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Published on 12/22/03 at 15:00Got this crazy axe from the local music shop for $995 Canadian Dollars. Mine is Cobalt Blue in finish. Go to www.jacksonguitars.com for complete specs.
Super slim neck for all you shredders and players with smaller hands, low profile slick looking pirahnna inlays, pointy inverted headstock, tunomatic bridge, low action, not too heavy, nice natural rockwood maple neck, carved top alder body.
The only thing i don't like, well, actually hate is the EMG-Hz passive pickups with the active 20db gain turbocharger. Absolute garbage, but maybe it's because i'm comparing it with my other guitar with an EMG-85 and 81 pickup combination. If you really care about sound (which you should since it is MUSIC that you're playing) then prepare to upgrade pickups.
It seems pretty solid to me, i've only had it for a month so time will only tell. I'm very pleased with the construction of this axe as it has a style of it's own. Paritcularly the carved top and carved out grooves in the concave of the fin portions of the body, not to mention the back of the axe just underneath the area of the bolts for the neck. Don't worry about room in the back for a battery if you want to go with active pickups, it already has a space for one. Nicely made.
Bottom line is:
If this is your first guitar, it will do you just fine. You will have a nicer guitar than most entry level guitarists. If you're somewhat experienced, than you're probably looking for features other than the price tag. This guitar is very affordable and the best feature and the main reason why i made this purchase is because it has a super slim neck, i don't think it could get any thinner. This axe has great flavour and quality construction wise. Electronics is a different story. Plan on investing on better pickups if you know what you're doing. This review is complety subjective, I play metal so if you do too than i can tell you that the stock pups have no crunch, no bite, no output not to mention noisy. They do the job for rhythm and rock in general. I've read some reviews saying that these pickups are good for playing metallica, megadeth, pantera,etc. Simply not true. I would rate this a 5 based on construction but gave it a 4 since the review is for a stock unit as a whole (what you get outta the box). Hope this review is useful as most others for this make are completely misleading, and even still I had managed to make a fine buy.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Super slim neck for all you shredders and players with smaller hands, low profile slick looking pirahnna inlays, pointy inverted headstock, tunomatic bridge, low action, not too heavy, nice natural rockwood maple neck, carved top alder body.
The only thing i don't like, well, actually hate is the EMG-Hz passive pickups with the active 20db gain turbocharger. Absolute garbage, but maybe it's because i'm comparing it with my other guitar with an EMG-85 and 81 pickup combination. If you really care about sound (which you should since it is MUSIC that you're playing) then prepare to upgrade pickups.
It seems pretty solid to me, i've only had it for a month so time will only tell. I'm very pleased with the construction of this axe as it has a style of it's own. Paritcularly the carved top and carved out grooves in the concave of the fin portions of the body, not to mention the back of the axe just underneath the area of the bolts for the neck. Don't worry about room in the back for a battery if you want to go with active pickups, it already has a space for one. Nicely made.
Bottom line is:
If this is your first guitar, it will do you just fine. You will have a nicer guitar than most entry level guitarists. If you're somewhat experienced, than you're probably looking for features other than the price tag. This guitar is very affordable and the best feature and the main reason why i made this purchase is because it has a super slim neck, i don't think it could get any thinner. This axe has great flavour and quality construction wise. Electronics is a different story. Plan on investing on better pickups if you know what you're doing. This review is complety subjective, I play metal so if you do too than i can tell you that the stock pups have no crunch, no bite, no output not to mention noisy. They do the job for rhythm and rock in general. I've read some reviews saying that these pickups are good for playing metallica, megadeth, pantera,etc. Simply not true. I would rate this a 5 based on construction but gave it a 4 since the review is for a stock unit as a whole (what you get outta the box). Hope this review is useful as most others for this make are completely misleading, and even still I had managed to make a fine buy.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com