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David Ellefson Jackson bass
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I am not usually into pointy headstock basses, but the silver Jackson 5er he is using on the cover of the recent Bass Player mag looks amazing!
I am not usually into pointy headstock basses, but the silver Jackson 5er he is using on the cover of the recent Bass Player mag looks amazing!
They're all custom shop. in other words: REALLY EXPENSIVE. But like another guy said, they'll probably have a production model soon.
ya what they all said.. customshop only at the moment and 5grand and a l.o.n.g. wait.
the only production bass would be a concert LX or a Concert-V from the 90's like he had in the past.
the thing is really no more than a jackson CMG, with a different neck spec for him.
( some of us here own those old 5stringers with sharknecks
)
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the only production bass would be a concert LX or a Concert-V from the 90's like he had in the past.
the thing is really no more than a jackson CMG, with a different neck spec for him.
( some of us here own those old 5stringers with sharknecks
).
i'd kill to get my hands on this one:
http://www.megadeth.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=7700
i prefer the PJ ones from the 90's, like the one in amimbari's picture, but the new ones look pretty sick too!
i always thought the concert v's were neck-through's. yours appears to be a bolt-on, am i right?
http://www.megadeth.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=7700
i prefer the PJ ones from the 90's, like the one in amimbari's picture, but the new ones look pretty sick too!
i always thought the concert v's were neck-through's. yours appears to be a bolt-on, am i right?
correct devils138 - bolt on. only neck thrus back then were customshops and leftover charvel 3b's
I have a friend that has a 90s concert V. It really, really plays like dream. Really the only Jackson bass I've liked, lol.
Randy
Randy
the narrow neck won't get you 18-19mm spacing, but I never really notice the difference with my standard fingerplaying or a pick. I will say between the 2 in my pic, the Eliminator with Barden pickups sounds completely different not better or worse, just different...but naturally it is different wood...etc. so I expect that.
the NAMM show may have a production 4/5string b.o. or n.t. Concert or (insert name here ) bass to be produced for Jackson in 2011/2012 to please the fans....but who knows at this point.
the NAMM show may have a production 4/5string b.o. or n.t. Concert or (insert name here ) bass to be produced for Jackson in 2011/2012 to please the fans....but who knows at this point.
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ya what they all said.. customshop only at the moment and 5grand and a l.o.n.g. wait.
the only production bass would be a concert LX or a Concert-V from the 90's like he had in the past.
the thing is really no more than a jackson CMG, with a different neck spec for him.
( some of us here own those old 5stringers with sharknecks
.
I had that same 5 string, but in a metallic dark grey.
Great bass!
here's a couple 4string versions of the Ellefson from the day. This is a late 80 something Concert usa neckthru:
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That's just not going to work.
People here won't be satistied til there's a Chinese model @ $129.00.
If they made a mid-level import with the MIJ quality of back in the day, I'm sure they could sell a CMG or equivalent p/j version again for under a grand.That's just not going to work.
now now KBF, you don't play the headstock, ya just gotta look at it every now and then. They made some fantastic sounding and butt-ugly looking basses for a few years.All the gumby Jacky's can Get out
I guess if Jackson DOES come back out with the Concert-pointy in a few different config levels, I can't see a reason it would NOT sell and be popular since people are looking for NEW, not just used.
^ This
Seriously, I want a pointy headstock 5 string Jackson
They're hard as hell to find, 1 pops up on ebay every couple of months, but that's it
Seriously, I want a pointy headstock 5 string Jackson
They're hard as hell to find, 1 pops up on ebay every couple of months, but that's it
unfortunately your right, they are not available too often and you'd expect to pay close to 1/2 a grand for one....
and you won't find 100 of them on ebay weekly because they just didn't make enough of them.
Ellefson's use of them for the small amount of time had Jackson thinking everyone was gonna run out and buy one like a FleaBass, but they forgot one thing....When you overprice a item out of the easy reach of the masses, you won't sell any. Well in our world in the 90's pointy anything from the 80's was being snubbed as tacky/old/cliche/80's/hairband wannabees..<<oh the lost goes on.
my point was the masses said a grand for a a Jackson was just too high for the 20 somethings to emulate their favorite bass-god who used a pointy whatever.
this is all my opinion naturally from my musical experiences thru the years with jacksons and my research and ownership of many.
p.s. and oh, the Metrodome's roof collapsed this morning if you havent watched the news and they are trying to figure out how to get all the snow off so the pressure will inflate it for MNF
i'd love to get one too, man. if they started making them again with the PJ style pickups, like the one in amimbari's pic, id buy one in a heartbeat.
Well I emailed Jackson and told them they should consider making basses with the pointy headstocks again, because they look better than their current basses. I said 4 and 5 string variants.....and they should also consider making an Ellefson signature.
We'll see if they reply.
We'll see if they reply.
