NGD: Jackson DKA7

ElasticPancakes

After waiting since May, I finally received my belated birthday present to myself.

I was a little apprehensive when I picked it up, given the mixed reviews and rumours I'd heard but F*** EM. The guitar is great! It's not a super high end machine and it's not budget crap, it really is a great mid range instrument and I have no complaints.

Not much to say really. The neck plays great, I got the action quite low with minimal buzzing. I felt no difference in the scale length, (coming from 25.5) and the fretwork is pretty decent. There are a couple of spots where the frets are a tiny bit high, but I'll sort that out later.

The D-Activators sound pretty great to my ears in the Alder. Combined with the maple neck it has a nice snap to it, making the notes sound very well defined even on my drop G# 7th string.

But yeah I'll stfu now. PICS!

Chocklit_Thunda

haha you just HAD to NGD the same day as me... And on top of that with such a sexy guitar! Not to mention that the pics you took of her are amazing! ? ?

Seriously that looks AMAZING!!!!! Congrats and enjoy the heck out of it! :goodtimes:

BMU

Beautiful.

I recently put some DA7's in an alder body guitar, liking the results so far. Enjoy!

AlanRatcliffe

Congrats! Great looking guitar... Very classy.

IceCreamMan

sweet!!!!

andrewjbryson

Awesome looking Jackson, love the colour

Congrats !

And I bet them D Activators have some Serious Growl

doc-phil

Looks great! Tell me, what is the red button for?

Ejector seat?

RobbieZ

Congrats. I whish you many happy hours with your new "girlfriend" ?

shaundtsl

Wow, that looks beautiful, congrats!

I would also like to know what the button is for?

AlanRatcliffe

shaundtsl wrote: I would also like to know what the button is for?

Killswitch? To manually create stutter effects...

domhatch

Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
shaundtsl wrote: I would also like to know what the button is for?
Killswitch? To manually create stutter effects...

engage.

Chocklit_Thunda

domhatch wrote:
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
shaundtsl wrote: I would also like to know what the button is for?
Killswitch? To manually create stutter effects...
engage.

Arcade style killswitch?? Buckethead springs to mind! ?

ElasticPancakes

Yup it's a momentary kill switch. Def buckethead-esque.

Not really something I would use, but hey it is there. My girlfriend and I call it the pimple.

The D-Activators definitely give it some awesome bite. Very clear and articulate pickup. If I end up getting an 8 string, I'm going to consider throwing some in there.

Malkav

Congrats ? Nice to see you finally got it ?

ElasticPancakes wrote: If I end up getting an 8 string, I'm going to consider throwing some in there.

As someone who has played the 6, 7 and 8 string D-Activators I can guarantee that they suffer from the same problem all other Dimarzios available in 6, 7 and 8 string suffer from, in that the 6, 7 and 8 string models of the same pickup basically sound nothing like each other at all.

Don't get me wrong, the D-Activator 8s in my opinion are the best sounding of the 3, but the EQ isn't the same and over all the pickup's a lot less "hot".

ElasticPancakes

Thanks for the heads up. Yeah I totally get that they have different eq curves.

For instance I have Duncan distortions in my current sixer and had them in a previous 7, hated the 7 string versions... Mind you loads of things could have affected that not necessarily the pups. But I get what you mean.

I've read good things about the DA8's but I'll expect a difference now that you've mentioned that there will likely be one. I must say I'm pretty impressed with them so far in this guitar.

defourzE

Man, happy NGD this thing looks beastly. I'm really looking into getting myself a 7 string if you don't mind me asking how much was this bad boy and did you ship it from overseas

Enjoy the time with the new lady ?

ZarK

Fcuk thats HOT!

Congrats! :goodtimes:

ElasticPancakes

Man, happy NGD this thing looks beastly. I'm really looking into getting myself a 7 string if you don't mind me asking how much was this bad boy and did you ship it from overseas

Enjoy the time with the new lady Wink - See more at: http://www.guitarforum.co.za/guitar-gear/ngd-jackson-dka7/15/?action=post;num_replies=16#sthash.7jL11MBM.dpuf

I don't mind at all. It cost me R10k-ish smackers. Given the state of the rand it was a more viable option than bringing one in myself. I ordered it through Marshall Music actually, they were very helpful and stuff as they usually are. I was looking at thomann... but including shipping and tax it works out around the same.

I've had 7's before and highly recommend getting one. That single string adds a bunch of extra options and is very easy to get accustomed to.

Attila

VERY Nice !!!!

At first glance It reminded me of the Charvel So-cal snow white but not really