found in a dumpster

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:18 pm

pics will be revealed once it is repaired. i will tell you that the paint used to be pink and silver, 1 pickup

Post by **Genebaby** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:21 pm

Pics NOW Trixxy!!!!

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:23 pm

cant its in the shop unfortunately, the fins were cracked and most of the paint was gone

Post by **Genebaby** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:32 pm

Ok, now we will have to wait to hear the full story and pics.

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:23 pm

i was working with someone to clean up a building that was abandoned in 1989, i went into the garage and found a big dumpster, it was in the corner covered by furniture and other random crap, i cleared off the top and opened it and that's when i saw the top fin sticking out of the filth, the guitar had been stripped of all electronics and hardware, the neck was nowhere to be found. it was a bitch to clean off.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:35 pm

Man! I actually (yeah I'm a sad c*#t) had a dream last week about a scenerio like this happening!!! Man, I'm on this site too much!!!! Best of luck!!!!

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:41 am

my friend is going to call the owner today to find out where the guitar came from.

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:29 am

the owner said that some dude with black and pink hair gave it to him from a bus window in late 86 or early 87. he tried to find someone who could fix it and gave up in early 89, a couple months later the sewage line broke and the breaker box shorted out causing a small fire. he decided it wasn't worth it so he locked up and didn't think about it for for 30 years.

Post by **Genebaby** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:46 am

Interesting tale. So it's a bolt on body? What are you doing for a neck? Is it being put totally back together?

I a wondering what it is as all Jacksons were neck thru in the 80's.

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:04 am

i am going to try and use a lefty jackson neck or a mighty mite copy, as for the pickup i am going to use a vintage emg h2a, 1 vol, 1 boost, 1 tone. sometimes prototypes had bolt on necks i knew someone who used to have a prototype jackson king v with a bolt on neck, it got stolen unfortunately

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:29 am

it will be ALL SYSTEMS GO with the restoration once the shadow fins are fixed

Post by **Genebaby** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:30 am

Jackson didn't make prototypes with bolt on neck configurations for US made neck thru model guitars so this is some other kind of copy someone built.

Your friends King V would just have been a body, either an import Jackson or a copy.

We went through this with a VVV with Charvel neck that was on EBay a few times.

Once TJ's guitars are out there there will be more bolt on VVV bodies that one day someone might call a prototype.

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:39 am

well that sucks, the owner said that he got rid of the neck because it was split in the middle, the neck pocket is a bit messy, its still gonna look and sound awesome though, ill send pictures and a video once its done

Post by **Genebaby** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:59 am

I look forward to seeing it!

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:34 am

Story smells like poo poo! Guessing the old owner was a Vinnie fan and had a failed attempt at making a VVV!!!

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:18 pm

or Trixxy is living up to their name. GOOD ONE !!!

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:26 pm

its not that bad, the lines are straight, the neck pocket would be covered by the neck, the only bad thing is the crack in the fin

Post by **Genebaby** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:01 pm

Once filled in and painted up you will never know. Looking forward to seeing it still.

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:05 pm

Hey maybe it was one of the cheapos used on the Boyz video!!!!!!

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:59 am

That's an awesome find. Good luck with it. Can't wait 2 c the pics of it.

gonnarock · Post by **gonnarock** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:14 pm

Trixxy wrote:the owner said that some dude with black and pink hair gave it to him from a bus window in late 86 or early 87.

"Some dude with black and pink hair gave it to him from a bus window in late 86 or early 87.'
What the serious HECK. ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I want. I WANT THAT GUITAR. OH MY GOD.
I also want that hair style omg and I might be at least streaking my hair pink soon...But besides that...

GIVE TO ME THE GUITAR.

Must see pictures of this when its 'healed.'

Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:17 am

no pictures ? ....mmmm why no pictures ?

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:17 am

No way did vv have a bolt on. It must have been something else.

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:28 am

Can we have the old owners info? I think he is fooling you but incase not that's a story worth hearing. I would take pics of restoration if I were you. You may have something.

gonnarock · Post by **gonnarock** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:54 am

Would be such a cool story. See now why can't things like that happen to me? Why couldn't I have been in the 80s and some guy with black and pink hair give ME a beautiful double V pink and silver guitar out a bus window??

Oh wait, I know why. haha silly me. I would have been ON the bus WITH the man with pink and black hair.

You know in my dreams I would have...

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:12 am

the owner said it was fucked up when he got it minus the fin crack, as for info, i dont have much, he wanted to resell the guitar after he fixed it. i asked him who vinnie vincent was and he said who the fuck is vinnie vincent. and thats all i know, as for pictures, the guitar is in my friends shop about 2 hours from where i live so i can't see it until its done

Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:16 am

tell him to take a picture and send it to you via email ...you dont have to go there to get a picture

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:20 am

yeah, tell him to contact us or take a picture.

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:26 am

i would but he doesn't have internet yet, besides, waiting is part of the fun

Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:29 am

dont worry , we'll wait when he gets a digicam charge the batteries because its new
and buy the SD Memory too , wait it uses a memory stick which is not compatible with SD so he had to change
but christmas is coming and the store packaging and shipping its slow , we'll wait

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:43 am

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Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:51 am

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doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:13 am

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doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:14 am

no internet? Whats this guys name?

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:51 pm

he doesn't want his name on the internet until he gets enough experience and starts up his business, he originally didn't want to go near my V, but i convinced him to try and fix it, atleast its free

Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:57 pm

Cool , how long do you think this will take ? are you taking pictures or something ?

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:59 pm

pictures and a video once its done

Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:03 pm

amazing but how long ? i will travel next month to the United states so i will be able to take some pictures of it and send it to you if you don't mind , please post the address , and let me know if you are taking offers for this one as it sits. thank you very much, a long time collector here as everybody know i have real cool KISS pieces in my collection.

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:06 am

Ok. Look forward to it trixxy. Thanks for sharing this.

Post by **Streetbeat** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:13 am

Can't wait to see it !!!!

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:17 pm

well this just in, the owner just told me EXACTLY why he abandoned the v in 89, some guitar tech told him that it was made from cheap ass PLYWOOD and that it wasn't worth the time and money to fix....FUCK, but not all is lost, the guitar was free and i have a vinnie looking alternative being made, being out of $200 because a guitar was more than fake sucks.

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:20 pm

time for the jackson rrvvv to step up to the workshop floor, silver flake with purple flake stripes? yay Van Halen!!!!
ps, i gave the v to my friend in exchange for his unfinished rhoads body

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:05 pm

Double bummer!

Post by **Streetbeat** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:58 pm

this is excellent !!!!!!!!!!! post more pictures !!!!!!!!!!!

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:40 am

hey I have a plywood guitar and it sounds amazing. It depends what kind of ply.. but wood is wood and sometimes some cheap concoction can have a unique great sound.

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:44 am

Those Hurricane Guitars used on the first Cacophony record and Marty and Jason's first solo albums were cheap plywood and they sounded ok

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:13 am

One can pop an EMG pickup in a steaming pile of shit

and it will ROCK.

Brooklyn_Born · Post by **Brooklyn_Born** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:23 am

poserboy71 wrote:One can pop an EMG pickup in a steaming pile of shit and it will ROCK.

Lol so true!!

nice graphic!

Trixxy · Post by **Trixxy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:00 am

This is the v's current condition, imagine that theres a filler line on the bottom right shadow fin, the neck has a black reversed headstock and the floyd holes are filled, this is not the actual guitar but it is very close to what mine looks like now

gonnarock · Post by **gonnarock** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:03 am

This isn't the actual guitar you have? Where is this guitar from? Is it a Monster?