zmack mylde wrote:
i dont know about that. Jakes bio says the white guitar was a Charvel
no it doesn't ...
his is Jake's number one guitar and his personal favorite. It consists of a 1974-75 Fender Stratocaster body, maple neck with rosewood fret board and Gibson frets, brass bridge and Gotoh tuners. The original Fender neck had a large CBS headstock. It was re-shaped and painted by a friend of Jake's who worked at Charvel and also affixed the Charvel logo. Notice the tell-tale Fender "Bullet" truss rod adjustment at the nut.
So basically all I would need to do is buy a white fender with a fixed bridge, remove the fender logo from the headstock and I have a Jake E, Lee signature guitar.
VERY BASICALLY
there's a bunch of stuff that needs to be done
before even considering calling the guitar a Jake guitar.
afaik, the only signatures he had was from Jackson and ESP,
the white one is one-of-a-kind
looked like this from the beginning
okay, you can't see the whole thing, but you get the idea anyway
So basically all I would need to do is buy a white fender with a fixed bridge, remove the fender logo from the headstock and I have a Jake E, Lee signature guitar.
VERY BASICALLY
there's a bunch of stuff that needs to be done
before even considering calling the guitar a Jake guitar.
afaik, the only signatures he had was from Jackson and ESP,
the white one is one-of-a-kind
looked like this from the beginning
okay, you can't see the whole thing, but you get the idea anyway
Why did Jake hide the fact that his guitar was a Fender? I think he could have gotten a better endorsement deal and better notoriety with Fender. More so than Charvel could ever provide.
zmack mylde wrote:
Why did Jake hide the fact that his guitar was a Fender? I think he could have gotten a better endorsement deal and better notoriety with Fender. More so than Charvel could ever provide.
well, he wanted a specific pickuplayout so that's what he went with.
Also, read my quote above on his former roommate, who WORKED at CHARVEL,
who most likely put a new finish on the guitar and the neck,
and also put the CHARVEL LOGO on the neck.
I think Jake wanted what Fender wouldn't provide.
Remember that he didn't get the original from any
endorsement deal. He paid for it himself and handpicked
it from a musicstore he worked at at the time.
zmack mylde wrote:
Why did Jake hide the fact that his guitar was a Fender? I think he could have gotten a better endorsement deal and better notoriety with Fender. More so than Charvel could ever provide.
well, he wanted a specific pickuplayout so that's what he went with.
Also, read my quote above on his former roommate, who WORKED at CHARVEL,
who most likely put a new finish on the guitar and the neck,
and also put the CHARVEL LOGO on the neck.
I think Jake wanted what Fender wouldn't provide.
Remember that he didn't get the original from any
endorsement deal. He paid for it himself and handpicked
it from a musicstore he worked at at the time.
what about the blue charvel? was that a real charvel or a disguised fender too.
zmack mylde wrote:
Why did Jake hide the fact that his guitar was a Fender? I think he could have gotten a better endorsement deal and better notoriety with Fender. More so than Charvel could ever provide.
well, he wanted a specific pickuplayout so that's what he went with.
Also, read my quote above on his former roommate, who WORKED at CHARVEL,
who most likely put a new finish on the guitar and the neck,
and also put the CHARVEL LOGO on the neck.
I think Jake wanted what Fender wouldn't provide.
Remember that he didn't get the original from any
endorsement deal. He paid for it himself and handpicked
it from a musicstore he worked at at the time.
what about the blue charvel? was that a real charvel or a disguised fender too.
the blueburst and purpleburst on the other hand was real Charvels
Stiltzkin wrote:
well, he wanted a specific pickuplayout so that's what he went with.
Also, read my quote above on his former roommate, who WORKED at CHARVEL,
who most likely put a new finish on the guitar and the neck,
and also put the CHARVEL LOGO on the neck.
I think Jake wanted what Fender wouldn't provide.
Remember that he didn't get the original from any
endorsement deal. He paid for it himself and handpicked
it from a musicstore he worked at at the time.
what about the blue charvel? was that a real charvel or a disguised fender too.
the blueburst and purpleburst on the other hand was real Charvels
TY for answering! I always wondered about teh blue and purple too.
of that photo