NGD! Well I went down to the Crossroads....
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:16 pm
I'll start with the story.
When I was 16 years old, I went to my Friend Cory's place to watch a movie. We both dug guitars, and this reputedly was about guitars, so great!
We sat on the floor in his living room, watching this movie on VHS through his family's 21-inch TV.
The movie was king of OK.
Then one of the characters saidh"Ohh, I can get us there real quick. Jack ;utler's gonna like you...." and my world changed.
This move was "Crossroads." No,B4itney Spears wasn't in it, but Ralph Macchio was, and in that movie, he faced off against Steve Vai, aka Jack Butler, for the souls of him and his friend.
I walked home after seeing that movie a changed man....er, 16 year old. I had heard exactly how I wanted to play the guitar.
I was playing on an old Harmony H802 that I bought from a friend for $50. That would no longer do. I need a locking trem, humbuckers, and to practice, practice, PRACTICE!
That summer, I had my first summer job. The next fall, I went to Winnipeg with my Dad on one of his supply trips. We went to a few stores, and I settled on my RG410. It was notably red, with an original Edge, and while I loved it, it still wasn't that guitar.
Over the years, I never forgot that red guitar. I looked for necks on eBay, I looked at candy-apple red paint, I tried to find a source for a body, but nothing was right. I knew Jackson made some that looked right, but we made of ash, and had Duncans, and cost US$3500.
Then, this summer, after literally 32 years, I saw that Jackson was going to introduce the JB22. I was dumbfounded that it was finally going to be possible to get the Jack Butler guitar.
So I preordered. And waited, and wondered if I had made the right decision. Then, on November 15......
When I was 16 years old, I went to my Friend Cory's place to watch a movie. We both dug guitars, and this reputedly was about guitars, so great!
We sat on the floor in his living room, watching this movie on VHS through his family's 21-inch TV.
The movie was king of OK.
Then one of the characters saidh"Ohh, I can get us there real quick. Jack ;utler's gonna like you...." and my world changed.
This move was "Crossroads." No,B4itney Spears wasn't in it, but Ralph Macchio was, and in that movie, he faced off against Steve Vai, aka Jack Butler, for the souls of him and his friend.
I walked home after seeing that movie a changed man....er, 16 year old. I had heard exactly how I wanted to play the guitar.
I was playing on an old Harmony H802 that I bought from a friend for $50. That would no longer do. I need a locking trem, humbuckers, and to practice, practice, PRACTICE!
That summer, I had my first summer job. The next fall, I went to Winnipeg with my Dad on one of his supply trips. We went to a few stores, and I settled on my RG410. It was notably red, with an original Edge, and while I loved it, it still wasn't that guitar.
Over the years, I never forgot that red guitar. I looked for necks on eBay, I looked at candy-apple red paint, I tried to find a source for a body, but nothing was right. I knew Jackson made some that looked right, but we made of ash, and had Duncans, and cost US$3500.
Then, this summer, after literally 32 years, I saw that Jackson was going to introduce the JB22. I was dumbfounded that it was finally going to be possible to get the Jack Butler guitar.
So I preordered. And waited, and wondered if I had made the right decision. Then, on November 15......
. Looks great, enjoy it! Can never go wrong with a Jackson, I have two killer older Japanese models and I will never let 'em go.
