{"product_id":"mordred-jackson-performer-ps-6t-ps-67-kelly-1990s-gloss-black","title":"Mordred - Jackson Performer PS-6T \/ PS-67 Kelly - 1990s - Gloss Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApparently we’re still doing black and pointy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe didn’t actually decide to have a theme. It just sort of happened, and at this point the guitars appear to be organising themselves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMordred is a 1990s Jackson Performer PS-6T \/ PS-67 Kelly, and he looks less like a musical instrument and more like something you’d use to overthrow Camelot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Performer Series comes from an interesting period in Jackson history, taking the gloriously excessive ingredients the brand had become known for and putting them into guitars that were rather more attainable than their top-end counterparts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Mordred has rather a lot of Jackson going on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat enormous asymmetrical Kelly body is paired with a bolt-on maple neck and rosewood fingerboard carrying a full 24 frets, because apparently stopping at 22 would have shown an unacceptable degree of restraint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe neck culminates in that enormous pointed six-in-line Jackson headstock, because clearly the body hadn’t already presented enough potential hazards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDown at the dangerous end sits a Jackson double-locking tremolo paired with a locking nut, while a pair of Jackson humbuckers are selected by a three-way toggle and controlled by one wonderfully uncomplicated volume knob.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is no tone control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMordred has a tone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou don’t get to change it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrankly, we respect the confidence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJackson-branded tuners complete the black hardware, because apparently introducing another colour at this stage would have compromised the mission.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMordred has been stripped down, thoroughly cleaned, checked over, restrung and properly set up, with the frets levelled where required, crowned and polished as part of our usual workshop process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe carries some age-related marks when you go looking for them, as you’d expect from a roughly three-decade-old pointy guitar rather than a museum exhibit, but overall he presents beautifully. The Gloss Black finish has come back with a fantastic deep shine and, perhaps most impressively, those notoriously vulnerable Kelly body points have survived remarkably well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe’s wonderfully and unapologetically of his era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo roasted maple. No tasteful pastel finish. No attempt whatsoever to blend into the background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust 24 frets, two humbuckers, a double-locking tremolo, an enormous pointed headstock and enough sharp edges to make a risk assessor visibly uncomfortable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe approve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMordred is ready for adoption for £350.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRescue • Restore • Rehome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Stray Chord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58945058668808,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1059\/2829\/4664\/files\/75A67EA5-80AF-4E50-A8DF-C411E6F1FFF0.jpg?v=1790858164","url":"https:\/\/thestraychord.com\/products\/mordred-jackson-performer-ps-6t-ps-67-kelly-1990s-gloss-black","provider":"The Stray Chord","version":"1.0","type":"link"}