Jackson DKMG

Arched Top H H pickups, 3 position selector, turbo charger, 24 fret, very thin neck, floating trem, gold fleck paint

I can get a pretty broad range of sounds. It doesnt quite get all the gain I want for some of the metel we play, but it has enough to do well. The turbo is pretty useless except for gathering feedback. We play a very broad range from classic rock, Cheryl Crow, 80s metal, Nickleback, Megadeth. It pulls it all of. Just wish for a touch more gain. A replacement bridge pickup would fix this for little money.

I play very light strings (8s) so I always change the factory set up first thing. This thing plays like butter. There were some minor stress cracks in the paint on the body around the neck. The tremelo is not a real rose, but has been very reliable. I virtualy can not take the guitar out of tune. I am true to my 80s heritage and am very aggressive with dive bombs etc. No problems. The neck is very flat and a bit wide. It plays very well and makes my les paul feel like a 2 by 4.

I can be a bit hard on my guitars. Ive had this guitar for about 14 months now. It shows no signs of wear or tear. I never gig without a back up, been around too long I guess. That is the case no matter what guitar we are talking about. It has been absolutly dependable so far.

Never had to contact the company. The fact that Fender is now the owner makes my skin crawl. Ill give it a six just cause.

Ive been playing 22 years now. I own 9 guitars including a les paul, BC Rich ST, Charvel m V, Kramer etc.. If this guitar were stolen I would replace it with another in the forest green. I got this one on discount because of the gold color. Hard deal to beat. Its a solid mid- level guitar for giging. I dont worry about beating it up a bit because its not worth a ton, yet it has all the features I need.

This is a 2002 Dkmg that was made in Japan, 24 fret, HZ's, turbo booster, blah blah you know the rest.

This guitar has a great sound to it. Its full of life even with the Hz's, I've been wanting to step the pickups up to 81's but im not sure if I want to invest anymore money in this. I play real heavy hardcore metal, I like a lot of tempo changes and playing challenging riffs that experiment between rhythm and lead, the action on this guitar is perfect so it alows me to move all over the place smoothly. It seems to be a little noisy and has too much bass on the middle pickup selector switch so I generally just keep it on the back one to get a more listenable sound. The turbo boost is pointless in my opinion, it doesnt do anything but make your amp feedback. The tremolo is awesome, I can dive bomb the hell out of it and it stays in tune literally for months.

The guitar set up is good, it needs an inotation done. The body is perfect except for one little knick in the side that is barely noticable. The finish is awesome, I've had this guitar for a year and a half and it still looks brand new.

This guitar has never let me down at a live show, however at the last couple of practices I've been having a problem with the volume knob. Whenever I bump it with my right hand the volume cuts out for a few seconds, im assuming its a connection gone bad, it should be a simple fix but it screwed me over on recording a song last night. I've also noticed that annoying hum coming from the springs, I use 5 and I tune to Drop B so when ever I play an octave on the A string on the 5th fret it hums really bad. Im going to try the wood trick and see if that works. Other wise this guitar is solid and Im very satisfied with its performance. I always have a backup however (a fender strat) because changing strings with a floyd rose is a pain in the ass, I would much rather grab another guitar than try messing with changing a string during a show.

Never dealt with them

This guitar gets an 8, I docked it 2 points because of the 2 problems im having with it. I've been playing guitar for 10 years and I also own a couple Fenders and an ESP, I play through a Mesa dual Rectifier.
If it were stolen I'd replace it with an ESP M-1000 and a Les Paul studio. I wish it had seperate volume knobs for the pick ups. Over all I like it alot but there are better guitars than this one. If I had a museum of guitars this one would definitely be part of it.

First off, I must say that I don't own one. It's just that a new Guitar Center store opened in Manhattan in New York City, USA, and this is the only electric I played.

See the other reviews for the specs, or visit http://www.jacksonguitars.com. Look for the DKMG there.

I played this for about 20-30 minutes, and then my dad played it for about ten or so. More below.

I play mostly metal and hard rock, occasionally dabbling with classical, jazz and other ethnic music. This can excel in a lot of music. I had a hard time believing that... I mean, with the amp I was using (some Crate 120 watt 2x12 combo), I dialed up different distortion tones, and most could be cleaned up from the guitar with the active circuit off. With the circuit on, I didn't use too much boost. Probably about 1/3rd on. All the positions were relatively hum free, unless you're using the turbocharger more than halfway, with the volume and tone knobs up full.

Whne I got my dad to try it, he was impressed. He plays no metal whatsoever, and he found himself digging the tones! That gave me an idea of the versatility of this guitar. His fingerpicked lines came through very clearly, without any muddiness. The tone knob is smooth throughout, and can be rolled off to get that smoky jazz tone. Imagine that on a Jackson! Great job here, guys.

The action was perfect. No buzzing, yet low enough for tapped runs. I noticed no flaws, and the neck is great. Not too thick, yet substantial. I could actually use .011 gauge strings (in standard tuning) with this if I wanted for thicker tones.

No problems with the humbuckers.

This would definitely withstand my abuse. The neck joint was solid on the guitar I tried. I did note the other problems mentioned before, and would probably order some spare parts had I bought it. I'd probably have a Tremsetter installed to increase the bridge's stability.

For me, the strap buttons would have to go. In with the Dunlop Strap locks, and Levy's leather strap. The guitar, with its rich forest green finish, certainly deserves that fine piece of leather. :)

Had I bought this, my 1992 Ibanez RG560 would be quite the proud backup. :)

Been playing since 1991.

If it were stolen, then I'd hunt down the poor sap, and make him/her buy me another one with a maple veneer top, if a good reason was given. Otherwise, they'd get sued, and I'd be able to buy another one, plus a 7 string from Carvin, or the Ovation Celebrity Adamas acoustic guitar I noodled with on the same day as the Jackson.

If I'm not mistaken, this model is the main guitar of Ben Moody from Evanescence.

BODY Alder with Carved Top and Flame Maple Veneer
NECK Bolt-On Rock Maple
FINGERBOARD Rosewood
FRETS: 24 Jumbo Frets
PICKUPS: EMG HZ
CONTROLS: Master Volume,
Master Tone,
Active EMG TurboCharger
BRIDGE: Double Locking Tremolo

made in 2002, Transblack.

Amazing, You set up your guitar and your amp right, and start going, hit the solo, and pull up that tone nob and WOW absolutely phenominal. I play full on metal, and vitruoso kinds of stuff with this thing, and it's amazing. Pack it with a marshall or a randall, or a mesa, and the thing is just... :-O

Action was okay out of the box, I let my friend borrow it and he fucked it up, but thats not Jacksons problem.

The Floyd Rose does stay in tune better than anything else I;ve played. You can push that bar all the way to the body, either side, and stays perfectly in tune (maybe its just my guitar but it works like that on mine). the Finish is alright, I wish it wasn't veneer though.

I'd play this guitar live, without a back up, It's perfect, as long as you don't change your tuning. Which I don't. The hardware is good, but you may have to replace the nuts on the top, they strip really fast (I've learned this the hard way)

jackson - if you read this, give your dealers replacements, or include a couple with the guitars, PLEASE!

Never dealt with them, but now that Fender is the owner, I'm quite sad. Warranty is lifetime I believe

I love it, just need to watch out for the nuts. But other than that, if you want a really heavy metal guitar, or a guitar you can really shred, or solo with, this is the one.

If I lost it or what not, I'd buy another Jackson, not sure for the model, no 2 guitars are the same.

Made in Japan (not sure about the year, 2002?), black, 3-way tone selector, one tone knob, one volume knob (knob, haha), and all the stuff the dxmg has.

It suits my music style really good, since I play metal (mostly), no noise at all (except some from my crappy cable which has nothing to do with this). It sounds good, probably even better on a better amp. It sounds good when I play rock/punk stuff too. I like it. (Though I'll probably replace the pickups at some point).

It's great, no flaws at all. I did adjust one pickup a bit (personal prefrence).

YES. It hasnt got a scratch yet, and I don't exactly pamper my guitars. The strap buttons are good, and the finish seems good. I can depend on it, and it could probably gig without a backup.

It has a great price/quality ratio (or whatever, I dunno the word). I love the way it looks, sounds, and plays.

This guitar was bought in Denmark for about 800 dollars. This is cheap in denmark. New price at the time in november 2002 was 1150 dollars. I got it cheaper because it had been in the shop too long.

Well luck for me. Anyways, it's such a lovely guitar. Just look at the details. Super fast neck with piranha inlays, EMG HZ pickups, Afterburner (boost) and a lovely green basswood body. What more could you want ??

Mine is made in Japan as well, but the quality is superior

This guitar blew my mind the first time i heard it. I was choosing between the ESP LTD-202 BB with afterburner or this JAckson DKMG. The Jackson sounded a bit better and the dicision was easy.
I love METALLICA and other bands such as SUM 41, BLINK 182, CREED, OZZY. So mostly heavy rock and punk rock. This guitar takes it all. It suits every style i've tried.

The EMG HZ pickups are awesome even though the afterburner can make the guitar scream. I find the sound very rich and mean. Like James Hetfields growls !!!! Enter sandman up r a$$ !!
Max respect !!!!!

This guitar has a very low action from the start and makes soloing sooo much easier than on other guitars.
I went from a samick to this Jackson and the comparison is not fair ... For a while i also played on an American fender Strat and this one blows that away in the metal zone.

Everything is well adjusted and only one small concern

You HAVE to tune the guitar TWICE but after than it stays in tune. Even when it's freezing outside because once i brought it outside for like 30 minutes and it was still in tune. Good quality wood !!!

My friend ( Lasse Kolstrup) dropped on the floor and i just had to re-tune it. Luckily it didn't break. (lucky for him ... )

I played live with it once and it didn't let me down at all, as soon as i came to the solo part I activated the Boost knob and blew away all the spectators !!!! Crazy stuff

I went from a Samick to this Jackson DKMG and it was so much worth the money even though i had to pay 800 dollars here in Denmark !!

wicked stuff. Jackson Rulez forever and Metal up your ass !!!!

2001 Model made in Japan. 24 frets, double locking floyd rose. Solid top.

2 Active EMG HZ humbuckers with 3 way selector. One volume, one tone, and one push/pull switch/volume knob for the "turbocharger" which is a built in preamp for the output.

Fat frets with pirhana inlays, looks great.

Black forest finish, very beautiful

The EMG-HZ pickups are OK pickups, but they aren't wonderful. They have good harmonic response for pinched harmonics and open harmonics. They also have decent mid and low range, but they shine at high end response if the turbocharger is turned on. Good response comes from these things if the turbocharger is about 1/3 or 1/2 of the way up, but too far up will produce a very noisy sound that is almost muddy, but the worst part of this is that all the way up, the turbocharger makes the gutiar too sensitive to where sliding the guitar along your pants will produce a very noticable sound out of an amp. Basically, it clutters up your sound. The guitar sounds very good clean and can basically play any style you want it to.

The locking mechanism on this guitar is slightly off center and cannot be fixed because its only off slightly and it screws in where the nut is (the locker is the nut). Its slighly shifted toward the high e direction and this cause significant problems when doing pulloffs or fast fingering on the lower frets on the high e because the string will slide off those jumbo frets too easily making a dull thud. After playing on this thing for a long time, I've somewhat gotten used to it, but then playing on another guitar will make me realize how much I want this problem to go away. I have played other DKMGs without this problem, and they are a pleasure and are very nice.

The finish is beautiful (black forest). It is soo good looking with that black hardware and pirhana inlays,

One problem is that the metal hardware corrodes easily and it is a magnet for grime and corrosive hand oils and other grime. This causes frequent string breakage, and unsightly rust. Most importantly though, this causes the electronics near the knobs to get dirty and volume knob adjustment to be noisy and eventually fail, like it did on mine. I have already had to replace that volume potentiometer.

The finish is very durable and long lasting, can't even tell its been scratched and still shines. Excellent!

This guitar does not stay in tune for very long and all and slowly deteriorates with age. As of now, nearly any movement of the floyd rose tremolo even with the lock fully tightened will knock it out of tune. This is more the responsibility of the tremolo itself, but I have only had this guitar for 8 months and its already almost unplayable onstage because of the tuning problem. After this problem started, I adjusted spring tension according to floyd rose guides on maintainance, but even at its best adjustment after 2 hours of tuning and bending the tremolo to make it solid, it still has problems. I have even replaced springs to try and remedy the problem, but nothing has been completely successful. Ahh the woes of tremolos...

However, the actual body work of this guitar is quite excellent, it has been dropped onto its headstock a couple of times and has remained in tune afterward, and for a bolt on neck, that is quite good.

Jackson (AKAI) was quite fast at responding to by questions about strings and tremolos and were also quite knowledgable about it. Very good service, although a toll free number would have been nice.

I play fast metal and blues, and the fingerboard is very fast and nice.

I bought this guitar because I wanted to replace my strat with a humbuckered, 24 fretted, floyd rosed, metal machine that was well balanced and comfortable, and this guitar, when it was new, was perfect, and sounded better than any guitar I had played previously. However, its tune and intonation deteriorated quickly, and the tremolo became a huge risk to use anymore because of its tune problem. It breaks strings like nothing else I have ever seen ( at its worst it was breaking one every 2 days ) and now that its not breaking them as much its better. I don't break strings as much on any other guitar as I do on this one. I have also had to adjust the action on it a lot because a buzz will come out of it the lower strings. However, I think all of this is is due to the tremolo. Otherwise, the guitar is great.

If I lost this thing or it were stolen, I wouldn't replace it. It has sufficiently scared me away from tremolos, and if I were to get another floyd rose Guitar, I would not spend any less than a thousand on it to make sure it was rock solid.

By this point, you are probably well aware of the features on this guitar, EMG-HZ's w/ the "Turbocharger", Floyd Rose tremelo, locking nut, etc.

The HZ pickups are fair, providing a relatively well balanced response. The value of the "Turbocharger" circuit is questionable. When used at it's maximum output, appox. 20db of gain, it generates considerable noise - but hey, it's gain, love it or hate it. I dabble in a wide variety of musical categories, emphasis on the harder faster end of things (usually) and by and large this guitar has proven itself both capable and fairly flexible. My current rig is a Line 6 Spider212 100 watt combo that is also driving a MesaBoogie slant 4 X 12 cab. No outboard effects necessary-straight in-total death out.

The neck, action and finish on this thing are flawless, really incredible. The Floyd Rose trem on the other hand will require some setup finesse and a good deal of luck to operate perfectly-don't hold yer breath though. Intonation, fretwork, and right-out-of-the-box playability are really superior

This guitar is still fairly new to me but rest assured over the next several years it's gonna take a beating. Thankfully, I have every reason to think it will stand up to whatever I can dish out - not like it has a choice in the matter anyway. Only a musician with the IQ of a houseplant gigs without a backup-it's a no brainer.

No experience in this area, nor do I forsee any need. What breaks-I fix.

I've been playing for upward of 20 years now - so it's safe to say I've played, owned, borrowed and/or drooled over every piece of gear out there at one time or another. My guitar collection is as large as my wallet will allow- aside from the DKMG, I've got an Applause AE48 acoustic and a Washburn Dimebag signature model that I've hot rodded to the gills. There is no question in my mind that with the purchase of this Jackson, I got alot of guitar for the dollar.

I bought this guitar online in 2002..its comes equipt with a floyd rose tremola, EMG HZ pickups, EMG Turbo Booster, 24 frets on a reletivly thin neck, great action for hitting those higher notes.

I am into metal. Thats pretty much all I listen to and play. I was once in a pop punk band where I played bass and my guitarist used my guitar for a couple shows (because his Ibanez was crap compared to this beauty) and it worked great even for that style. I play it through a Randall RH200 head and a Randall cab with a Boss Metal Zone pedal and Moorely Little Aligator volume and this guitar sounds great through it. The EMG Turbo Booster is crap in my opinion. It gives you a nice boost of volume when playing clean, but distorted it does nothing but increase the feedback. Ive had problems with it when playing and stopping abruptly. I had a ring from the springs in the back that just made the guitar sound like crap. I've heard putting a little sliver of wood under the springs would stop it, but I didnt have wood so I used paper. The problem is now gone. Easy fix. I hate the tremola on this thing because it is soo annoying when it comes time to change strings. But I guess thats just personal preference, not a real problem

As soon as I took this guitar out of the box, it playing very well. I had to adjust some things like teh truss rod because I had a little bit of buzzing from the B and high E strings, and i adjusted the springs a little bit to get that real low action that I love so damn much. When I lowered the strings I had to lower the neck humbucker because when I palm muted, the strings would buzz against it. The finish and allignment of the guitar was in perfect shape. No problems besides adjusting it to my personal preference.

This guitar is a beast when it comes to live playing, or really any playing. I flail about when I play and it stays in tune the whole time and has never broken on me in any way. I've dropped it on accident a couple times, ran into things with it on accident a couple times and have even gotten drinks spilled on it on accident a couple times. It stood up to the abuse and still plays like a dream. I think it is a highly rependable guitar. Very low maintainance. I would just have a backup guitar(if you had the money for a backup) because once a string broke on it while playing and there is no point in continuing. Once a string breaks on a floyd rose, its a bitch to get it back into tune.

I've never had any problems with it so I wouldnt know how their customer support opperates.

Overall, this is a great guitar for beginner or advanced. It has all the features that a more advanced guitarist would want plus the action suitable for a beginner. I would recomend this guitar to anyone that isnt rich and could buy better. In its price range I havent come across a better guitar.

made 2001 in japan. 24frets of beauty. solid cobalt metallic blue finish. 1 volume 1 tone and another that I'm still learning how to use. 3way switch for H/H. EMG HZ passive humbuckers. poplar body with a floyd rose. thin neck but perfect feel for big hands (like mine)

My music style is metal rock and jazz and plays like a dream for all three. The pickups give a nice fat sound in clean and crunchy overdrive (think aerosmith with more crunch). I really love the sound, it's 20x better than my ibanez

action was beautiful but made it as low as i can (2mm action still works perfect with no buzz) pickup height was great. the only flaw I can find for this guitar is the person playing it isn't a virtuoso;)

Haven't played it live but it holds up really well and the strap holders are solid so is the guitar. Hardware seems solid also and so does the finish (bumped the finish a couple times with no damage). I would depend on it but it has a floyd so take a backup when gigging because of the time factor in changing a string.

Never had to deal but I've heard good things.

I've been playing about 8months now and I own my skill to my guitar teacher that's very knowledgable and helpful so I'm playing at a 2yr level. I would definetly get this guitar again (or possibly another backup in the future) because I love how it plays and the top is so comfortable especially playing standing up. I'm comparing this to my Ibanez Rg120 and it just blows it away. I recommend this guitar to anyone (bigger hands preferable because the neck is a little thicker than the wizard but feels a lot better).