A new dream

I’ve had and cherished my Jackson Fusion EX for almost 10 years now. In that time, it has been a trusty companion – even more so when I learned how to set the intonation and the bridge.

It’s survived moving three times. It’s been with me through good and bad times and even survived a fit of unprofessional attitude in which I threw it on the floor. It’s got a dent to mark that occasion but that only made it more characteristic and my own.

Unfortunately, something better has come along. I had been scouting for a guitar for over a year now, checking out the classifieds all over the internet. When I buy a guitar, I either want a very very good deal or be able to feel it before I buy it. I didn’t get any of the good deals and the ones I did get to feel were sub-standard – either badly maintained or just not worth the money.

But finally, I decided on a new axe. Granted, it’s the most expensive one I’ve ever owned but it’s certainly worth it. The baby is a Jackson Soloist SL1-CS. No-one is sure what the CS stands for. Officially, CS means “Custom Shop” but apart from the colour, there’s very little custom about it.

It’s got an original Floyd Rose which plays like a dream, perfect setup and it plays light as a feather. It’s made in the US (sadly, not in San Dimas) but the quality of this guitar has made me revise my thoughts on the Fender-owned Jackson.

I can’t wait to take this puppy to rehearsals and I surely can’t wait to get the puppy on stage!

My two Fusions won’t be abandoned or orphaned. They’re going for a serious look-over at a guitar-tech and they’ll come back as good as new. I’m even contemplating having the white Fusion taken care of. The idea would be to buy a Line6 Variax 300 (which is just the same, electronically, as the Line6 Variax whatever) and rip it and put all the electronics in the Jackson, making it a hybrid guitar – allowing me to have realistic acoustic sounds at my disposal during gigs or rehearsals. And I won’t have to switch guitars in between. How cool would that be?

This entry was posted on Monday, January 1st, 2007 at 23:01:00 and is filed under Gearhead. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.