I can't figure out how to multi-quote, so forgive my singled out answers...
chrisP, the hockeystick is a turn-off for a lot of people. they would rather have the traditional ( you would have hated my BC Rich )
, but it is a rare piece of failed Jackson-Japan history I hope to have around to pass onto the kids. ( Jackson also made a Jazz bass copy after the Fender buy-out ) --
DaveW, I have a bunch of Charvels with the even LARGER hockeystick head and dot markers, equally as nice for what they do and sound like, but the triangles make a statement of Ric/ESP/Jackson/Ibanez...especially from the time period.
tBird1958, no guard. it was not an option from the production catalog, this was not a customshop guitar. one of the members of TB has a pair of JackBirds, and someone did put a sparkly white guard on it. there is no "bird painted" on it, so I never liked it, nor would I add one to mine. The Dillion's guard was taken off for picture taking, but I still have it in a ziploc bag..the same with my EpiBird, I took it off also to show the grain. Here's a pic of the Dillion ISIS birdlady on the guard.
noKturnal, actually the Dillion is slightly larger than the Jackson it's a picture angle illusion.
the headstock is also slightly bigger than my Epiphone which is not an illusion.