He Waited 25 Years to Find This Guitar! | Trogly's Unboxing Guitars Vlog

[@Trog]

After reading the emails again - he was looking for the Jackson for 25 years! It is now safely in Australia in loving hands 🟢My Website: www.troglysguitarshow.com 🔴Reverb: reverb.com/shop/troglys?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/ 🎸New Guitar Day Program: troglysguitarshow.com/ngd/

[@hkguitar1984]

That Green BFG is in fantastic shape, very nice. Congrats

[@hkguitar1984]

To the Viewer/Player who sent Austin the Gift, Very Nice, the Snake Pit Theme is most certainly memorable.

[@KevinJStoll]

Could you please supply the ebay sight for the snake strap ? I have a dear friend I would like to get a custom strap for. Thank you, Kevin

[@filthymcnasty9509]

Was the Blue Jackson new It looked there was a flaw in the finish below the 3 switches ?

[@duanewelsh5611]

Awesome strap for the "fake pit". Very nice gift, you must have given him some good help.

[@jfnarmour]

Trogly in the house!

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Well done! You earned the Silver Medal for your efforts.

[@changestrangers]

Jfna in the house!

[@hkguitar1984]

@@changestrangers changestrangers is in the house Congrats Jfna Awesome to hand out the Silver, way to go Sarge

[@thenameless3271]

That snorlax edit made me smile, thank you!

[@star_phantom1658]

That Jackson reminds me of the late 80s Ibanez 540S series with the 3 toggle switches, fantastic guitars, am lucky enough to own an 87/88 version in sunset red with the 3 toggles and the weird beehive shape volume & tone tops, would love to see you get ahold of one (or a few) in the future to review

[@jackengels5077]

Hey Editor, that zoom on the Snorlax. Chef kiss

[@kc0lif]

that blue jackson with floyd rose is nice three pickup switches great idea.

[@The.Adam.D]

Yay!

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Oh my you made the podium by earning the Bronze Medal for the day.

[@galerae947]

I have never owned or played a guitar, but I enjoy the history, styles, colors, and collectable aspects of these guitars. Thanks for letting me ride along just for fun.

[@christopherweise438]

Gale Bray - I'm a drummer, and i'm here watching for the same reason. I'm fascinated by all this.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Gale Bray that's awesome! Welcome! 👍

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Another slow response by me. It is great to be here though.

[@derpi6250]

Always here xd

[@hkguitar1984]

Glad you made it here Sir.

[@orion681]

That's a Jackson SL3. Pre Fender design (with toggles for each individual pickup). Super cool guitar and the guy probably paid what a new Les Paul costs for that. The case is a throwback to the 80s cases and they call it the chainsaw case. These superstrat style guitars have come back into style a bit with all of the prog metal happening, and also in the wake of King Edward Van Halens's passing. Quite an amazing instrument and it plays just like butter. Neck isn't quite Ibanez thin, but thin enough to go Ferrari fast. My 2012 LP standard with the 60s neck feels similar.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

That Jackson, I’m allergic to those horrible headstocks, the FR bridge, locking nut, the H/S/S pickup configuration. That Green Gibson is pretty cool. I liked the Gibsons voodoo from around 2004. They have red pickups. I was tempted to buy one but never did. The skull at the 12 fret or fist looks a bit silly though.

[@Masterfighterx]

That Floyd and the pickups looks really weirdly setup, but the neck seems normal. Did a little googling and it's next to impossible to find ANYTHING about this model. But it's apparently normal for 80/90s Jacksons to have stupid high sitting floyds as I found another limited model in red instead of blue from '88 limited to 25, Floyd is sitting a little lower, but not much.

[@thepurpleplayer9168]

Not all floyds are recessed floyd roses(flat to the body wood) some are just top mounted and therefore sit more on the wood like a strat bridge

[@Masterfighterx]

@@thepurpleplayer9168 I know there are different mountings for Floyds, but this is far from how a Fender strat has it's Trem, or Satchels Charvel sig where the Floyd also sits right on top like on a Fender. Here it's literally floating high above the body and the pickups are super high as well.

[@joermnyc]

It’s the neck angle, it’s way humongous for some reason…

[@clarkbabin9799]

That Jackson I thought for sure was going to have shark fin inlays. I've got a Rogue from Around 96 that was more or less the same with a different headstock. It's a cobalt blue with a pearl clear coat. The finish on that Jackson reminds me of a decorative egg coloring that used to be available when I was young. It came out almost exactly like that finish. I don't know if that stuff is still around. I've bought two of the sturdy gig bag hard cases one was a used PRS case that I have for a strat copy whenever I'm done building it. The other is a Gator case that I bought for the SG special faded blue i just got from you. I highly recommend the gator case. It fits as snug as any manufacturer's case. The PRS case is more of a generic case that I could fit a Bo Didley Square boy or an explorer in if needed. Its hard sided too but would need some velcro to keep the neck in place since it's an older case. I looked at that Jerry Cantrell Wino model earlier on Gibson's site. It's a little out of my price range. But I think they could produce a similar model with the additional piezo but with the bridge pickup more in the center like half way to the center. Cool now you have the perfect strap to go with your fake pit.

[@voyager7]

Wow that Gator BFG is really cool!!! The JC Wino is damn fine too! There's a rumor that Epiphone will be releasing a model of this very guitar in 2022, let's hope! That strap gift is really awesome too, props to the fellow who had that made and gifted it to you!

[@stevegarcia1796]

You didn't specify which one Epiphone is bring'n the Gator or the JC ???

[@voyager7]

@@stevegarcia1796 Sorry yes I was vague...I mean the JC Wino LP Custom.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

I like all the guitars. That PRS is smoking. That Jackson is fantastic. I would love to hear the tones on that. That strap is awesome.

[@hkguitar1984]

Yeah, a nice selection this episode. Considering the back story that strap is epic.

[@paultrombetta]

Hmmmm. Thought BFG meant something altogether different

[@house-o-twang]

Thank you

[@pawechlebowski3410]

Trogly, you should get all the BFGs. They're magnificent. Also there was a run of Gary Moore BFGs, and they look like a trick to upcharge for 'gary moore' truss cover, but they also had mismatch pots and new colors - among them a glorious lemon burst (mine looks more like orange burst but hey). Also - Gary played them live and recorded a song on them.

[@picksalot1]

Trogly - Thanks for helping out people in places that are hard to ship to, and making their guitar dreams come true. That was a beautiful Jackson. 👍😎

[@Greg-vd5om]

Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!

[@hkguitar1984]

Greetings Greg

[@joelgodin2378]

🤘from New-brunswick , Canada

[@matimoksa]

I missed a chance to buy a trans cerry bfg, listed for a dirt cheap.

[@13vansman]

Pasadena GC! That's about 30 miles from my house. I grew up in that area and I remember when there wasn't a GC in the area. That green BFG looks sick. I have the bullion burst. Mine came with a Gibson HSC.

[@doctoribanez]

I have an old Washburn like that Jackson with the 3 toggle switches. Hss with a wonderbar

[@flamethegame1]

that unbox space is really cool especially the window view!

[@keithwingfield5101]

CAN YOU REVIEW A LUCKY DOG GUITAR?

[@Dan_Kornfeld]

This Jackson looks like a variation of my ‘87 B.C. Rich ST III. Made in USA, Maple neck, rosewood fretboard, SSH pickups, even the switches and knobs (mine has volume and tone) are identical. Mine does have a factory red python skin graphic on the body.

[@DanaOrtiz]

Why isn’t KZbin pushing this in recommendations????? This is by far the best guitar channel on KZbin. They need to fix the broken algorithm

[@davegallagher7428]

Killer strap! Also diggin the BFG LP!

[@gregoriyefimovichrasputin4931]

I still can't get over that blue artisan.OMG

[@hkguitar1984]

Ditto

[@timwhite5562]

I really like the bridge humbucker/ neck P90 layouts.

[@MikeE-]

The BFG gator green is cool. Perfect pickup set up

[@Ranthra1]

Glad the Aussie got that pretty guitar. :-) Pointy headstocks are cool. Yeah, I'm from the 80's. Love metal from then. But my go to bass is butterscotch blonde. Go figure. By the way, the bass is a G&L L2000. I also have another L2K...a fretless in metallic purple. Wanted to try a fretless but found I didn't care for it. Just another learning curve.

[@Zoso981]

I bought 2 2018 BFG's back in 2019. Both new at Sam Ash for $600 each (on clearance), one with humbuckers, one with P90's. They're great guitars and I couldn't pass them up at that price.

[@joshuataft5541]

25years ooh I can't wait to see . I'm still waiting for mine

[@bryanmchugh1307]

OP what color is that Cantrell Wino? Just want to know what that Wino looked like when it was brand new.

[@StringTension]

wine red

[@hkguitar1984]

Yeah, the Wine Red LP Customs look pretty much like the example shown on this episode. Really very striking with the gold hardware and the ebony fingerboard.

[@xXpapercutsXx]

My first “nice” guitar was a jackson. Got it when I was about 16 for my birthday and I remember thinking that that was how all “nice” guitars felt like so I played that thing for about a decade and had no idea that different guitars could feel drastically different. Bought an affordable G&L and it made me realize, I hated that damn Jackson so much lol have since upgraded to a Les Paul Custom and now I know what “nice” guitars feel and sound like 😎

[@joshuataft5541]

Strap was nice I hope u use it

[@davemeshamsr6000]

U have a way to get a hard shell case for a Hagstrom Viking bass?

[@IDGAF_PLUS]

I would love to have that Cantrell signature brand new without all the checking, scratches, and other relic'd nonsense, and in spectacularly playable condition. In other words, an Epiphone version. Heard it's coming. Fingers crossed.

[@StudioBeast7575]

Ever done a G&L Austin? Legacy's are pretty sweet.

[@christopherweise438]

peter hall - G & L's are highly overlooked.

[@keeganernst6641]

The king of guitar unboxing and boxing bids

[@workingorder2189]

Keep the pointy guitars coming.

[@travismiles5885]

I'm just impressed all the latches are on that Jackson chainsaw case. The one with lock broke off of my Charvel case two days after I got it, back in 1991. Whoops spoke too soon. One is broken 😂

[@timwhite5562]

Got to say that I'm not a fan of spending $2000+ on a guitar and getting a gig bag with it, should get a hardshell case. At the very least it should come with a lightweight case. I bought a used guitar from Daddy's Junky music store years ago and they wouldn't ship it without a case of some sort. It was a $300 PRS SE I bought as a platform. They said they'd sell me one for cost: $50. To this day I regret selling it along with the guitar when I did. It was basically like a rigid case with the same canvas outer shell as a gig bag, and weighed about the same. I use an Eric Johnson Strat that I always take along with one of my other guitars that use humbuckers. I've repaired guitars for 20 years and it is easily in the top 3 of lightest Strats I've ever played, and that includes vintage 50s and 60s that are usually very light due to the fact they had better wood stock to use and that they get lighter the older they get when the water and moisture evaporates. The classic case on the other hand... It's like carrying a Strat inside a 70s Les Paul Custom. It's insanely heavy. I like storing it in it, but not carrying.

[@hkguitar1984]

Sunday Night and the best I could do was #59 Greetings Fellow Troglodytes

[@shanethackeray1988]

When we get guitars sent to Australia shipping is an issue but also the guitar gets rated by BorderForce for “ import tax” and depending on the value it can add a hefty extra tax fee, BorderForce are a pack of thieves because they hold your item until you pay the tax or you don’t get it back. I had an Oscar Schmitt Delta King ES 335 ( Washburn ) coming from a Maine Music store and it was shipped by FedX, it got lost in transit 4 months and when it finally arrived I shelled out $200 in import tax and the neck was broken….not a great story and no happy ending.

[@joermnyc]

I bought a Gibson Firebird from the Netherlands, re-imported it to the USA. Since it’s an American made guitar they couldn’t hit me for the instrument import fee, but they still taxed me for it, even though I paid taxes on Reverb (though those may have been Dutch taxes?)… at least FedEx is “nice” enough to pay that so I don’t have to wait… and then charge me cost of the taxes PLUS a percentage for their trouble! It’s crazy enough that I won’t do that again unless it’s something REALLY special.

[@joev1043]

I'm hearing that international packages are being held up by Australian Customs for COVID reasons. If there's any truth to that, this fellow will be waiting a wee bit more for his guitar.

[@TheSpineSplitter1990]

I have a Guitar Center 37th anniversary Japanese Jackson. Its an incredible guitar, especially the neck.

[@hadtodoit4391]

That guitar strap was bad ass

[@joermnyc]

That Jackson’s Floyd was jacked up for fully floating, but that neck/fingerboard was also at a giant angle… so the Floyd needs to be that high!

[@stimpsonjcat26]

Yeah that neck angle was off. Needs to be shimmed. This is why I hate GC.

[@JamesWalshBristolKids]

I heard that Grover Jackson now consults for Rickenbacker Guitars in Santa Ana, Calif.

[@dante316a]

Hi Trogly, i just got my first gibson les paul yesterday, its a brand new one, how common is it come brand new with a microphonic pickup? I picked it up at the store but wasn’t able to test it with high gain or high volume, but now at home i discovered the bridge pickup (490t) was microphonic giving me that instantly high pitched squeeling noise when not playing it :(, dont want to my guitar to be replaced because i loved the top on it (its a tribute but the top on it has more figuring and flame than the 60s and 50s that i saw at the store) I just want the pick up to be replaced or fixed.

[@chrisghiardi117]

Assuming new from an authorised dealer, the guitar has a warranty. First step is going back to store.

[@dante316a]

@@chrisghiardi117 yeah i will do that, but i just want a pup replacement the guitar top is amazing for me, but how common is that issue?

[@SofiaisSunshine]

I have a 2003 DKMG MIJ for sale on reverb right now.

[@Rikamortis6stringer]

Cool Jackson! Those 80s ones are very nice!

[@MrMeadfoot]

The BFG is class, very nice.

[@mattryan6886]

The gator green Gibson is fantastic!!!! I absolutely love it

[@Randy.100]

Hello Austin, great video killer guitars. I bought my first PRS from Sweetwater as a Christmas gift to myself, a flawless stunning wood grain guitar, set up was spot on... I also bought the PRS hard case worth the extra 200 bucks, I'm out and about too much for a gig bag but admit the guitar came with a Quilty PRS gig bag, Sweetwater sent it along... I can't say enough about the fit and finish of my SE Custom, the humbucker pickups with coil split is amassing versatile depending on what amp I'm using. My point being to my guitars player brothers and sisters don't cut the Quilty short just because it's not USA made. It was a cost thing with me buying Indonesia PRS guitar. However, I will admit I would have loved a USA made guitar. I've always heard and read PRS is vary conscience of his quietly control, I'm a believer. However, I draw the line buying a guitar made in Communist China, just my personal Fellings... Randy, North Woods of Mich.

[@RsSquier51]

That strap is awesome. Perfect gift for you.

[@danielhoward8354]

It is all about the size take up more room in plane etc

[@snarlingrabiddog5150]

3:42

[@8170youngwilliam]

I have the 2018 BFG. Best finish, has nice marking in the wood and will only look better the more I play it.

[@ronhoffman7941]

what about the Gary Moore ?

[@Trog]

That's another collectible BFG - but I'm not a fan of the color

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Nice little haul there Trogly! That PRS Silver Sky is a sharp looking guitar! Can't wait to see you do a video and demo on that one!

[@gearhead762]

Thats a marbleized finish on the Jackson not a swirled finish.

[@brittenmusic6923]

Love the strap. Well done 😊

[@SixSixthSix]

Wauw! I was wondering why the video look different. The color correction is spot on!

[@jonathanatwell4111]

I had a LE 88 only 500 made . Got it at a pawn shop $187 .

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Beautiful guitar

[@jayvoorhees2931]

BFG with an ebony fret board would be a must buy for me. Awesome guitar!

[@jeffmoyers1773]

Never saw that BFG color. I have GOTW silverburst BFG and its a beast

[@imannonymous7707]

Aww he sent trog, a snake pit strap.isnt it nice when our guitar community reaches out to eachother , nice

[@guitarbobification]

I know - lots of comments about the strap - but I just have to chime in - too cool and a lot of thought and effort to get it so close to the actual illustrations.

[@bkamp77]

What model is the Jackson?

[@mattdoliver1984]

No way I was literally just looking at one of those BFG Gibson’s but in like a blackish grey colour, never seen them before then I see 2 in less than an hour, they look awesome

[@oscardarrell]

it's so beautiful..the jackson

[@philp5566]

Looks like you had your unboxing area designed by HGTV. Looks nice.

[@simonpark843]

I love those Gator green Les Paul models.

[@niptodstan]

The Jackson blue finish looks the same as Schecter are doing on their new Sun Valley models.

[@RevGerryRM]

Can you tell me the model of that Jackson?

[@ianhumm531]

Love the strap

[@tjrocks1398]

You should do another guitar collection with every guitar you have

[@christopherweise438]

T J Rocks - He just did one around New Years. Every guitar in his collection.

[@TheOtteroo]

Jackson set necks used to have some of the best fretboards of any guitar. The neck were Almost better than a Gibson les Paul. NOW though, Jackson, is a brand I have been fond of historically, but the new ones scare me.

[@sixstringer3783]

The finish on that Jackson looks like what Jackson calls Errie Dress since the wineo came out I really like that color on customs congrats to the guy from Australia 🇦🇺

[@nickfromnebraska]

Eerie Dess Swirl.

[@RuthlessMojo]

If I had a business buying and selling guitars I would become insolvent pretty quick as everything I got in would go in my personal collection.

[@hkguitar1984]

Ditto, given the funds I'd excel at the "buying" and would quickly need more room at home for all the instruments. It is the "selling" part I would totally fail at..............

[@christopherweise438]

@@hkguitar1984 - Given my "funds" balance.....i'd be done after the 1st guitar.

[@RuthlessMojo]

I currently have 14 guitars but I'm always wanting to add to my collection. My wife keeps saying to me: "Don't you have enough guitars?" My reply is always the same. "Yes but I've wanted his guitar ever since I first started playing guitar. This is my dream guitar." I dream a lot.

[@christopherweise438]

@@RuthlessMojo - Show her the Rick Nielsen Collection vid they did for Gibson TV. Then tell her "hey.....it could be wrose. I could be this guy."

[@timothyharrison8953]

The Jackson finish looks like a bowling ball!

[@wadeguidry6675]

Keep that wino, it's sweet!

[@9372duffy]

The best show on KZbin…YOURS!

[@grantcindrich]

YOOOOO

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Hello Grant

[@grantcindrich]

@@sgt.grinch3299 howdy partner🤠!!

[@ThatGuy-cs3nb]

The Gibson isn’t that it’s not sanded flush it’s cnc carved to be like a futuristic figured maple textured finish to simulate the curly maple look. Ibanez did some to look like quilted maple but was just carved plain maple in a quilt pattern. Good grief

[@scottbogfoot]

That strap is amazing! 😍

[@Charles-Darwin]

I want that BFG

[@neil2706]

Respect for the snorlaxs

[@srh361]

The Floyd on that Jackson looks messed up, something may be wrong with that guitar.

[@stinger720]

That Cantrell is bad azzz

[@joshuataft5541]

Gator bfg..keep it .it's beautiful

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Good evening brother.

[@hadtodoit4391]

Hard shell case olny way to go lov the show

[@oliverdbhowells]

Amazing strap!

[@RevGerryRM]

The Jackson is the only guitar I'd love to have🤗

[@bryanmchugh1307]

Jackson USA DK2. Looks much nicer than my DK1.