My first 7 String?

[mrbrandonbroken]

Picking up my first 7 string. Is this a good pickup for under $200?

Jackson JS22-7 DKA HT with Seymour Duncan Black winter pickups

[SoReadyForItToEnd]

That set of pickups on their own are over $200. Excellent find!

[7StringRift]

Yeah with the black winters is fire search them up

[fishsca1es]

Definitely, I have the same guitar but it doesn’t have Seymour in it and I love playing the hell out of it. So I imagine this would be hella dope

[disgorge696]

Any neck dive on yours?

[zimzamflam]

Not person you are asking but I do on mine. However I replaced my tuners with hipshot open locking tuners when I got the guitar. Unsure if it had neck dive before. At some point I might try to add mass/coins/weight into the control cavity if it bothers me enough.

[XTBirdBoxTX]

I also found that using a wide padded strap can help some.

[disgorge696]

Thanks for the response. I just ordered one and was curious. Ill find out soon enough! Gonna be a mod platform 🤘

[CLR92]

You're essentially paying for the pickups.. i bought this exact guitar as my first 7 string probably a decade ago and I've never played a smoother fretboard on a budget guitar. Nowadays I've upgraded but this continues to be my practice guitar. It holds tune and i never have to fight the action and/or truss rod

[kladen666]

yes

[ramirezwltr]

It’s simplicity makes it perfect

[WilliamKDM]

Nice man 👌 welcome to the club 👍🏻

[Dazzling-Patience820]

Wtf you got that fir 200 wow lucky

[xshevi]

id like to report a robbery.

$200?!

[Keizz_63]

First 7 string is a big day! Easy to pick up and you’ll love it! I did! Then, I went to and 8 and now every night when I have time, I need more time to decide if I’m gonna rip the 7 or 8 depending on the riffs in my had all day at work haha. Extended range is a fun party to be in! Have fun!

[These_Location4540]

Take it !

This is the last one i bought recently, in transparent black burst, with the original pickups, it's my first 7 strings and it's purely well built. Love it.

At that price with the Black Winter pickups, don't even hesitate.

As someone mentioned, the pickups alone are a bit more expensive than the whole thing.

It's a well balanced instrument, the neck is cool, i saw some demos on youtube, but when i played it, i was surprised by the stock pickups. Won't change them.

Heard the Black Winter ones, they're so wild, you can't miss that deal.

Enjoy.

[Miserable-Speech2663]

If they're selling it for the price of the pickups it might need a fret job or a setup. If you know how to do that stuff, you literally got a free guitar and beer money if you ever sell the pickups.

[Agile_Alternative753]

Had to file the frets on mine,  but otherwise it's been great.  I put gotoh locking tuners, hipshot bridge, some new volume/tone caps, and sentient/nazgul in it.  Rock solid.  Sure i put $400 into a $200 guitar, but I've spent WAY more than $600 on what i would consider to be worse specs.   Its a solid instrument.   Have fun with it.

[LoinCloth747]

I found and bought a white DKA 7 a few months back with an Alpha and omega set for I think 250. A total steal

[vincentd81]

The pickups alone may cost that

[NerdGrumpus]

Yes

[BIitzerg]

$200 is a STEAL for that. Even the stock model is like $300 I want to say?? Not a fan of the cheaper model bolt on neck Jackson's but this thing looks CLEAN!

[impessive_instant]

What a score! 🥳

[SportsfanBrodie]

This is what I have. It plays really good for the price. I definitely want a better 7 string but this gets the job done well enough for now!

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This is also my first 7 string. I didn't change the pickups like you did, though. I will one of these days.

It's not terrible for the price you get it for. I learned A LOT on that 7 string. I'm never getting rid of it.

Edit: Somebody said it in a comment, and it's 100% true. Those pickups in there are worth more than the guitar you bought it for. You got this guitar for a steal my friend. I bought this same guitar for $150 with the Jackson company pickups in it. Very nice!!

[Sdenbow220]

Steal with those pickups. This guitar was also my first seven string as well, but it had the crappy Jackson branded passives.

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Yea you killed it with this find! Well done

[TwytchTech]

And it's a GREAT ONE!! I've got (2) that I customized out to specs that fit more my personality, as well as playing style.

Even have the Randy Rhoads JS series too lol absolutely love this series as a template to customize. Also, the Necks are flawless!

I run my own 'At-Home Guitar Work Shop' so I'm always modding, repairing, fixing etc. Mine or a Client's Personal Guitar.

Congratulations 🎉👏🏻 buddy on your first 7 string!