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Hatsubai « Lynch-esque »
Published on 10/02/11 at 15:32This guitar seems to be trying to get that George Lynch kind of vibe with the way it's painted. It's definitely a very 80-esque looking guitar, and it pulls off that sound that's associated with the 80s with ease. The guitar features an alder body with a maple neck-thru design, an ebony fretboard with 24 extra jumbo frets, sharkfin inlays, a hard tail bridge, HSS configuration, one volume, one tone and a five way switch.
UTILIZATION
The first thing you notice is that this guitar has a pretty cool paint job. Anybody who has ever seen George Lynch play will know this graphic. It's that tiger stripe kind of model that was super popular in the 80s. The guitar had some really nice upper fret access. Thanks to it being neck-thru, I was able to get to the higher frets without any issues at all. The guitar was truly built for performance in mind. The fretwork on this was top notch. I didn't have any issues at all with the frets. They were shiny, had a nice crown, were beveled properly and just felt nice. The guitar has a hard tail bridge, and I'm actually not the biggest fan of hard tail bridges on Jacksons, but for those who hate floyds, this is the one you want to look into.
SOUNDS
The guitar was a bit bright, and thanks to it having a hard tail bridge, this was somewhat enhanced. For those that don't know, floyds tend to have a slightly more mellow tone when compared to other bridges, so they work great on these neck-thru guitars. With this hard tail design, it turns it into a very tight and cutting guitar. It works great for 80s metal, but for some other genres like blues and whatnot, some people might not like it. Then again, every piece of wood sounds different, so there could be some super thick sounding models out there as well. The guitar had a JB in the bridge with Classic Stacks in the neck/middle. They were really nice, but I would have liked to have something else in there. The JB was a bit too bright, and the Classic Stacks didn't have the output I was looking for.
OVERALL OPINION
The guitar is a very solid guitar, and I'm sure any 80s metal fan would be more than happy with this guitar. The necks on these are a little thicker than the Dinky necks, but they're still fairly thin. If you're one of those people who like super thick necks, then you'll want to look elsewhere. Then again, I have a feeling most of you who are looking to buy this guitar are more into the whole 80s shred thing and tend to prefer thinner necks rather than thicker ones.
UTILIZATION
The first thing you notice is that this guitar has a pretty cool paint job. Anybody who has ever seen George Lynch play will know this graphic. It's that tiger stripe kind of model that was super popular in the 80s. The guitar had some really nice upper fret access. Thanks to it being neck-thru, I was able to get to the higher frets without any issues at all. The guitar was truly built for performance in mind. The fretwork on this was top notch. I didn't have any issues at all with the frets. They were shiny, had a nice crown, were beveled properly and just felt nice. The guitar has a hard tail bridge, and I'm actually not the biggest fan of hard tail bridges on Jacksons, but for those who hate floyds, this is the one you want to look into.
SOUNDS
The guitar was a bit bright, and thanks to it having a hard tail bridge, this was somewhat enhanced. For those that don't know, floyds tend to have a slightly more mellow tone when compared to other bridges, so they work great on these neck-thru guitars. With this hard tail design, it turns it into a very tight and cutting guitar. It works great for 80s metal, but for some other genres like blues and whatnot, some people might not like it. Then again, every piece of wood sounds different, so there could be some super thick sounding models out there as well. The guitar had a JB in the bridge with Classic Stacks in the neck/middle. They were really nice, but I would have liked to have something else in there. The JB was a bit too bright, and the Classic Stacks didn't have the output I was looking for.
OVERALL OPINION
The guitar is a very solid guitar, and I'm sure any 80s metal fan would be more than happy with this guitar. The necks on these are a little thicker than the Dinky necks, but they're still fairly thin. If you're one of those people who like super thick necks, then you'll want to look elsewhere. Then again, I have a feeling most of you who are looking to buy this guitar are more into the whole 80s shred thing and tend to prefer thinner necks rather than thicker ones.