thearabianmage
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A friend and I were hanging out today, for one of the last times before I move off to London and he goes to Eastern Europe. We have this big thing with jamming on keyboards for hours and we had this idea to go into this pretty poor excuse for a music shop in a town called Weston-Super-Mare, and we had the intention of jamming until we got kicked out, just because we're leaving soon.
So we walk in, and I figure I'll take a quick peek at their stock. Usually only Godins, Yamahas, and a couple no-name guitars. . . And sitting there was a second-hand Jackson RR3 in black for £139. These go for about £380 over here! It has 22 jumbo frets, rosewood fingerboard, alder body, FR tremolo, 2 Duncan Designed hb's, one volume, two mini-toggles for coil-shunts, and a 3-way toggle.
So I played it and generally perved over it for nearly an hour before buying it. I didn't even touch a keyboard the whole time.
I figure I can drill another hole and get a tone in there, as well as relocating the poorly-placed input jack to the front of the guitar and maybe adding in a kill-switch, replace the bridge pup with an old SD I got lying around, and then give it its setup and it'll be a pretty kickin' guitar.
I know pointy guitars aren't very popular here, but it's a Randy Rhoads model, and he is one of my favorite guitarists. I've had my eye on this bad-boy for a while, and now I finally have it!
:rockon:
Anyone else suddenly bitten by GAS recently? Feel free to share.
Joe
So we walk in, and I figure I'll take a quick peek at their stock. Usually only Godins, Yamahas, and a couple no-name guitars. . . And sitting there was a second-hand Jackson RR3 in black for £139. These go for about £380 over here! It has 22 jumbo frets, rosewood fingerboard, alder body, FR tremolo, 2 Duncan Designed hb's, one volume, two mini-toggles for coil-shunts, and a 3-way toggle.
So I played it and generally perved over it for nearly an hour before buying it. I didn't even touch a keyboard the whole time.
I figure I can drill another hole and get a tone in there, as well as relocating the poorly-placed input jack to the front of the guitar and maybe adding in a kill-switch, replace the bridge pup with an old SD I got lying around, and then give it its setup and it'll be a pretty kickin' guitar.
I know pointy guitars aren't very popular here, but it's a Randy Rhoads model, and he is one of my favorite guitarists. I've had my eye on this bad-boy for a while, and now I finally have it!
:rockon:
Anyone else suddenly bitten by GAS recently? Feel free to share.
Joe
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