I’d love to do the back of the neck a satin black. Not really stain, as I don’t need to see the grain. Can it be done? I’ve searched and haven’t found any type of paint or stain to achieve this. It seems everyone tapes the back off. Even from the factory I don’t know why they leave a dark fretboard and super light neck? Any advice? I didn’t even see products on stew Mac to achieve this… thanks!

There's nothing wrong with the ink. StewMac sells this exact product specifically for ebonizing fretboards. If anything is coming off you either didn't leave it to dry long enough (unlikely) or didn't burnish it properly to ensure all of the ink that was just hanging out on the surface had come off. It happens. You really need to wail on it to get it cleaned up properly.

Thanks Mike! Best Jackson V review on KZbin. I just did a similar review of the Epiphone Prophecy V. Check out my channel. See what you think.

I’ve thought about buy pickups from them. Thank goodness I’m gonna stick with guitarheads megametal pickups 😮

A sharp fretboard scraping blade might have worked the areas where the sandpaper did not reach.

Is there much diference with js32T?

my older brother couldn't play without tons of gain. He once got caught with only a fender amp and his Ibenez Gem.....He couldn't play a thing?? people just sat there looking at him (and they heard he was great)--- it was super funny

one take away from this vid is that the Jackson pickups,. which u can buy used for 20usd sound just as good as 'premium semour duncan... expencive pickups are a scam. ive bought just cheep no name pickups from chinaand they sound totally fine, there is no reason to pay more than 30usd for a pickup, there is no sound quality improvement

Would this tip work on a king v tho?

What is a JSX 94 ? a JS or an X ?

A Jackson with a neck through joint and comes stock with EMG 85/81s for $800.00!!!! It's a no-brainer for any rock guitar player to have this in their arsenal!!!

8:11 this guy loves black Jacksons 🤣

Just what I was looking for .specifically a case for the rhoads.

With Gotoh, you’re locked in. They use different bushings for the post inserts. Also the routing is slightly different: with the Floyd rose special, the specs are identical meaning you can buy the original Floyd rose when you get the scratch and it’s just drop in. I mean gotoh isn’t bad to be locked in to… but Floyd rose just has more aftermarket parts 😂. I like to keep my stuff stock though.

I have a warrior from the 90’s. It’s my favorite guitar.

What about tones? Alder vs mahogany and emg vs sd?

You recommend the Duncan TB4JB (for Bridge) what about neck pup? My application is actually Classic Rock ; Zep, Scorpions, UFO, Boston, those types of bands.

I think I like the natural Laurel best. Thanx

If the tuning is all flat around the same area adjust the springs claw to bring the tuning back and it'll hold.

Awesome , i love it I have exactly the same type of guitar build by ESP Japan Im sorry but im a ESP Japan Custom player since 1989 🤘🏼Cheers

I dont understnd the chinese guitar hype, their garbage

thanks for the test, i got a project that this helps tremendously with

is there a way to black out the frets too? I have a jackson js32 king v and want to black out the fretboard.

Put a mic in front of it, run it through the mains and monitors. You don’t need a huge stack. Many major label metal bands tour now with kempers etc with no cabs on stage at all. Meshuggah, Trivium, The Halo Effect etc

For nearly a decade, my main guitar was a PS4. I recently decided to throw it back together. I can't wait to play it again, especially after installing some Invaders.

Tudo certo os dois capitadore good

I just actually put Dragonfire Crusaders in two of my guitars. The Crusader is copy of the Seymour Duncan Invader that costs less than half what the Invader costs. I built my own Tom DeLonge Strat by taking my old Strat and installing a white Crusader (for aesthetic purposes since it looked better with my Strat) and, honestly, I think it sounds every bit as good as a Seymour Duncan. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dragonfires to looone looking to upgrade the pickups in one of their guitars.

I bought this exact guitar and it's great aside from a few minor finish blemishes. The neck is thin, comfortable and smooth, fretboard is nice and dark, looks like ebony (unlike the vomitwood they put on the X series). Frets could use a polish and the ends are just a tad sharp, but well leveled and perfectly playable. The body is smaller than I expected (I'm yuuge tho), it's very light and resonant. The posture and level of comfort when sitting is about the same as any Strat shaped guitar. When standing, the upper strap button position causes the strap to awkwardly chafe against the tip of the horn, it's a discomfort, but fairly easily fixable I imagine. Stock licensed Floyd is alright, keeps tuning well, not great at flutters and divebombs. I bought a Schaller Lockmeister and a fat block, which might be a bit overkill but whatever. I also bought some locking tuners because I hate winding strings. The stock pickups are great actually, very high output, they sound quite similar to the SD Black Winter in my other guitar. However, they have one major issue - they are half white which cheapens the overall look and I don't like it, so I ordered some Aliexpress rail pickups to replace them (I'm not buying big brand pickups anymore, prices have gone ridiculous over the past 2 years and it's not worth it for a marginal at best improvement in sound.) When the pickups arrive, I'm taking it to a tech to install all the upgrade parts, give the frets some love and set it up in C standard with 11-56, it's gonna be killer. I may feel a bit of buyer remorse for not getting the white one, otherwise it's a great guitar and I like it much more than the RRX24 it replaced, that thing was a torture to play sitting.

All those issues with a Concept Series is not cool! I know this video is 2 years old but I want to share a similar experience I had with QC issues I had on a Pro Series King V I ordered from Sweetwater last month. There was a ton smudges and strange spots all over the guitar. I had the same issue with the "ebony" fretboard - just didn't look like ebony to me. I hate feeling picky too, and I ended up sending it back. I found an older model KVXMG that GC was selling used and for whatever reason these older Jackson models from the last decade just seem like better guitars than the Pro Series Indonesian ones being produced in this decade. I dunno. I wonder what the reason is?

Will a floyd rose original drop in with no mods?

THX for the review. Won't buy it. As a satisfied owner of two WRMG and one WRXMG i will go with the KVXMG.

Worked for me thanks. Just had to bore out the button to a little over 3/16"

Wow. I bought a pair of cream colored Dragonfire "neck&middle" Strat pickups,along with a Dragonfire "Screamer" bridge in the "double cream" bobbins(before LDM,put out the "cease&desist" patent on them.) That was about 12yrs ago. They still sound beautiful,like the day i installed them. I took a chance in buying them,cause i was going to install Guitar Fetish pickups in her. I still have the maple Strat,with the black "SSH" pickguard,along with the Dragonfire pickups. I dont know if they were winding their own or re-branding them(back then,)but i was completely satisfied with them. Sorry to hear about your "dismay" with Dragonfire. Sounds like alot of things has changed with the brand.

B on the first test. D on the second. Now the ultimate????

Well don't buy Fishman Fluence, because they don't except returns at all!

Thanks for the tip, man! 🤘🤘🤘

Hi Mike, does the guitar have neck dive? Standing!

I listened carefully with my DT770 Pros on high volume and still couldn't hear any difference, maybe the Fleor has a tiny bit more treble

Honestly. All trems are trash.

I’m going to try this on my V. Thanks!

Excellent. I need to do this to all of my black guitars with rosewood boards. I want to try the "jet black" Varathane.

I had the same problem with the screws. Just use the screws from the floyd. They are shorter but do fit perfectly.

Tone is in the guitar cables (jk) I honestly couldn’t tell the difference which either means KZbin compression ruins any comparison or the Fleors are really just that good.

The problem I had with the Special was the threads stripping in the blocks, and that is due to having originals on must of my other guitars and you can sinch the hell out of them, and have never had one strip. Functionally the special works fine though.

No. They did not say that they thought it was worthy of a return. They said if they thought it was worthy of a return, they might choose to give you a refund or credit.. If they choose to do so. But you actually installed it and used it, which violates the return policy, which is how it was designed. Because as you said, what good is it if it doesn't protect you from faulty equipment?....their loophole (escape clause)

Hey there my fellow Jackson Guitars Bretheren!! Just actually discovered your channel through another favorite of mine!!! Saw you actually Reviewing THE EXACT Jackson Model I've been actually...best way to put it, is lusting over the damn thing 😆😂😆😂 which is the JS32 Warrior WITH or WITHOUT THE TREMOLO!!! Without the Tremolo I'd have to get it in Natural/Wood Finish, WITH THE TREM, would have to be Black or Red 🤘🏻😈🤘🏻 Definitely want to rebuy a Kelly too, that was my first ever real guitar 🎸 back in 2000 was a '96 Japanese Jackson KE3 Kelly Professional w/ a floyd an custom case.

yeah i really don't expect a 350$ guitar to be perfect.

What model is that guitar hanging between your head and the warrior?

sell the Duncans

I had a js32 king V. I did a Vid for it which is on my channel, but I absolutely adored that guitar. Hit a hard spot and had to sell it tho, but it was an amazing guitar for the price. Ordered the Warrior today and I gotta say I’m quite stoked about it. The pickups are good, the over all quality of the js32 range is good. I’ve got a JS32 8 string that I painted and it’s my main guitar for my band. I love the JS stuff.