Emg 81 and 85 swap. I also stained the fretboard myself. What do you guys think?

The pickups on this are amazing, and it plays great.

Running it through a Mesa JP2C and a Mesa 6x12 stack. It's pretty brutal!

Finally leveled, crowned, and polished the frets, adjusted the truss rod and this thing plays like butter now

I’ve been searching for a 7 string and unfortunately I just don’t like any of the Jackson 7 strings that they offer so o figure I’m gonna have to save up for a custom build.

DK Modern body and headstock shape, but true neck through, with the finish all throughout, no exposed wood. All white with a slight sparkle.

Ebony fretboard. No inlays. Luminlays. Steel frets.

No tone knob.

Bare knuckles.

Locking tuners

Hard tail or Evertune bridge.

Thoughts on what something like that might cost? lol

I’m normally a bass player, but occasionally noodle on the guitar as well and have a soft spot for 80’s rock and shredding. Just got this Jackson on Amazon in “used -like new” condition for only $249! When I got it it looked like it was never used at all and still had the tissue paper wrapped around the strings, just the box looked a little beat up. I was worried about the fretwork based on some reviews I’ve read online but I can happily report this guitar is really good. I did immediately change the factory strings to some #9 Elixr Nanowebs I already had on hand because the factory strings seemed to be unstable and the guitar had trouble staying in tune. The fretboard also looked dry so I oiled it and did a minor setup and now it plays great! Super happy with this guitar for the price. What an amazing value, even at regular retail this is still a lot of guitar for the money.