Jackson DX10D Superstrat

So, i recently traded my mim tele for a jackson dx10d, i cant say i am fully satisfied. The body is Alder with Flame Maple Veneer. The neck is Bolt-On Rock Maple with Scarf Joint Head Stock. 24 Jumbo Frets on a Rosewood fretboard floyd rose bridge with Duncan designed HB-103B bridge and HB-103N neck pickup. 1 tone and 1 volume. The volume pot knob is far to close to the bridge pick up if you ask me, and this is my biggest concern, it gets in the way of my hand and is a very big inconvenience. its really hard to for my big hands to play in such a tight area.

Though it is nice to see a lower/mid level with duncan designed, these korean pickups are nothing to there american counterparts. they sound alright and they are a tad better than the jackson stock pickups on the lower end models. but they are to crunchy for my liking, although that might have to do with the alder body. i will be replacing the pickups with emg 81/85s. the pots on my particular guitar need to be switched out the volume cuts in and out when the guitar is turned up but the guitar was made in 99 so it should be cut some slack. this guitar is made for rock and metal. not very diverse but thats what i got it for .

im not a big fan of the floyd rose bridge but it beats the hell out of the bridge on my telecaster. i couldnt even palm mute on the tele bridge. floyd roses cannot be set up for d and c with out changing everything on it and it sucks but hey. people seem to like them.

this guitar has been beat, and its still standing i would never gig without a back up. but it will probabally be a while before i would need the backup. assuming i change the pots before i play a show with it.

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im going to give this guitar a 6 because the flame top is a nice feature for the proce, the duncan designed pickups are not as bad as the stock pickups but the volume knob knocks off alot of points and im not a fan of the rose but that is personal preference, if you find one for a good price id get it. but i dont think its worth the price people are asked to pay new. you would be better off with a prs soapbar 2 se.

Trans Blue, Flamed maple top on Alder body. Licensed FR - chrome hardware... It all works flawlessly. You know the rest by now. Slightly above average features for a lower/mid range guitar. The flame top is a great looker, many will like the reverse headstock and revers sharky inlays. However, that feature is why I initially hesitated to purchase. I'm just not a reverse headstock kinda guy. But I LOVE reverse sharkies. Better pickups (they are slightly above average) and a 5 way switch - maybe a coil tap would ahve upped the rating from a 6 to an 8 or 9. But all of that is curable. _above average features for the price_ The finish on the top is gorgeous. Rest of body also looks high end.

Sound is also slightly above average. A bit bright for my taste. But that's to be expected with an alder body w/maple top. I did the pickup shuffle w/this guitar - trying a lot of combos. There's a few great choices, conventional and otherwise, that work well w/this guitar. The choice depends on your style. 1)Unconventional but it works well for me... SD JB Trembucker in the bridge and a bridge (yes a bridge) full shred in the neck. 5 way switch. Very versatile and has just enough bite. 2) Breeds all the way. Also very versatile and just a tad darker tone. This is a sure fire satisfier. 3) SD or Dimarz Distortions. Take your pick of hype preference. They both work out great. I suggest SD's UNLESS you can find an old Dimarzio super distortion. The new ones just don't compare. With the right pickups the sound is a solid 8.

This is a strong point. I can slap whatever gauge strings on this thing (08 to 11), set it up and tune, doesn't matter. Super low action every time. No dead frets. Neck is so friggin sweet. It plays like a 1,200 guitar. Every one who has ever picked this thing up comments on how easy it plays and stays in tune. A good part of that is knowing how to do proper setups. And you can't have faulty parts. Maybe I was lucky. Dunno. The only flaw I could find was the outsides of most frets were just a tad sharp/exposed. I remedied that quickly. If not for the frets I would give a 9 (10's are for perfection and nothing is perfect). So a solid 8.

Had this for a couple of years plus now. No issues. It's been handles, babied, abused, slobbered on (dogs), sneezed on (cats), no issues. cleans up like a champ and performs like a far more expensive instrument. However, if you don't gig w/backup(s) you either can't afford it or you're not very bright. Not being able to afford backup is fine and no shame. Choosing not to use backup is just dumb. Things happen. Parts will eventually fail, if not sooner. so far, this guitar has never failed me. Never even went out of tune beyond a slight turn of the fine tuner after ridiculous wammy use. A solid 9

Never dealt w/them and don't plan on it.

Overall I have to give this thing an 8. It may be a 7 out of the box for some. But I knew what I was going to do after I bought it (pickups, 5 way switch, pot swap, orange drop, etc). It has delivered more than what I expected. I don't consider stock pickups and factory setups a detriment for rating purposes on lower end guitars. You can't run a race well on stock tires or a stock setup. Know what you want/need and what you plan on doing w/it before you drop your wad. There's not much to complain about for a $400 guitar. It plays fantastic and looks great. The rest is up to ownership to tweak for their own wants/needs.

DX10D Transparent Blue, 24 jumbo frets, duncan designed humbucker pickups, 3-way selector, volume and tone controls, nice reverse headstock, sharkfin inlays, mable neck and alder body

I was very, very, very disappointed with this guitar, the pickups sounded very muddy, and produced a warbling sound, the selector switch didn't have any effect on the output sound, only the tone control adjusted the sound (as it should), The volume control (which is very poorly located so as to really get in the way of the picking hand)cut out completely at full volume, the thing just cut out completely! The sound returned when the vol was turned back to 3/4. I have a 80's Kramer Baretta with one Humbucker that totally blows this thing away in terms of overall sound, and power! (Hint, remove the useless capacitor from the volume pot, for real punch if you have a guitar with vol only! Tone controls are for the amp, and are a mere nuisance on the body of any guitar!)This Jackson played horribly every string on every fret buzzed excessively...even the high e! I returned it more than once within the first few weeks of ownership to the store, they tried unsuccessfully to rectify it with the obligatory truss rod adjustments, action/intonation tweaking etc... In the end I just gave up! I got sick and tired of returning the gat to the store time after time, I just wanted to play the thing! Now 18 months later the store's awesome manager has contacted me to say he will take it back, and let me choose something else to the value! I let the time lapse initially and just let the guitar sit there believing I was just stuck with a lemon. The guitar is GONE! and I will be looking at a new amp instead...'cos nothing compares to an 80's Kramer eh EVH?

This guitar was set-up horribly from the get-go, the fret buzz in every position, the poor intonation...this thing had a visible bow in the neck! no ruler needed to measure the relief..I needed relief when I realised how many problems this thing had. The vol control cutting out was the icing on the cake so to speak, and I just refused to play it. It did make an interesting ornament in my room on the stand for 18 months though! I hated the placement on the volume knob! What's up with that? does any-one else find that it's right where you don't want it to be when sweep picking/strumming? I notice most if not all of the Jackson guitars have it in the same place...needless to say I will not be buying a post Fender Jackson guitar again EVER. I always wanted one since the 80's, with greats like Randy Rhoads, Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman etc endorsing/using them...but oh how times have changed...now they are not U.S. made anymore! But then is anything these day's? Nice to have my lifelong dream shattered in such a drawn out way! Thanks Fender, for ruining a great legacy! I never liked fender guitars for various reasons, and now legitimately I also dont like Jackson.

Parts wise this guitar had all the mod-cons, maybe that's what it's detined for...spare parts for a better built one that inevitably will eventually need them.

I could depend on this guitar as eye-candy when I awoke every morning, but in terms of playing it.....How? it was unplayable, and in that sense....unenjoyable.

The store have always tried to help and have been excellent, it's my fault it took 18 months to get anything done about it, because I got sick of it and kind of forgot about the whole deal...it just made me appreciate what I had more....My killer Kramer Baretta!!
I e-mailed Jackson, who just advised me to get it back to the store for "fixing" by that time I was fed up with several "fixing" trips to the store previously, so the sands of time just kept on pouring...until now. The store manager had been thinking of my plight the whole time, but was unable to contact me as I had moved..it was through a friend who knows me and knows him that I found out he was happy to let me choose something else. The store I brought it from were a+++ in all respects, and are a credit to their profession. Jackson couldn't do much themselves as we are continents apart!

I been playing for 15 odd years on and off, so I do know a thing or two about guitars, having modified/improved some over the years as well as playing anything that sounds good. If the guitar was stolen I would replace it with something else, but fortunately that will never be the case! I chose this guitar for it's ultra sexy looks above all else, I just put too much trust in a name that has been degraded by fender.

I hated the guitar, I hated playing it (all of about 30 mins over 18 months), and now it is just time to move on with my true love Kramer! I will never consider buying a guitar again while I have my Kramer...The whole experience definately proved to me..."they don't make 'em like the used to!"

- Transparent blue finish (maple veneer top), 2006 model. Looks killer!
- Soloist-style, slimmed down strat body. The body wood remains a bit of mystery as the Jackson website has some ambiguous info whether it's alder (I think that's what it is) or basswood.
- Jackson licenced Floyd Rose (double-locking) bridge.
- 25,5" scale, bolt-on maple neck w/ rosewood fretboard. Very slim and fast - great satin finish! 24 Jumbo frets. The headstock is reversed (and I love it!)
- Volume & tone controls, 3-way pickup selector switch.
- Two Duncan Designed passive HB-103 humbuckers (which weren't in the guitar for long!)

Pretty much the only thing that was missing was some kind of a coil-split possibility. But hey, that's something that a little of tinkering & soldering can easily fix! :-)

The original Duncan Designed pickups were modeled after Duncan Distortions, and they weren't bad in their own right. However, I already had DiMarzio Breeds in mind when purchasing the guitar, so that's what put in pretty quickly.

The Breeds are great - they turned the guitar into a clear sounding Les Paul with Floyd Rose and 24 frets! Both the neck and the bridge pickups are quite warm sounding and, coupled with alder/map top combination, provide a good punch with clarity. And they are very versatile, too.

I play pretty much everything from metal to jazz and everything in between, and the guitar has not failed me once. One additional mod that I did includes wiring the pickups in parallel when in the middle position of the 3-way switch. It brightens up the sound (yet lowers the volume, too) and makes the guitar sound, as if it had two P-90's on instead of two full-size humbuckers. Anyone who has ever listened to Leslie West in his Mountain days knows why that sound is so great - super clear with emphasis on higher mids. Cuts nicely through the mix but is no way shrill.

I play the guitar through Dunlop Original Cry-Baby wah-wha and a number of Ibanez pedals (Tube Screamer, Chorus/Flanger, Tremolo, Delay) to a Mesa/Boogie F-30 head and Mesa Thiele design 1*12" cabinet. As said, you can get pretty much all the possible (classic) sounds in the world with the DX-10D and the amp setup.

There is one serious flaw in the guitar itself. The high G note (either on top E string 3rd fret or on B string 8th fret)is completely dead, i.e there is no sustain whatsoever. The sound dies in a second or so. Maybe this is due to the construction and/or gluing of the body or neck woods but it's little bit irritating. It can be improved with accurate parametric EQ'ing (12 db to the high G!) to some extent, though.

The action was okay after the purchase but I had to adjust the neck relief, as I got the guitar in the UK but hauled with me to Finland. For folks out there who don't know the climatic details, let me put it this way: UK is super-humid and Finland is super-dry.

I like my strings to be fairly heavy (.011's-0.52's)so the action has to be a bit higher than when using lighter strings. So after a bit of adjustment, it's great. There is nice tension in the strings, they don't feel loose at all. You see, I'm one of those guitarists who would like to tune up (e.g. to F or F sharp) instead of tuning down (to E flat or to D etc.), so the feel is actually great.

I've had for 9 months or so, and the guitar seems to be built to last. The only problem that I've had was to do with the locking screws in the nut. They weren't made of proper metal alloy and gave in when I was tightening the srews for 10th time or so. Well, I threw them away and got new ones!

I've used the guitar on number of gigs and I've have had no problems whatsoever. After all the modifications, the thing is a real war horse.

The locking screws were probably under warranty but since a got new ones for free, why bother?

All in all, I have a feeling that Jackson customer support could be better but this is speculation as I have had no need to contact those guys. The guys at Rhodes Music were really helpful in the time of the purchase, though

I've been playing for 24 years now, and I have owned a number of all sorts of guitar. The current number of guitars is 13 but hopefully I can reduce that by two or three...

So I own two Fender Strats, two Gibson LP's (one of them double cutaway) and two Jackson RR's just to name the main ones. The DX10D is a nice crossover or blend of all of the above: basically a Strat body, LP sound and a Jackson neck.

My advice to all people considering to buy the guitar is this: check that the sustain is there for all frets and switch the pickups. The original pickups are not bad, maybe a bit one dimensional, maybe.

I would buy it again, if stolen/lost. The thing I find liking the most is the reverse headstock - it simply looks super cool! I wish Jackson would have it as option to all of their Pro and USA models.

- Transparent Red Finish
- Alder solid Body Soloist-like, Maple top
- Indian Rosewood table
- Licensed Floyd Rose Bridge (stable)
- Jackson locking tuners
- Thin Maple Neck
- USA made (Indian woods) 1998.
- 24 jumbo frets
- 3-way switch (coil tap in middle position)
- Duncan Designed PUs H-H

Best features/price in middle range guitars. Very good woods and stable hardware.

- My music style is very versatile right now, but back then when I bought it I was playing as a soloist hard rock, heavy metal and progressive metal. I bought it in order to have a "back-up" for my RG2750.
- I'm not a big fan of little boxes (only wah, chorus and maybe a DS-1), so I'd say that it was mostly used trough my Carvin MTS412 Combo.
- Zero noise. Even when I made the huge mistake of installing an Evolution set in her (sucked!), it still remain silent. The Duncan Designed are truly good PUs, I'd say that they're better than many DiMarzios.
- Sound With Duncans Dsgn: vintage "Les Paul"-like sounding but with Floyd! :O
- Sound With Evos: giant bees attack in the ear! (inmediatly removed)
- When I later changed my music style into a more versatile sounding, this guitar was with me all the way, up to the date. The RG2750 was left back and sold, because she was made just for Heavy style. Very, very versatile. Don't be fooled with the common say "Jackson is for METAL". Negative. In my new project we are playing songs that goes from heavy to jazz-rock, even tango in some passages and the DX10 (obviously modified in some ways, mostly switching and hardware) gigs with me everytime.
- I love this guitar. I don't really like de Jackson Floyd Rose, but it's stable, I think it's a matter of trust.

- String action: very good. Some buzz starting at 16th fret in the 4, 5 and 6th strings. I think it's not possible to get the string action that I need in this guitar (very close to the neck: 1.3 mm).
- Zero flaws from factory. Perfectly fretted neck, glowing hardware until today, nice red finish easy to clean...

- I think an elephant could fall over my little DX10 and she will recover.
- The Floyd Rose had a rough battle back in my heavy days. It's still working fine.
- The red finish still intact.
- It's my second axe, I'm now using a custom-made guitar (Ricardo Miranda Luthier).
- Strap buttons replaced by DiMarzio Strap.
- I can depend on it, in fact I did it several times.
- I had used it without backup on two gigs. No problem.

Never had a problem. I have a Guitar Tech.

I've been playing guitar since 8. I'm 21 now and this is one of the guitars I'd definetly buy if were stolen. I'm not sure if it's the guitar or the love I have for her, but this Jackson is pure gold.

I had the chance to compare the RG2750 with this guitar. She is way better and cheaper. Don't hesitate. Ibanez is not that good and not even close to be so much versatile.

I'm not sure what year it was made, but it was made in Japan.
It has 24 Jumbo frets with reverse headstock and reverse MOTO sharkfin position inlays. It has master volume and master tone with a 3-way pickup selector. It has a Duncan Designed HB103B pickup in the bridge and a HB103N in the neck, both are passive. It is an alder body with a maple neck and rosewood fretboard. It has a beautiful transparent emerald green finish on a strat style body. It has a licensed Floyd Rose JT580LP double-locking tremolo, and die-cast tuners.

I play a lot of different styles including 70's and 80's classic rock and southern rock, but mostly metal. I use a Peavey Studio Chorus 210 amp through a Boss multiple digital effects pedal. It has very little buzz, although I am thinking of installing EMG-81 pickups because I like the warm sound active pickups deliver.

It's factory setup is almost perfect although I think the trussrod could stand a little adjustment to make the strings a little closer to the neck without buzzing.

I have never played this guitar live as I have only had it a couple of months, although I would not be afraid to. It stays in tune better than my Fender Strat or my Fender HMT.

I've never dealt with the company. It has no warranty because I bought it used, although I believe it was played very little because it looks brand new. It has no wear marks and when I bought it, it didn't have the slightest scratch anywhere. It has 2 small scratches on it now where I have bumped it.

I have been playing approximately 17 years. I have a Fender Fat Strat and a Fender HMT (which I believe stands for Heavy Metal Telecaster, because it looks like a semi-hollow body Tele, and it has a Kahler double-locking tremolo and 24 Jumbo frets, but the headstock is radically different than that of a Tele) and a Kramer Flying V, and I still have the first and second guitars I ever owned (a Kay that looks like a Gibson SG which was given to me by my mother when I was 9 years old, and a Dixon SE series bought for me when I was 12), both cheap guitars but hold a lot of sentimental value for me and neither of which I play anymore. I had never owned a Jackson, but my cousin had a Charvette by Charvel which is made by Jackson when we were in high school, and I loved its playability and speed, so when I spotted the Dinky hanging on the wall while I was shopping for strings and accessories, I decided to get it down and try it out. I instantly fell in love with it, so I took it home. Now I have become a Jackson fan and plan to buy a new Jackson DKMG Dinky in the very near future.

Features? It's a dx10d, altough i thought that it was a dr3 for a while. who cares. i don't even know the difference..?

Great. Volume and tone knobs aren't perfect though.

B E autiful guitar.

I've played one gig with this devil now. Great.
I'm a psycho on the stage, so even the EXTREMELY SAFE strap buttons gave up. There goes our cover version of 3 doors down's "cryptonite"- i never liked the song too much, anyway... altough i played 3 heavy metal yngwie-blackmore-satriani-anything inspired solos... well, the strap buttons were no problem, i played the guitar on my leg, altough i lost some style there.

You can definitely depend on this guitar.
Backup? yeah. or just change the strings a couple days before the gig. if that's possible.

lifetime? warranty

i've had this guitar for a couple of months.
a great guitar.

MODEL NAME Jackson DX10D Dinky
SERIES X Series


(582) Tobacco Sunburst,

BODY Alder with Flame Maple Veneer on Transparent Colors
NECK Bolt-On Maple
NECK DIMENSIONS 1st Fret: .745?, 12th Fret: .820?
TUNING MACHINES Die-Cast Tuners
FINGERBOARD Rosewood
NO. OF FRETS 24 Jumbo Frets
BRIDGE PICKUP Duncan Designed? HB-103B Humbucker
MIDDLE PICKUP N/A
NECK PICKUP Duncan Designed? HB-103N Humbucker
CONTROLS Master Volume,
Master Tone,
BRIDGE JT580 LP Double Locking 2-Point Tremolo
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Middle Pickup
Position 3. Neck Pickup
HARDWARE Chrome

PICKGUARD None
SCALE LENGTH 25.5?
WIDTH AT NUT 1-11/16?
UNIQUE FEATURES Reverse Headstock,
Reverse MOTO Shark Fin Position Inlays

It suits my sound PERFECTLY. My style is streamlined thrash, so, having simple controls and powerful but tasteful (bit o' blues to death metal) pickups. The neck is pretty fast but slight girth.

I'm using the guitar with a Morley wah and the only distracting sound is from the bridge cavity- it clanks.

It's definitely rich 'cause it's tonewoods are Alder body (sweet top end) and a mellow fingerboard.

I love this guitar 'cause it was built for me - I SHOULD KNOW AFTER 10 YEARS OF SEARCHING ! I only dislike the clanking which I can fill in.

I set the action to my tastes so I could cop good slide. The pickup height is cool I keep it the same as the factory standards. The funny thing about inexpensive guitars these days is that they have flaws but, they're pretty well off. I had this guitar for more than a year and I think I haven't found much problems.

This guitar is so live that I recently purchased a backup of the same model. The hardware will last if good care is made. The strap buttons are solid and I put my life in this axes hands.

I forget the warranty ,but, I treat my 'friends' with care.

I've been playing for going on 11 years and played through Crate solidstate amps mostly. A Morley wah and heavy glass slide cap my euipment off besides a Jackson Warrior.

I this axe was stolen I'd only replace it with the same model because I rely on it implicitly (please break out the dictionary for me). I love every detail and dislike the bridge clanking ambience wwhich can be muted. I bought my first one for is it's tobacco sunburst finish and more importantly it's manufacturer.

Buy one if you'd like a superstrat with attitude but, feels very 'at home' with you.

It has everything you need. 24 frets, a flyod rose whammy bar. This thing is perfect for anyone (like me) who has played for around 1.5 to 3 years of guitar and likes Metal.

I sort of for get because I replaced the stock pickups with the DiMazaro Humbuckers From Hell because I wanted to try them and they were MUCH better.

Everything was perfectly set up, but when replacing the pickups I found out that the wiring was done half assedly so it could have fallen apart if I didn't fix it.

I drop it all the time and nothing happens. I would bring a backup up to a gig just because if I didn't the thing would fuck up on me because I have no luck.

Everyone bashes Customer Support so I will give it a 10 so the overall rating is better.

Get this guitar and replace the pickups and you will not need to buy a new guitar until you simply get bord of this one. If it was lost I would hunt the SOB done and beat him with this axe and then re-tune it and it wold be all good again.

This is like everyone else said, a Japanese made Jackson, but I have to agree in stating that the quality is just as good as guitars twcie its price. Not to many features here other than the Floyd-licensed tremolo, but as a guy who likes simple things, I appreciate this. I shouldn't have to play a guitar as complicated as an Indy race car. One thing I will say, this guitar is made for metal and rock. Don't expect to get great Led Zeppelin or SRV tones out of it.

I play mostly progressive metal (Dream Theater type stuff), metal, and hard rock, with a mix of blues and a little jazz in their too. I play mostly through a Yamaha DG Stomp into headphones, as I am a college student in a dorm.

The stock pickups struck me as decent but quite week. They wouldv'e been fine for most people, especially inexperienced players and non gear aficonados. I replaced them with genuine Seymour Duncans, an Alnico II Pro in the neck and a JB in the bridge. After the pickup change, this thing was awesome. I can't get a bad sound out of it even with a solid-state amp.
Pre-pickup change I give the guitar a 7. Afterward I give it a 10.

Coming home from the store, where I got this guitar used, I was impressed enough with the guitar to buy it on a whim purchase, but after taking it home started noticing a few defects. The finish is near perfect, and like other people said, I couldn't tell if it was veneered or not. The electronics were well designed and easy to work. My only complaint was the poor setup at the shop.
Also the 19th fret suffered from being too high. After arduosly performing a DIY fret crowning, the guitar improved drastically. I couldn't believe how much it made a difference. It made me fall in love with the thing.

I have taken this guitar around to a lot of places, and found it to hold up just fine. My only complaint is a couple cracks in the nitro-celluose finish that occured from me being careless. But I believe any guitar would suffer from what happened to it, so no complaints here.

Never used it.

I've been playing 2 years, and have owned this guitar for about 8 months. When I first had it I wasn't too impressed after a week of playing. I wasn't dissappointed either however. After I put in about 200 dollars for a pickup swap and a fret crowning, I have no complaints. I recommend everyone do these two things, and they will have a guitar that sounds and plays as well as something that should cost twice as much.