Man that caparison is serious! Glad I'm not the only one into the 456 too
Whats the neck profile on that guy?
And Temps can give us a quick review between your sls's? I love the white sls3, it has the features I'd change on my flametop slsmg (and some I have).
I love both my SLSes
Whenever I pick up a guitar, I always compare its playability & sound to the black one. I've been through about 20 guitars in the last year and that is the only one I kept the whole time.
Anyway.. things that are the same between the black & white one
- awesome fretwork. The white one is actually a bit better, suits the increased price.
- awesome neck shape. I would say it is the thinnest neck Jackson makes, but the new COW 7 strings have an even skinnier neck towards the nut. I like how it is thin and still a very nice U shape, unlike Wizard necks that are either really narrow across the back (Wizard I) or flat with pronounced shoulders (Wizard II)
- not so great hardware. For the price, on an ESP, you would have locking tuners and a Tone Pros locking bridge. On this Jackson though, you have the same Gotohs that come on the $700 dinkys and probably the same bridge as well.
- incredible tone. I love how these things sound. Very ballsy, thick tone.. really thick. But at the same time, the thin tapered body brightens it up a bit so it is more responsive with better articulation most some mahogany guitars. The ebony board also gives a strong and balanced top end so the guitar rules equally hard for both crushing riffs and thick leads
Things that are different...
- The white one looks better
I've wanted a pearl white guitar forever and was really fuckin pumped when I saw Jackson came out with my favorite guitar of all time in the finish I wanted most. I love the shark eye inlays too (same ones the Mark Morton sig has, and the older USA SLS)
- The white one is lighter. It is about as light as my buddy's blackmachine. I noticed the top horn is a bit narrower, but I think most of the weight savings is just because it is a different guitar with a different cut of wood.
- The white one's finish isn't 100%. Mine has a tiny 1/4"x1/4" patch of yellow on the back and there is one spot on the neck where the masking was a little rough so you can see mahogany between where the binding ends and the neck finish starts. Very very small areas though.
My black one has Seymour Duncan Blackouts in it. The Bridge model in the neck, and the Neck model in the bridge (more or less like having an EMG 81 in the neck and a 85 in the bridge). The white one came with Duncan 59s which sounded pretty good, I loved the huge mids and chunky sound they had, but they didn't have enough output so I'm replacing them with Bareknuckle Cold Sweats.
