Jackson DR3

This guitar is a true hard rock/metal guitar that still provides tonal flexibility. This is a 2000 model that was made in Japan. It has a 25 1/2" scale neck with 24 frets (still getting used to playing on that), and one hell of a thin neck that is lightning fast. It has a jet black finish with, what I call "gunmetal" chrome hardware (the chrome isn't shiny, a satin finish if you will). Comes equipped with 2 Duncan Design Humbuckers at the neck and bridge, one tone, one volume, a nice "heavy feeling" 3 way switch (les paul switches have always felt flimsy to me), jackson tuners, and a Jackson locking tremolo. The body itself is one of those super-strat designs with the deeper cutaways, and is made out of poplar. The neck is maple with a rosewood fretboard and mother-of-pearl reverse sharktooth inlays. I also purchased an allen wrench which is need for changing the strings due to the locking tremolo.

The guitar is great for my musical style. I have been playing for 7.5 years and come from the old school of 80s rock. Van Halen is my main influence, but I also cite Alex Lifeson (Rush), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), and Mick Mars (Motley Crue) as influences. I also play in an 80s cover band in school where we do EVERYTHING from Huey Lewis to the great hair bands, plus oldies, like the Beatles and Stones...the tones I need I have no problem getting. I have yet to get back to school though and try it in a gig setting. I currently play through a combination of a 5150 Combo with a Line 6 Pod unit (minly used to simulate different amplifiers when needed) and a Boss GT-3 effects processor. Overall, I can come close to Van Halen's "Brown Sound" while still finding my own voice. I'm thinking of dropping a Seymour Duncan Custom model humbucker into the bridge position though for some more output. Also, at least through what I use and my ear, it sounds pretty good when I use an acoustic guitar simulator that comes with the Boss GT3 (I hate using acoustics, I find them limiting in my playing), I just have to be sure to engage both pickups so i can get an even balance between front and back.

The action was set up really well (nice and low) and needed no adjustment when I bought it. The pickups are directly mounted to the body, so there is no real need for adjusting them. The only problem I have is with the finish, and its just an anal retentive thing. I'm learning the hard way how hard a glossy black finish is to keep clean. I want to look good when I'm gigging you know? lol I'm also disappointed that with the transparent finishes, the top is nothing more than a maple veneer. For the price they ask, I would've expected at least a 1/8" inch thick maple cap, oh well. The neck finish also feels nice...even though its lacquered, i'm still able to feel the grain of the wood. Jackson does a great job with their necks.

I can only assume that this guitar will withstand the rigors of playing college bars. The equipment seems to be road worthy (after all this is from the professional line). I bought this guitar originally as a back-up. Looking at what I can do now, I have two great gigging guitars which I guess could be labled as "guitars 1A and 1B". it will all depend on the sound I need for a given song during a gig.

The warranty is 1 yr. Never dealt with Jackson directly, therefore, no comment.

I have been playing for 7.5 yrs and i ahve to say that this guitar just kicks major ass. Its a welcome change since my main gigging guitar thus far has been transparent red 1993 Ernie Ball/Music Man Van Halen custom guitar. Pairing that with the 5150 made me sound too much like Eddie and not enough like me (not that that can be a bad thing). The Jackson lets me keep a certain touch of Eddie with enough room for my own voice. If it was stolen I'd defintiely replace this guitar. I compared this guitar to some Ibanez and ESP models, but I came to the conclusion that those Japanese companies just don't have the quality like an American company. Even though my guitar was made overseas, it still beats any Ibanez or ESP anyday.

This guitar has almost all you need bought straight from the factory. It has (2) screaming Duncan designed humbuckers. They are perfect for playing Metallica, you really get heavy palm muting. The neck pickup, when used with the bridge pickup, makes an extremely full and punchy sound like a lot of ska bands use, and also like the clean interlude on "Master of Puppets" (Metallica). It has a Floyd Rose tremolo that is great for trem dives; you can dive all the way down to the point where you can't hear the strings, then come back up and you'll still be in perfect tune. You just have to be careful when you're doing vibratos with your trem, it likes to shake other strings, but i'll bet that's typical with almost any tremolo. The guitar has a strat body, flamed maple top, sealed tuners, a 24 fret rosewood fretboard, reverse headstock, and sharkfin inlays. The maple neck is the most perfect neck i've ever played on; my soloing improved by 200% when i bought this guitar. Sliding from fret to fret is no problem, and the frets are built high so there is no buzz. The action is the lowest you can go without having string buzz, and i love it. The only thing that this doesn't have is a volume control for each pickup, which sucks when you want to do a Randy Rhoads style cutoff series on a harmonic (where you rattle the pickup selector from your bridge pickup, with volume maxed, to your neck pickup, with 0 volume, and back to your bridge, making the sound cutoff and come back very rapidly), and since i play a lot of ozzy, that is a disadvantage, but since this is the first guitar i own with a floyd rose, i'll just have to make up my own technique's to replace Randy's.

Pickups are absolutely perfect for hard rock and heavy metal, or for clean ska/punk. I use the DR3 along with a BC Rich Platinum Warlock through a Line6 Spider 210 with a Floorboard, and I can get every sound i need out of them. The pickups don't give unwanted feedback. When in heavy distortion mode, there is a very unique tone that combines metallica-style distortion with a slight bit of fuzz (good fuzz), that totally beefs up your palm muting, and gives each note of your solos its own personality. One thing with the bridge pickup is that it's so hot-rodded for metal that it puts a little overdrive into your clean tone, so be sure to use both pickups when playing clean. Oh yeah, when i bought this, the bridge pickup was adjusted with the treble end very close to the strings and the bass end dropped down closer to the body cavity, so that might contribute to the killer tone.

Everything on the guitar was as great as i expected it to be, and sometimes better. The action was low, so the strings were close to the neck, but there was no buzz...totally easy to play. There were no flaws with the finish or the other wood, but i polish it daily (especially the neck, to keep it slick) to make sure it stays that way.

This guitar is a gigging machine, the only thing that would detract from its stage presence is the fact that the body is a traditional shape, unlike my bc rich. It wouldn't need a backup, unless i broke a string, but i've learned how to control myself so i don't get too "in to the music" and accidentally smash my palm into the bridge and break a string. I didn't want to risk my guitar dropping when i play standing up, so i put straplocks on it before i plucked one note on it. The finish is deep, and i don't even see wear yet from my pick, even though i play this f*cker hard and often.

I've never dealt with Jackson, but i have a one year warranty on it, so i'm not worried. I bought this from Guitar Center, and they are the most polite and friendly salespeople i have ever met, they even let me trade a line6 spider 210 that i bought from them (and it was defective, the speakers would short out) for a new one just by showing them the receipt, they didn't even look at the amp! Talk about a company trusting their customers!

For the amount of time i've been playing, i have a shitload more pro level gear than most would think i deserve, but i'm also a lot better than anyone i know, and this is my one true passion that i devote my time to. If someone stole this guitar, I'd shit my pants, and scrounge up money for another one. To tell you the truth, i wish i could sell my 400 dollar Warlock for 630 and get me a second one of these so i could gig with one and totally f*ck it up and put the other one in a glass case in cherry condition to slobber over every night when i go to bed. I love everything about it, i just wish it had another volume knob for the neck pickup. And odds are, even though the pickups in it are great, i'll probably throw a set of emg's in it (81/85) when i get the money. I compared this to ibanez's top of the line RG's and this blew it away in tone and the finish on this made the other's look like cheap Synsonics crap. This is the guitar for anyone who loves James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, or any genre of heavy metal!

THIS GUITAR IS NOTHING GREAT IN THE FEATURES DEPARTMENT,BUT THE VOLUME ,TONE AND 3 WAY SWITCH IS JUST FINE FOR ME.THIS GUITAR HAS DUNCAN DESIGNED PICK UPS, WHICH FOR THE MONEY ARE GREAT,I CAN,T THINK OF MANY GUITARS THAT INCLUDE BETTER PICK UPS AT THIS MONEY{570 BRITISH POUND}IT ALL SO GETS LOTS OF LOOKS BECAUSE OF ITS TRANS GREEN FLAMED MAPLE VEENERED TOP

THIS GUITAR SUITS MY STYLE PERFECTLY,OR I WOULDNT HAVE BOUGHT IT.I PLAY A LOT OF SATCH/VAI STUFF.THIS GUITAR CAN BE A TOUCH MUDDY ON THE NECK PICK UP WITH A LOT OF BASS DIALED IN TO MY AMP{FENDER ROC PRO}BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT IS FINE.I DONT LIKE THE ARGUMENT THAT TREMS AND BOLT ON NECKS DECREASE SUSTAIN SATCH/VAI/BECK/GILMOUR/MOORE/HENDRIX/CLAPTON ETC,ALL USE THIS SET UP AND THEY NEVER SEEM SHORT OF IT,THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLWAYS SAID ABOUT THIS TYPE OF GUITAR

I HAVE READ A LOT OF REVEIWS OF THIS GUITAR AND LOTS OF YOU SAY THAT IT WAY POORLY SET UP,MY ONE WAS ABSOULUTLY FINE AND WHY DID YOU BUY IT IF YOU DIDNT LIKE THE SET UP? EVERTHING ELSE WAS VERY WEEL BUILT.

THIS GUITAR WOULD STAND UP WELL AGAINST GIGS,I DROPED MINE ON THE ROAD HEADSTOCK FIRST FROM AROUND 2 FEET AND ALL THAT WAS WRONG WAS A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD FELL OF THE HEADSTOCK!TY THAT WITH A LES PAUL! I WOULD USE THIS GUITAR WITHOUT A BACK UP.THE FINISH ON THIS GUITAR IS GOOD AND IS EASY TO REPAIR BECAUSE OF ITS FINISH

NEVER DELT WITH THEM

I HAVE BEEN PLAYIHG 3AND HALF YEARS AND PLAY WITH LITTLE EFFECTS INTO A FENDER ROC PRO AMP.IF IT WERE LOST OR STOLEN I MIGHT BUY ANOTHER ONE.THE NECK IS ITS BEST FEATURE AND THERE IS NOTHING I DO NOT LIKE. I COMPARED IT TO A LOT OF IBANEZ GUITARS AND THEY SEEMED OVER PRICED

This is a great guitar! I think it's a '98 and made in Japan. The neck is a 25.5 inch scale and it has 24 jumbo-sized frets. The neck is absolutely great for shredding! It has a poplar body, a maple bolt-on neck, and a rosewood fingerboard with sharkfin inlays (which look great!), and the headstock is reversed. There is one volume and one tone control knob and a 3-way selector switch. The guitar has two humbucking, Duncan-Designed pickups. The models are DD-103B in the bridge and DD-103N in the neck. It also has a Floyd-Rose Liscensed Jackson-made double-locking tremolo and passive electronics. I think that I got the greatest deal on this guitar! I got it new for I think $479. It came with a hardshell-molded case and a set of Allen wrenches.

I play power/progressive metal like Symphony X, Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, etc... and it fits the music very well. I sometimes use a ToneWorks Pandora multi effects processor, or a ZOOM 510 Driver distortion pedal, but I usually just play straight through my Crate GX-140CH amp w/ 2x12. The DR-3 is a very quiet guitar. Nobody seems to like the stock pickups, and I'll admit that they don't sustain a note for very long, but I love the sound that I get from them! The clean sound, to me, equals that of any strat, and can overdrive like no other!

When I first got this guitar, the action was incredibly high, and the strings (which were of poor quality) were barely clamped in the bridge. Also the pickups were really low. After I brought it to get set up at the House of Guitars, it was absolutely perfect! And it is the most beautiful guitar in the world! It is painted a transparent dark blue. The pickups are black, and the Floyd-Rose tremolo is silver.

I haven't used this guitar at a gig yet, but I doubt I would need a backup. The only reason I would bring one is in case a string would break (which has never happened yet, and I don't expect it to either!). The finish seems like it will last for many, many years before wearing off.

I've never dealt with Jackson so no rating here.

I have been playing guitar for 4-5 years, and I first had a $200 Yamaha Pacifica (two actually). They are great guitars for the money. I used to play them through a 15-watt Fender Bullet Reverb practice amp, and then a 25-watt Peavey Envoy 110, but the DR-3 is now my main axe, and I play it through my Crate GX-140CH amplifier. If this guitar was stolen, I would replace it in a heartbeat. This is the greatest guitar for under $800 in my opinion.

I bought this guitar in Feb. '98, so I assume it's a '97 or '98. It has an ash body, graphite finish, reverse headstock and sharkfin inlays, 24 jumbo frets, 15 " radius, 25.5 "scale two humbuckers (duncan-designed 103),double locking tremolo, three way selector switch, volume and tone controls, passive electronics. It's a simple, straight-forward guitar.

I am a fan of Satriani, Vai, Van Halen, Queensryche, and I thought this guitar would suit my needs, but it doesn't even come close. The sound is very thin. If played through a cheap amp, you probably won't notice this, but plug it into a better amp that allows the true sound of a guitar to be heard, and you will realize that this gutar is really lacking in tone. Sure I could replace the pickups, but hey, you should be able to get some decent sounds out of the stock pick ups from a guitar that costs $700. The DD 103 pickups are supposed to emulate the duncan distortion pickups, but they have less output than stock pickups from less expensive guitars.
At certain areas on the fretboard like 12th fret,3rd string, there are dead spots that will not sustain a note for more than a measure without a violent string vibration to keep the note sounding.
The tremolo arm does not rest snugly in the bridge, and it rattles. Not good when you're trying to play softly.
The second string buzzes around the 3rd-5th fret, and can really be heard when playing with a clean tone.
The neck is very thin, and very fast, but a little too wide, and it is uncomfortable to play leads on the lower strings.

When it first came in the mail, the first frets wouldn't even sound, the neck needed a major adjustment. This could be attributed to the fact that it came from WA to NM, and a severe change in climate. I've had to adjust the neck a couple of times since, cos I'm trying to find the right bow where the strings won't buzz on the frets.
The graphite finish chips too easily, there are marks from where it sits in the guitar stand.
I had to replace the selector switch after owning the guitar for only a few months.

I don't play live, but I wouldn't even consider using this guitar cos of the noise created by buzzing strings and a rattling tremolo arm. I am embarrassed by the pickups.
Like I said earlier, the tremolo arm rattles, and it doesn't move freely with out making a metal on metal scraping sound.
The finish looked great when I first got the guitar, but with use, oil from my fingers has created glossy spots on the flat black finish making it look cheap and dirty.
Another thing I cannot stand about this guitar is the placement of the volume knob -- it's right under the bridge pickup and it gets in the way of my playing. The pinky finger on my right hand keeps hitting it and turning the volume down. I can be right in the middle of playing something and notice the output of the guitar drop -- and guess what caused it!!

I've never spoken to them.

I've been playing for 10 years now, and have gone through many lower level guitars. I thought I would be stepping up with this one, but I only paid more for a lousy guitar. If it were lost or stolen, I might be happy for having gotten rid of it.
After reading other reviews. you will see some common flaws with this guitar: pickups and volume controls. All other reviewers talk about modifications to over come these problems. I have a simpler soulution; look for a better guitar. I think I'm gonna replace mine with an Ibanez RG350 which is much more playable, better sounding, better looking, and costs almost $300 less.

For a detailed description of it's stock features please read the other submissions... The rating goes for the stock features.

I play extreme Metal and it after adjusting the guitar it fits perfectly. At first I thought the stock pickups were o.k. but after playing some time I realised them to be crap. They had almost no definition in fast parts though the attack was good. The sound was very bassy + trebly, less mids. This should be good for a downtuned sound but it wasn't. I was a little disappointed then. So I changed the bridge-PU to an EMG-81 and... wow ! I cannot think of a better sounding guitar ! Sustain 'til you die... great and very easy artificial harmonics, superb definition and the best crunch I ever heard. I use a Boss MT-2 into a Marshall VS8080 (hope to get a valve-top + box soon). It just sounds great with an extreme distortion. About clean sounds I can't say much since the EMG-81 sounds quite poor cleanly. The distorted sound is very well-balanced, lots of bass (which is the merrit of the DR-3's body I guess), lots of mids, lots of treble (-> EMG-81). I can get almost every sound I want. I play .011-.050 D'Addario Chrome strings and the first time since I started playing guitar (3 years) it sounds very good at my low B-tuning. I removed the neck-PU (I only need one in the brigde pos.) and wired the 3-way switch to work as an on/off-switch for the EMG-81 (as it's an active PU) because I hated pulling the plug everytime I stopped playing. It works fine. The only thing I don't like is the position of the volume knob. When I play very fast it happens that my little finger hits the knob and turns the volume down (the pots that came with the EMG are very easy to turn), but maybe I'll get a new pot with a higher turning resistance. The rating includes the modifications.

The factory setup was horrible, strings buzzing, intonation etc. , the stock strings were of a very poor quality. It took me some time to adjust everything to fit the low B tuning, but now it works fine (just some string buzzing at frets around the 10th but I guess I won't get rid of them with a low B tuning...). The pickups were far to low, but I changed them anyway. The finish is remarkable, just like a black mirror. Unfortunately it's quite sensitive to bumps/impacts, it's easy to get dents as the finish seems to be very hard but the wood obviously is rather soft. The rating goes for the self-adjusted guitar.

I didn't play live since I got it, so no rating here. The hardware seems very solid, it surely will survive. As I mentioned before, it's easy to get dents, so take care where you're jumping/falling/turning.

never dealt with them...

I've been playing for 3 years now. Before the Jackson I played a Yamaha RGX. Compared to the Jackson it lacked lots of sustain and sounded quite thin. A problem with the Yamaha was the top-heaviness. Before buying the Jackson I tested a B.C.Rich Bich NJ. It sounded great (better stock pickups I guess) but the top-heaviness was awful. I tested some Ibanez RG's too, it was the look that made me choose the Jackson. It's a little top-heavy too, but I'll get a wider leather strap and the problem will be fixed. If it were stolen I think I would save some more money to buy a more expensive neck-thru Jackson (maybe a custom model). But until then I'll love the DR-3 with my modifications and will surely play it a long time. It's mainly the sound that makes me love it, though the look (black finish, reversed headstock, reversed shark inlays etc.) is great too. I ordered it in green transparent finish but got it black ("it's not available in green here in Germany" they said...) which looked kind of "boring" at first. But now I love it.

Since i got it from Musician's Friend(and hate myself for it) in '98, I'm pretty sure it was made then. It's a Dinky "super-strat" body style with a three way pickup selector, two Duncan Design trembuckers (I can't remember actual models, like DD103 or something like that), volume, tone controls. Flame maple veneer (NOT actual top) with Transparent Green finish. Floyd Rose installed (which, over time, I've been able to change strings relatively fast with). I'd say it has medium-jumbo frets(24 of em), rosewood fretboard, maple neck(25.5 inches). The body is made of poplar, with a reverse headstock. I'm not sure about the tuners. I got it from Musician's Friend with a hardshell case and a couple allen wrenches. Japanese made. Passive electronics.

I "try" to play power metal, classic heavy metal, some surf, and on occasion, psychedelia with normal rock stuff. This works perfectly for all of them(or in my humble opinion). I use it with a Crate GFX-212 combo amp(which makes a ton of odd hisses and such on the Gain channels), and the only effects i use are built in chorus, reverb and delay, but I'm more into just plugging in and playing (Korn killed any interest i had in effects, really). I'm pretty sure the amp noise is just the amp or the speakers, because on every other amp i've played with this guitar, it makes absolutely no unwanted noise. It thankfully doesn't have very much sustain (I like a little, but more than that sucks). I replaced the Bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker, and it sounds great. Will probably replace the Neck with a '59 or Alnico Pro II. The guitar overall is very versatile, i can play Beatles songs with near-perfect tone or I can Megadeth or iron Maiden or Ozzy just fine. I suppose it has a somewhat bright sound, but overall it's right in the middle. I love the sound overall, but the stock pickups pretty much suck. Plus, I've noticed the Low E sounds a little too powerful and dominant, and always has. that might be because of the Trembucker pickup configurations, I'm not sure.

The guitar came horribly set up. the Low E was barely on and through several repairs at guitar shops, the Low e buzzes very little(as can be expected from most electrics, a little buzz is okay). The action was pretty high, I got that problem taken care of. the bridge and pickups were okay, but after a few months the switch would sort of delay the pickup change and the pickups would be silent until i whacked some open chords a few times. After I had that taken care of and proper set-up, it's great. The finish looks absolutely killer, i never get tired of looking at this guitar.

i haven't used it live yet. Such is the fate of the garage band guitarist. everything seems quite dependable, and long-lasting, but what kind of moron would play a gig without some kind of back up? Especially with a floyd-eqipped axe (I'm gonna get a tremsetter to make that a little easier to handle). Actually, I probably would play a gig without a back-up, seeing as this is currently my only axe, and it never seems to break strings. besides, I can get this thing ready almost as quickly as a non-Floyd equipped guitar.

The warranty is I believe one year, but i never sent the card in, so i guess i'm screwed I've never had to talk to Jackson. Honestly, i didn't see any point in getting the warranty, because it doesn't seem to cover ANYTHING that can happen. Nothing seems to be covered by warranty.

I've been playing for about a year and a quarter, and I've had two guitars: this and a Peavey Reactor (tele copy). That Peavey was the most discouraging guitar i've ever played, and playing this Jackson is like a delivery from God. The neck is absolutely perfect, and it feels great(well, okay, it can be a bit hard to play way up on the neck, but that's the case with all bolt-ons). If it were stolen, i would probably buy it again, or try to get a U.S. made Dinky. I almost bought some Ibanez guitar before this (I owned it before i played either, thanks to the wonders of catalogs), and I'm really glad that i didn't buy Ibanez after getting this and playing some of THEM at music stores. Jackson or death!

This guitar is I think a '98 and is a Professional model(Japanese). It has 24 frets(reverse inlays which I believe are plastic,not the abalony or mother of pearl)and has a solid top.It had volume and tone which I changed to just volume by removing the lame tone control(I'm not into tone controls)and had Duncan Designed pickups which I changed to Bill Lawrences and of course these were passive pickups.It has a maple neck,rosewood fingerboard and a gravure top/ basswood body(standard ESP,Kramer,Ibanez style)and the finish is transparent purple(very cool,looks like the ocean).It has a Jackson style Floyd which is to me smoother than an old Floyd becuase it is not unlike the Ibanez Lo-Pro.It has your average Gotoh tuners with a super shred style neck(thin,jumbo frets)and did not come with case,so I use an SKB case.



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I play progressive metal and this guitar has the neck I need for that. The fact that it is so small and lightweight makes it really fun for live playing as it's easy to move around with it and the 24 fret neck makes for killer solos as I can bend at the last fret and get an F note or even up to a F# or G if I bend hard enough.I use it into a Crate Stealth 100-watt tube head into a Gallien Krueger 4x12 and then into a Digitech rp-20 for effects.This setup is great for what I play and even though this guitar is small it sustains amazingly for a bolt-on with a small body.I was even able to get sustain from the Duncan Designed ones in this,but no balls of course.I replaced these with Bill Lawrence pickups and it literally came alive! The original setup is too weird; lot of buzz and poor intonation.As soon as I get this setup right,it will REALLY sound killer! A very small peice indeed,it has a throaty,midrangy tone and is not very bassy(which is ACTUALLY good for my super-low-end setup.I tried a set neck through my stuff and was cuttin' back on that low-end knob like a freak! I'd rather have a midrangy guitar,that way I can get my bass without all that "woof-woof" that Les Pauls blow out!With the Bill Lawrences, I can have killer gain or move to the neck and get a killer modded- out PAF tone(similair to Morse,Petrucci and Satch).The setup on this is just hum-hum-3-way switch(toggle).Great toggle on this too; never noisy when I switch like most toggles.You CAN play blues with this Jackson! Trust me,it will give you that Strat-with-buckers-tone that kicks! I can really jam on jazz with it too(I'm serious; look at the Steely Dan live cd Alive In America and Walter Becker IS using a strat-style Floyd-equipped guitar in the photos)becuase it has a nice neck for that type of stuff.Compared to a 335 it isn't nearly as fat; but it ain't a hollow-body and big and bulky! But you can acheive Mahavishnuism with this axe.VERY good clean tone,super impressive.Up there with high-end Ibanez's and other shredder guitars. Quite Versatile.

The action was low but not perfectly intonated.I did not notice crappy fretwork but they did wear a little fast.I would never of course deal with a factory setup as a good tech can setup one way better than the factory,but as factory setups go it did kick lots of ass.I don't know about the pickups as I really did'nt like the wimpy output of the bridge and the midrangy,thin tone of the neck pickup.These were replaced within two months and were not nearly as good as the stock pickups that come in the high-end Ibanez RG series guitars(the Dimarzio knock-offs)as these are ballsy and toney enough to where they rival the installed Lawrences.There were no flaws and I loved the sheilding and grounding techniques used by Jackson to eliminate noise.It's a very queit guitar definitely.Nice job on all features on Jacksons part.Very good attention to detail for a Jap guitar.

I've always used it live,and i've never broken a string ever live(and dude do I whammy).This guitar has seen a lot of wear in a year and still shines like a gem.I replaced the strap buttons with Schaller locking and those held up great.I don't even have a backup guitar so that should tell you how much I trust this axe.This guitar has never let me down enough to wear I would need to get rid of it.A killer deal,a nice axe,and top-of-the-line for a Japanese guitar.Very well made in my opinion.Am i kissing ass? Hope not,i just dig it.

Never needed to deal with Jackson.

I've been playin' around 4 years and have been through an Ibanez non- locking trem wood finish guitar,a Westone w/Kahler locking,a Kramer Focus 1000 and 3000,a Fender Strat w/Floyd,Peavey Vandenberg and ESP strat w/Floyd and this kills them all.This is a professional instrument worthy of playing and covers lots of ground.If I lost it I'd buy a new one like it immediately.Wish it came from the factory with killer pickups,but other than that it is a killer.

I bought my guitar '98 and it cost 600#. It have 24-frets, a rosewood neck, duncan design pickups (h/h), 3-way selector. It got even floyd rose licenced brigde! Case didn't include.

It have cool harmonics. I have a marshall valvestate amp and boss me-30 flooreffects. The sound is good, it got a little bit full sound. Duncan desing pickups are very good.

I've got the guitar with good factory setups. Everything was adjusted and finished.

The guitar survives from everything. I can depend on it.

The comppany were I bought my guitar was very friendly and helpful. I have asked many things from them and they always help. Warrantly is a year.

I've been playing for 3 year. And This is the best guitar I've had. Jackson guitars have a incredibly price to quality. Buy it!

I bought it a couple of years ago, I's made in Japan, has 2 Duncan Designed Humbuckers, One volume, one tone, and a 3 way pickup selector. Reverse Headstock, Dinky body style, floyd rose tremelo and a locking nut. Extremely thin neck, rosewood fretboard, jumbo frets, plays fast but neck bends easily (takes some getting used to, but this can actually be used to creat some cool sounds) Came with a molded case.

I play mostly, metal and alternative, but I also do some blues and classic rock. This guitar suits heavy music perfectly, it looks like a heavy music machine with its pointy head stock and cut down body, but most importantly it's tone and overall sound go great with a heavily distorted sound. The guitar also has a good clean sound. In the neck position I can get a really good blues tone. I play through a Marshal Valvestate, and a Crate solid state Amp, I use a DOD FX54 distortion, and a Crybaby wah.

The guitar came set up perfeclty I didn't have to make any adjustments, with the exception of the pickups, I adjusted the pole peices to get the balance I wanted. Everything is pretty good.

My only concern here is the thin neck. But other than that this guitar is good for live preformance, I have never had any tuning problems, it is very consistant. Just don't jump into a mosh pit with it!

I fix my own guitars, I've never delt with customer support.

The only complaint I have about this guitar is the way it looks, I loved the way it looked when I bought it, but I have expanded musically and I get funny looks from people when I go to play blues on this thrash guitar, but like I said it sounds great, plays great, and thats whats important. I probably would get a different guitar if I had it to do over again, but the only difference I would want is a different body style.