thought it was a dream, I felt as if though any second I would wake up and it would still be the day I first placed the order.

The neck is very slick and smooth, a bit thicker than on my dxmg but very fast none the less. The fretboard amazed me, it's very dark and very, very smooth, the inlays look very rich and pearly.
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The neck joint felt as if though it was sanded down to fit my exact palm.
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The bridge is very reliable, very easy to manage and sounds very wah-ish, very solid in terms of tuning and stability.
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The tone...well as I already had EMGS in my DXMG and this guitar is the same body material I already knew what to expect in terms of the tone department, I got that EMG tone that I loved from my EMG-81 with only a very small, almost un-noticable less bite to it. This can easily be solved when I decide to install an active EMG-81, so I'm not really worried and in a rush to change out the pickup, the EMG PA-2, at first I was a bit confused to what this was, was it a volume booster? Not really, it's more of a gain "injection" I don't really use it much as I already have my tone configured to the pickup, so I don't need extra gain and what not, but it's very neat to play with anyway, one of these days I'll go back and tweak it a little.
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Overall I think this guitar was a very good deal and I love it to death. I can't wait to go over to my friends house and jam out, it's going to be great. As a conclusion I leave you a family shot, I'd ike to thank Ikebe-Gakki for supplying me with this axe and for having so many fucking GAS-Inducing guitars. Thank you for taking the time to read this review, if you have any questions, comments, complaints, or anything else on your mind please feel free to post, So as promised, a Jackson family shot:
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Congrats, it felt like that, when I got my KV. I went to school thinking about nothing but my guitar coming in. However when I got home, the mailman had just left about 10 minutes earlier , so I had to go all the way to the fucking post office and wait for like 20 minutes for them to get it for me. How much was t3h total?

Niiiiiiiiiiice

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Very, very nice dude!

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Thanks guys, Grand total was just under $1,400.

Very nice! It looks like it was a good day for Jackson guitars for me too! Check my GAS thread, bought a used DXMG with a OFR, is that strat in your pic also a DXMG?!

Unfortunately that axe has a EMG-HZ(as well as my DXMG), but your can be easily remedied with an EMG 81.

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That is a STUNNING Guitar

Congratulations man

Its nice dude, now rip out that HZ!

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Yes that dinky in the pic is indeed a DXMG, it's modded with EMG 81 and 85. I am going to take that HZ off soon but I don't know if the PA is compatible with an active pickup, but the good thing is it already has a battery compartment slot in the back so if I do upgrade I wont be having a loose battery inside the control since the PA switch will be a dud.

beautiful lookin' guitar

rad guitar I wish I had 1,400 laying around to buy a custom guitar...shit.

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His isn't custom though...

Yeah it's not custom hehe.

Thats fuckin SEXY

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still wish i had 1400 laying around to buy a good guitar lol...what i was getting at was a good guitar

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What made you decide on this guitar in a world of choice???

That's one kickass guitar! I'd really like to have one like that, but with all black hardware. The price youz paid is a little less than the Ran with same specs. Where did you buy it? Did you have to wait for it to be finished or they have them in stock? Does it neck-dive when playing like the MIJ Jacksons RR?

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You have nice guitars man congratulations.

Thanks guys.

This guitar has everything I need, aside from a EMG 81 but that's on it's way to me now, and it has nothing I don't need (neck pickup, extra knobs, etc..) and it's a badass RR.

No, it has no neck dive at all, I can strap it on and lift both of my hands completely off of it and it will stay in exactly the same position.

Yours has a Khaler right?

Topic:Congrats on the RR!

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I fucking love that guitar....

Never heard of Jackson 'Stars' though, whats that all about?

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No, but it has a Kahler.....haha j/k, yeah it does, Mustaine style.

the PA works with actives... i use it with an 81/85 in my BCR... and i only need 1 battery so its allll good.

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Really? Wow that's great, you mean I can use that one same battery for both the PA and the 81? I was informed by someone that the PA wasn't compatible with active pickups, and do you think once I get the 81 I can just use the EMG quik connect from the HZ to hook up the 81?

Well you were being kind of a dick to your dad but


Congrats! looks fucking nice. I'm thinking of downsizing my guitar collection to 1 strat, 1 LP, 1 rhoads, 1 V, and 1 superstart/soloist, and the DXMG is what i'm looking at....

Although you could've gotten an RR1 used for $1000, but brand new i dont think so. Plus I think yours looks cooler.

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Not really, I treat my dad with respect, think of it this way, say a friend comes over and tells you he saw your girl making out with another guy, you don't get mad at your friend, you get mad at the situation...that's what happened to me.

Welcome to the 24 fret rhoads club..... although mine's a Kramer Slap an original floyd and a Duncan on that (I would) and you have a truly flawless guitar.

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dear, dear god. i am utterly envious

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i got all shakey looking at those pics. it looks VERY much like an oooold alexi model or something

whered you order it through?

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Pshhh Alexi, c'mon .

what?

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You know, I'm gonna have to buy one of those Jackson Stars and try it out. Japan can make some nice things including guitars. They are not price to much differently then Ran. Plus they make them with Kahler bridges and EMG My only question about them would be are they handmade or inspected for perfection at each stage? Japan is about making quality products but they also love to use CNC manufacturing.

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Oh, just joking cuz I knew someone was gonna bring up alexi.

SOUL: I they're factory made, but they're inspected and all that. There are some Jackson Stars on the Ikebbe website, that have been hand made by a USA Custom shop guy, they look really sweet.

It came with an inspection card with 8 check points:

Correct Spec
Overall Finish
Neck Condition
Frets Finish
Intonation
Bridge or Tremolo Adjust.
Pickups and Control
Total Playability

All checked with a pen and signed.


Transient - www.ikebe-gakki.com

And oh am I a Children of Bodom fan, probably the biggest CoB nut in the city. I'm looking to upload video covers of Hatebreeder, Bed of Razors, Warheart, Silent Night, Bodom Night and Towards Dead End in the mere future. Plus many more to come.

did you have to get that imported?

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go to www.yousendit.com. enter your email and upload them, once they're uploaded you'll get the link to the video to your email box. copy those links into the videos of metaltabbers thread.

edit: and use the new Jacksons Stars on videos!

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http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/goods_detail.php?g_id=45640

Finally found a link to guitar on the site. Is there anyway you can translate it to English? All I can see beside the pics is a lot of !!!????????ウウウ and similar.

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go to babelfish (search for it on google) and then enter the website there. make sure you choose japanese to english.

it will translate as much as it can, it normally does a good job

How the hell do I get one of those in the states, I've been searching the net for hours. I can't find anything, and hardly know any Japanese. I live in the same state as blind vomit so I know it is possible to get one here.

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oohhh man! congrats on that fine ass rhoads. I plan on getting one for myself sometime in the near future as well. again, congrats on the rad guitar!