NGD: ALWAYS stop at the pawn shop

[widefault]

There's a reason I hit the pawn shops at least once a week. This came home with me today

2004 Jackson Soloist SLSMG, made in Japan. Originally would have had EMGs, currenly has a pair of Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demons

Also has had the tuners upgraded to locking Sperzels

The cost of the pickups alone is more than I paid for the whole guitar, which also came with one of those hard-foam Gator cases. So far, plays great and sounds great, but needs a cleanup and probably new strings/setup. Then I need to decide if I'm keeping it or not.

 

[Dismalhead]

Nice. Love the red. I was looking on Reverb at shredder stuff like that the other day, except I want a two point trem rather than a fixed bridge.

Congrats!

 

[Hodgo88]

Gorgeous color and construction on that one! Amazing the pawn shop had it priced so low.

 

[Old Plank]

Cool! Congrats!

 

[Ronzo]

Beautiful instrument. Congratulations. Play it hard!

 

[mexicanyella]

I dig that it’s a hardtail. Looks like a pretty versatile instrument for those who can hang with semi-shred aesthetics.

I have a cousin’s Ibanez EX3700 here and wish so much that it was a hardtail like that. It’s pretty great, ergonomically, but I’m not a dive bomber and I dislike having to factor in trem spring action into how hard I push the bends. If it were mine I’d block it. I might anyway. But a hardtail would be cooler and more minimalist.

 

[gimmeatele]

Nice find.

 

[Dana Rudd]

Congrats on your find. Enjoy and HNGD.

 

[TX_Slinger]

Yep, I scored a high end Korean guitar, Schecter Hellraiser Extreme FR in exceptional condition (scratches on pickup covers, otherwise mint) for $225 with generic HSC from a pawnshop a couple years ago bc some moron at the store misidentified it as an Omen series. It was MSRP originally of $1149 w/o case, stainless frets, covered EMG's, FR1000...I made a little flipping that after playing it a couple years.

 

[Ricky D.]

Score! WTG

 

[P Thought]

Wear it out!

 

[1stpitch]

HNGD!

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Play it like you stole it! And you practically did ...

 

[brookdalebill]

Groovy!

 

[bgmacaw]

The cost of the pickups alone is more than I paid for the whole guitar, which also came with one of those hard-foam Gator cases.

That's really good. The pawn shops I've been to around here treat even the cheapest guitars like holy relics and add 20% or more over the highest EBay/Reverb sale price (not sold price) they find.