After selling my Mesa, I found myself too close to
Coda in Stevenage to not go. I hate that shop. No, actually I love that shop - it's just that I don't think I've ever been in there & come out empty handed :roll: I was determined that today would be different.
It started well. They've moved all the Taylors to the Luton branch, the PRSes were tucked away at the back somewhere (& nothing inspiring that I could see), they have an impressive stock of Les Pauls (but the 3 I have already are more than enough), nothing interesting secondhand, the amp stock nothing to write home about etc.
Then I saw it - a black
Jackson SL3. It spoke to me. I answered & before I realised what I was doing, words had come out of my mouth & one of the staff was handing it to me.
Once I had my hands on that wonderful Jackson neck, it was going to be an uphill struggle. When they "happened" to have a secondhand Jackson case that they'd throw in for free (the jap Jacksons inexplicably don't come with cases) + 2 packs of strings & £20 off the display price, it was a done deal :) :roll:
It's a lovely player - great Jackson neck profile, OFR, fast feel, good frets, spotless finish (well, once I polished off the grubby fingermarks), nice weight etc. Apart from a rosewood fretboard & no neck binding it's basically the same spec as a US SL1 (& a good 90% there on build quality)
Pics will follow once I've BKP'd it, as will clips... :)
