Adrian Smith SDX MN SW : Really great guitar if additional tuning is done

I had this one 10 years ago already - that time from India production. Sold it due to known E string slippage issue which I did not know could be solved so easily by just locking nut replacement :-) Then 2 years later I got the version with white pickguard & palisander fretboard - sold it again as the palisander was not so great looking like ebony on the US model :-) Now I bought this piece which looks exactly like the original US one & that was the main driver for this purchase. However I was shocked when realized that neck (including fretboard!!!) is completely without any surface treatment (except of its headstock) .. this is not even described in any description on any website - just had to investigate & got to a forum when Jackson representative explained doing this by a purpose of given authentic feel & look of the original Adrian Smith prototype which had aged a lot since late 80ties when it was manufactured :-) Honestly I do not like such approach at all & decided to put new satin finish on the complete neck by professional local guitar shop here in Slovakia. At the same time they replaced original frets by stainless steel ones which make this guitar even more special now. And on top of this I have installed special "string through" saddle screws on the Floyd Rose bridge exactly like it was produced in late 80ties for some models only - now strings replacement makes no headache & is so convenient like with any other standard tremolo bridge. I am still planning to replace serial pickups for real DiMarzio ones so at the end of the day with all these improvements the overall cost for this guitar would be around 1000 Euro - however I am sure it'll be able to compete with the US model then & for much less money :-)