Members 17 Tubes Posted October 27, 2009 Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 Amen to blocking the trem. I just had mine unblocked last week and now remember why I did it in the first place. Because it's not adjusted correctly? Bad technique? Oh...and agreed THIS jackson...looks GREAT! You could use this for funk, disco, metal, 38 special....anything. Nice guitar dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted October 27, 2009 Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 Uh? When did Jackson go to {censored}? They've always raped ass, as far as I know. when fender bought them, not really to {censored}..but not as good as they were, some feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stompboxfreak72 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 Because it's not adjusted correctly? Bad technique? Oh...and agreed THIS jackson...looks GREAT! You could use this for funk, disco, metal, 38 special....anything. Nice guitar dude. With the trem I just never seem to use it much. that being said I have taken the Dinky to Hendrix/Vai whammy town this evening. I do a lot of drop D stuff and was told that a d-tuna won't fit on the dinky---- that may not be correct but I never looked further into it. If I could get a d-tuna on a dinky I would not block the trem. If anyone has any insight into this I'd appreciate it.This Dinky was my first real guitar in 93. I was a broke college student. This guitar was my ONLY guitar for 8 years so playing it is like going home. I now own LPs, PRS, EVH, etc . In the end I have realized that I play my best on this guitar. I love an LP but it's not the first choice for shredding and I am an honest to god child of shred no matter how I have tried to deny it or get away from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LA-Ü-RA Posted October 27, 2009 Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 With the trem I just never seem to use it much. that being said I have taken the Dinky to Hendrix/Vai whammy town this evening. I do a lot of drop D stuff and was told that a d-tuna won't fit on the dinky---- that may not be correct but I never looked further into it. If I could get a d-tuna on a dinky I would not block the trem. If anyone has any insight into this I'd appreciate it.This Dinky was my first real guitar in 93. I was a broke college student. This guitar was my ONLY guitar for 8 years so playing it is like going home. I now own LPs, PRS, EVH, etc . In the end I have realized that I play my best on this guitar. I love an LP but it's not the first choice for shredding and I am an honest to god child of shred no matter how I have tried to deny it or get away from it. If it has a recessed floyd you may have to route the top of the guitar to make it work (which I would not do). I had one on that white dinky and I took it off. We do some drop d stuff too and if you set it up right, you can change the tuning on that string with just the fine tuner for standard or drop D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stompboxfreak72 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 when fender bought them, not really to {censored}..but not as good as they were, some feel. Ok... I was maybe a little over the top here. I did return a Jackson because of numerous problems the guitar had about 8 years ago. It was a popular opinion at that time that Jackson had taken a turn for the worse and I am showing my old age buy bringing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M-III Posted October 27, 2009 Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 Dude, I've got a more "dated looking" guitar than your old Jackson and to top it off, it's a Gibson superstrat! The M-III may not be much to look at for some people, but it plays like absolute butter and I could pull off blues, jazz, country, rock and metal all off this one guitar thanks to it's electronics! I say EFF what anyone else thinks of it's looks, if you like how it plays and it does what you need, screw what anyone else thinks! They aren't the one playing it AMIRITE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 17 Tubes Posted October 27, 2009 Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 With the trem I just never seem to use it much. that being said I have taken the Dinky to Hendrix/Vai whammy town this evening. I love dive bombs...but to be honest....most of my trem effects are like Alex Lifeson (i.e. Force Ten from Hold Your Fire), Simple Minds or David Gilmour. This understated technique is very effective when using long cleanish chords (or even single notes too) and delays, and for me...very important to not have the trem blocked as you progress through the vibrato. If you just do big dive bombs like Van Halen...then yeah...I guess blocking is okay. I've been using floating trems for 25 years...mostly Floyds, and there's a huge difference in say an OFR and some of the Ibanez/ESP/etc systems. OFR ALWAYS stays in tune provided it has a good initial setup. The Wilkinson (with locking tuners) works great too. Not quite as much "flutter" or up room..but maybe some prefer that anyway. And NO LOCKING NUT! (PS...my dnky had a Jackson/Schaller/Floyd and it was superb. But I think it was made by the same folks/factory that made the OFR. it was carbon copy of the OFR on my 80's Hamer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalman X Posted October 27, 2009 Members Share Posted October 27, 2009 I got two Jacksons....love'em both! I say screw any nay-sayers. Only matters if YOU, the player, likes how it looks really. That said....my mindset is, if your gonna play a Jackson, or any kinda metal oriented guitar....you might as well go all the way with it....which is why I won these. BEHOLD!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stompboxfreak72 Posted October 29, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2009 My Jackson is a Dinky XL Professional from 1992 or 93 that was made in Japan. I think I will have to pursue a USA model soloist or Dinky to compare with the quality of the one I have. Any thoughts on the SL1, SL2 or Dinky line ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members david voss Posted August 24, 2010 Members Share Posted August 24, 2010 Newby to the world of locking trems. Can you good folk answer a couple of questions please? What's blocking the trem mean. Sounds like whatever it is the trem what be usable, if so why not buy a hardtail? Also, is a locking trem absolutely necessarry? Been look at the music man / ernie ball john petrucci models, now he's one mean player, and no locking trem! Cheers folks. Any lefties out there please comment on your axes of choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TornadoOfSouls Posted August 24, 2010 Members Share Posted August 24, 2010 Because Jackson doesn't offer many guitars with a hard tail bridge. Weird thread to bump to ask that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inazone Posted August 24, 2010 Members Share Posted August 24, 2010 Not that much of a stretch . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stompboxfreak72 Posted August 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2010 Wow... brought this baby back from the dead. I did ultimately have the trem blocked ( I can still depress the bar...just cannot pull up on it) and installed a d-tuna. This guitar has been at every gig I have played this year. Ended up buying a Charvel instead of a USA jackson. I wants more of teh Charvels now too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BenoA Posted August 24, 2010 Members Share Posted August 24, 2010 My bandmates make fun of the guitar every time I play it and keep telling me to retire it but damn I love this guitar. Maybe I should not be so concerned about the appearance.Man, if my bandmates would say anything about my gear... Either I would tell them to [censored word] or change them! C'mon, how can your bandmates influence you that much? Have more confidence in yourself and just rock on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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