avengers63 Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 NEW GUITAR DAY I was killing time, browsing through Facebook marketplace, when I came across this Jackson Performer Rhodes V. I looked up what they're going for on Reverb, offered the dude $200, and he bit. Realistically, since it came with a Charvell/Jackson molded case, it's a steal. The case alone should be $50-75 used. The camera is lightening up the color quite a bit. It's really a LOT darker than that... kinda blackish brown. We're calling it Root Beer. Anyway, the p/g has no screws in it, the pickups are crap, and it has the wrong trem (which is also pretty screwed up). I have a set of zebra DiMarzios I've had lying around for close to a decade, so they're going into it. A went on eBay and found a black Jackson F/R trem for $70 shipped. I then went on Amazon and bought some cream pickup rings and a cream p/g blank to make a new plate from, as well as a pair of 1M CTS pots. When it's done, prolly next weekend, I'll have a $300 investment that will play & sound like an ax 2x-3x the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Woozle Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 Reminds me of the Jackson Dinky I sold recently - bought in bits, missing its pots but with the original pickups and Floyd Rose so I reckoned that even if I couldn't rebuild it to something playable I could get back what I'd paid by selling the parts. As it was, it did come back to life and better than it would originally have been - the humbuckers were tappable but hadn't been, so two push-pull pots were fitted for coil tap and series-parallel switching. I was pleased with the result, and so was the buyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 The cream p/g blank, pup ring, pots, and Jackson F/R trem came in this week. I ordered a pair of rings, but the nitwit in China only charged/shipped one. Just as well as the color doesn't match the p/g blank. I'll just make a pair from the leftover blank. At least the color will match that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 10:41 PM, avengers63 said: The camera is lightening up the color quite a bit. It's really a LOT darker than that... kinda blackish brown Funny how that happens. I quite often spend a lot of time taking photos to get the results I want, trying different lighting and so forth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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