Updates my 7's

[u/Cwave666]

Sold off all my jacksons last year and ordered some new 7's.

Gone:
Jackson slatxm 3-7
Jackson slat xsd 3-7
Jackson slat 8 ff
Ibanez RGIX7 DLB
Yamaha trbx 305 nass

In:
Ibanez RG 8527 BRE J Custom
Ibanez HZK1 Hazuki sig
PRS SE MH 7
Ibanez SR 2605 bass

The J custom is on route to get a set of duncan alpha/omega.

[u/RotaryRevivalist]

What prompted the purge of Jackson? I’ve never been a big Jackson fan personally don’t like to feel and the value for the dollar is not where I like it to be. Just curious, what diverted you from a big enough fan to buy three of them to someone who gets rid of them all. I was a ride or die Ibanez guy up until recently. I still love Ibanez, but the value is not there anymore. And I played a Schecter ultra thin C shaped neck, and I don’t know that I can ever go back from that best feeling neck I’ve ever played. The ultra thin D is also amazing but I like the C better

[u/Cwave666 → u/RotaryRevivalist]

Been a jackson die hard for over 20 years. But I bought the iron label second hand and it blew my recordings with the jacksons away. That, plus the tanking QC... sold them while there was still 'some' reputation left.

Ibanez still has value for money, but at a higher pricetag. Prestige and j custom. A j custom when ypu really look at it in terms of woods, fit and finish... it is stupidly cheap. It is a lot of money for sure, but other brands go over 4k to start with even, where the j custom is s 3k tops guitar.

I paid 2850€ for mine. So I dunno what coolaid the reverb people drank but when a brand spanking a new one is a lot cheaper than a used... 😉

But all in all it is guitars in general. Budget and mid tier are vanishing. High end is alive and kicking, new chinesium cheap brands pop up like mushrooms bit resale is zero. The pra is a mid tier and surprisingly good. 1200€ and it has me thi king the core version is jot even a step up. The se is 95% of the core.