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Well...I'm basing this on the catalog for the 280's and my own 250 so....jacaranda wrote:Could someone tell me what are the exact differences between a DS 250 and a DS 280?
yeah..but again....I've seen other 280's that were high gloss. And I know they were 280's.megadrive wrote:forget my own guitar as initially Isibashi sold it to me for a 280 when in reality it is a 250 !
in fact they sold it like a 280 as the seller indicated to them it was one but it was wrong.
so that is normal my nitro is more " glossy" than the "280's unsealed nitro"
and one friend of mine leaving in Tokyo have the 2000 ESP catalog showing
the 250 like mine with Antiquity Texas Hot SD PUs in .
the beefup SD PU's are really differents of the SSL1. ( magnets , wire ;..)
Hi,soundcreation wrote:yeah..but again....I've seen other 280's that were high gloss. And I know they were 280's.megadrive wrote:forget my own guitar as initially Isibashi sold it to me for a 280 when in reality it is a 250 !
in fact they sold it like a 280 as the seller indicated to them it was one but it was wrong.
so that is normal my nitro is more " glossy" than the "280's unsealed nitro"
and one friend of mine leaving in Tokyo have the 2000 ESP catalog showing
the 250 like mine with Antiquity Texas Hot SD PUs in .
the beefup SD PU's are really differents of the SSL1. ( magnets , wire ;..)
I'm simply saying I don't think "gloss factor" for lack of a better term...determines if it's unsealed nitro or not. Look at Hahn guitars...his are all glossy and he doesn't seal his nitro.
As for the pickups who knows. The guy who sold me mine thought they were the beefed up but I think they are most likely the SSL1.
As I said...it's confusing and most likely always will be.
soundcreation wrote:So then what does that mean about my DS250....because it's an earlier one regarding the pickups?
So they were essentially "beefed up" SSL 1's? But they didn't call them that?
Where did you get that information that 'Beefed up' stands for 'SSL-1 Power Boost'. ?
As for the finish on that 280...well yeah if it's been worn like that over time it's going to look faded. What about a 280 that's been kept in "like new" condition? What do those look like?
Still seems to me like a lot of speculative information without much substance aside from you making observations based on that one 280.
Swamp ash was pretty common on the Traditionals. I've seen a lot of them over the years on yahoo auctions japan.Lumi71 wrote:last answer was a bit ago, but very interesting thread..
boguht this recently
http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/a ... w106668771
ist still in Japan so i dont have more pics.
headstock says traditional series, but the body Looks like swamp ash to me.not the typicalash/sen grain...like on the other ds 100 2ts i saw...