Don,<br>What a steal!!!<br>I have the cheaper version of that guitar. I bought it at the same time as a BC Rich -no comparison! The Jackson is the best balanced guitar, not as heavy, very playable, and despite it's shape, is comfortable to play classical (surely by Randy's design!). Suffice to say I still have the Jackson and don't have the BC Rich.<br><br><b><i>donald edwards <donaledwards@hotmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> I can relate to your experience. Over 20 years ago I traded an old Peavey wood grain guitar plus $30 for a used "Eagle" Flying-V Gibson rip off. The intonation is way off so it would never tune right, it was impossible to not have unwanted feedback through the unshielded pick-ups or wiring and was just generallly a piece of
crap, still got it though for sentimental reasons. <br> <br> Years later I snagged a Jackson RR-1 Concorde with solid neck though body, shark tooth inlays, dual Seymore Duncan humbuckers and real American Floyd Rose tremolo at a pawn shop for a record $210 out the door (mind you, it was in a pawn shop in Vegas in the Crack district as a "Manager's Special" because no one who would ever venture in there would pay the original marked price of $899. New one's sell for $1500) <br> <br> Though it has a few chips and dings it was well worth the price and left cash to splurge on a signature hard case and leather Dimarzio clip lock strap. The difference in playing is night and day, no un-wanted feedback, action as smooth as silk, stays in tune for years and can handle a myriad of sounds from the crunchiest of Death Metal to smooth, fat Jazz or blues and on down the scale. Many musicians have made
sounds from this guitar that I never would have thought possible from a stereotypical "Metal God" guitar. My only wish is that it had the 7th string at the low end but I get by with tuning to D and then even Drop-C when it calls for some drastic CrunchNastiness.<br> <br> Don<br> <br> <br>Message: 3<br>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:33:38 -0700<br>From: Dave <tiedye@turbonet.com><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Tibetan Fight for Freedom<br>To: vision2020 <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Message-ID: <a href="mailto:47E3C742.1070901@turbonet.com">47E3C742.1070901@turbonet.com</a><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br> <br> The other day a bought a guitar from the pawn shop. It sounds bad, it's <br> action is horrible, it doesn't even look very good. In short it's a <br> piece of junk. The model name is "American Legacy", and yep, you <br> guessed it, it's made in China. The irony
was so extreme I just had to <br> have it.<br> <br> Dave<br><br><br><hr>Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. <a href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause" target="_new">Learn more.</a>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================</blockquote><br><BR><BR>Tom & Liz Ivie<p> 
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