A few years back I went into a pawnshop. Amongst the many crappy, dusty low grade guitars I see a Japanese ESP Eclipse. Price tag said $400. Clearly they thought it was an LTD Eclipse. Immediately grabbed it and brought it to the counter. I offered him $350 cash out the door. He agreed on the price. Then he said, hold on, I think there’s a case with it. Then he brings out an ESP hard case to go with it. Brought it home and played and sounded incredible. It was a good day lol
I rescued a Ltd V with Floyd and EMGs for $320 at a pawn shop. Only had a tiny chip in the point of the headstock and no other cosmetic damage. Came with fitted branded hard case. Dropped Seymore Duncan Blackouts in it. Love it.
Funny, I bought an epiphone Les Paul special 1 for $50 at guitar center because the neck was stripped from the body. Nothing a few toothpicks couldn’t fix, plays JUST FINE now. 😊
😊 X series Jackson. With the Sharks fin inlays. 24 frets. EMG hz's. Not a bad deal at all for $50.. or even $90. Easy repairs great Video I Suscribed 👍🎸🤘😎🏴☠️
For $50 what makes that a electric guitar desired to own at a higher amount with chunk bite marks taken from that instrument in lew of food? Poor taste?
I'll never understand why people pay out hundreds of dollars and thousands of dollars for a guitar and then throw it around and beat it up. I just don't get it I'm at guitars for 10 years then I took out and played and it wasn't a scratch on it so away with everything I own I take care of it I don't get why people do that especially if you're a musician I don't even want other people touching my guitars
Unless that guitar was bought 30 years ago finding a pawnshop without internet in 2024 is very unlikely most pawnshop prices on guitars are more then they are used an a music store these days . If you did great find as rare as a unicorn 🦄 these days
Got my Ibanez at a pawn shop. Somebody had the floating trem(Floyd rose 1000 style) all out of whack. It was sunken into the body, lol. I cleaned it, adjusted the truss rod, put new strings on it, and got the springs on the Floyd adjusted, and it's a screamer. I love finding deals at pawn shops
I found an 80's Lado Hawk at a pwan shop in my home town. Active hss pickups and a floyd. Couple chippies in the paint. 150 dollars and i was out the door. Was a good day and 10 years later it still makes me smile!!!
Before the internet you could find almost any make or model extremely cheap. I think Fender and Gibson had value books but a lot of other brands the value to your local pawnshop is unknown
I think this one needed to be repaired before they could put it out for sale, they likely knew the electronics weren't working. They probably just wanted to get rid of it without bothering to have it fixed.
@@james737er Active EMG pickups are amazing for metal. The EMG-HZ series on the other hand are kinda like EMG's equivalent of 'Duncan Designed' pickups that are mostly found in mid-range guitars.
A few years back I went into a pawnshop. Amongst the many crappy, dusty low grade guitars I see a Japanese ESP Eclipse. Price tag said $400. Clearly they thought it was an LTD Eclipse. Immediately grabbed it and brought it to the counter. I offered him $350 cash out the door. He agreed on the price. Then he said, hold on, I think there’s a case with it. Then he brings out an ESP hard case to go with it. Brought it home and played and sounded incredible. It was a good day lol
Love those stories. Congrats
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In for the win bro! I paid $450 for my M-II Deluxe back in...'95
I rescued a Ltd V with Floyd and EMGs for $320 at a pawn shop. Only had a tiny chip in the point of the headstock and no other cosmetic damage. Came with fitted branded hard case. Dropped Seymore Duncan Blackouts in it. Love it.
Dang, $50? That was a steal, even if it was a little beat up. I bought mine from Guitar Center in 2012 for $500.
Funny, I bought an epiphone Les Paul special 1 for $50 at guitar center because the neck was stripped from the body. Nothing a few toothpicks couldn’t fix, plays JUST FINE now. 😊
I heard time in a bottle there👌👌 great song
😊 X series Jackson. With the Sharks fin inlays. 24 frets. EMG hz's. Not a bad deal at all for $50.. or even $90. Easy repairs great Video
I Suscribed 👍🎸🤘😎🏴☠️
Good looking guitar
Nice catch!
For $50 what makes that a electric guitar desired to own at a higher amount with chunk bite marks taken from that instrument in lew of food? Poor taste?
Talking about poor taste,have you seen your profile pic.
Time for another booster.
@@Exercise-01i fucking love you for what you said there
Lol! People pay more for worn guitars. Ask Gibson and Fender
To be fair, you can find good deals on guitars at private pawn shops because the person who sold/pawned it to them took a huge loss
That not anyone's problem bro to be fair
The pawn shop would have charged as much as possible
@@gerioux That depends on how many they have stacked up and how long one's been there.
I remember when the Superstrat concept hit and everyone started in on the Kramers, Ibanez, Jackson and Charvels. Shops were littered with MIJ Strats.
I'm not a metal guy but I love the feel of the Jackson necks. Nice video and congrats on the find 👍
I'll never understand why people pay out hundreds of dollars and thousands of dollars for a guitar and then throw it around and beat it up. I just don't get it I'm at guitars for 10 years then I took out and played and it wasn't a scratch on it so away with everything I own I take care of it I don't get why people do that especially if you're a musician I don't even want other people touching my guitars
Unless that guitar was bought 30 years ago finding a pawnshop without internet in 2024 is very unlikely most pawnshop prices on guitars are more then they are used an a music store these days . If you did great find as rare as a unicorn 🦄 these days
I would love to have th3 skills to do that. Buy a guitar with some problems and shape it up and turn it into something
Got my Ibanez at a pawn shop. Somebody had the floating trem(Floyd rose 1000 style) all out of whack. It was sunken into the body, lol. I cleaned it, adjusted the truss rod, put new strings on it, and got the springs on the Floyd adjusted, and it's a screamer. I love finding deals at pawn shops
Me too!
I can get a brand new one with reverse headstock in black right now for 549 shipped.
i was heavily interested until I saw your asking price.
I'd be open to offers!
would have looked nicer if you sanded the lumpiness out of the dings then re lacquered, but nice guitar
This is what we call 'sweat equity. '. The poor boys guide to owning nice guitars 😁
I found an 80's Lado Hawk at a pwan shop in my home town. Active hss pickups and a floyd. Couple chippies in the paint. 150 dollars and i was out the door. Was a good day and 10 years later it still makes me smile!!!
Before the internet you could find almost any make or model extremely cheap. I think Fender and Gibson had value books but a lot of other brands the value to your local pawnshop is unknown
Hello there. What have you installed behind the bridge after you cleaned the guitar?
My bad man I thought it was a made in Japan
No Jackson is American
I’m not a Jackson fan, but the one thing I will say is this change out the pick ups for a set of Mick Thompson’s they just sound killer
cool restoration, but i hate the tone, lmao
Emgs aren't for everyone
Restoration? It's a 6 year old guitar that just needed routine maintenance
I would use black resin epoxy to fill in all the damage
Did u sell that guitar yet?
Not yet!
Wow made in India. They know how to craft things like no other. Well wishings and all the best furthermore 🙏🏻.
I got a cort yorktown in mint condition with the gold hardware for $59 at value village. I love that guitar
looks like a fun guitar also great i found this channel
Excellent find! That's the bargain I'm always looking for! Wish I had twenty of em.
what a jackpot sir
You can look up the value of anything on your cellphone. Did you find a pawnshop who doesn't use cellphones?
I think this one needed to be repaired before they could put it out for sale, they likely knew the electronics weren't working. They probably just wanted to get rid of it without bothering to have it fixed.
Only in America.
Middle position sounds cool
this video is dope
Very Nice
Oh jeez that thing has terrible metal tone lol I guess it could be the amp though
I was using a zvex metal pedal. It's not for everyone, a bit over the top I guess. Lol
probably the amp/ pedal because emg’s are incredible pickups for metal
@@boechlerguitarsandrepair the clean and classic rock tones where great though
Given most of the amps behind him were Fender/Garnet/etc... I would say he's more of a clean/light rock player and not so much into metal.
@@james737er Active EMG pickups are amazing for metal. The EMG-HZ series on the other hand are kinda like EMG's equivalent of 'Duncan Designed' pickups that are mostly found in mid-range guitars.
ESP and Jackson are the only guitars i ever play.