Jackson DX10D Superstrat

made i Japan( guess so...),burnt cherry sunburst,1 volume,1 tone,2 duncan designed humbuckers.Liceensed Floyd Rose(Hmmm...),double locking sistem,24 freets, sharkfin inlays,no f...in' accessories included.If there was an original floyd and some Evolution on it I would give a 10.Beautiful finish.

I enjoy playing Vai-Van Halen stuff mainly.Pickups sounds great for the price,but there's room for more..Superbe clean sound,lot of guts in the distorted mode.You can put out a large variety of sounds,but,like Ian Cyrka once said,don't try to get a Les Paul sound out of a strat...
Some extra sustain over the upper freets ,that's what i would like.

Needed only few adjustments on the bridge and truss .Action is just a little high for what I've expected;put it lower and it buzzes around the 22-23th freet on the E string.Sometimes,a part of the Floyd resonates when I strum the lower strings, what can it be?
That's the dark side.Despite those i still give a 9.With some Di Martio Evo & Original Floyd it would be like till death do us parts...

Solid made and elegant at the same time.It's a Jackson, what the f...k!

If stolen,I'll hunt the guy down,crack his head and bring Her back home...

-No clue what year it was made, but I bought it new so I am guessing 2003, Japan
-a very nice transparent red finish
-24 Frets
-3 way selector
-H/H setup
-Duncan Design HB103 pickups
-blah, blah, same as everyone else
-no included accessories, those bastards!

-I play mostly metal (from slayer to morbid angel) and some blues/rock
-I use a ceap 15 watt GX-15 Crate amp
-I am buying a Digitech RP200 effects pedal/processor today, hopefully it will make it sound so much better!
-For the price I think this guitars sound with the duncan design (korean made) pickups are great. No complaints!

-Excellent set up, I have had no problems what so ever
-Pickups are adjusted fine for me!
-I have a slight ringing noise on my 4th string when strung open, but it is hardly noticeable played umplugged and absolutely not noticeable plugged in!

I guess it will withstand live playing, but I would be careful of the headstock hitting something or catching someone in the eye or something, man is that thing pointy!!!!

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-I have been playing for a little longer than a year
-Along with this guitar I own a ESP LTD-H100, Fender DG-16BK acoustic, and my Crate amp (Like I said I am buying the Digitech RP-200 today after my boring Marketing Management class at 2pm!)
-I wished I asked the guy how much commision he made making my sale!
-I would buy one of the higher end jacksons with better pickups, perhaps good EMG's or real Seymour Duncans
-I love the neck and sharktooth markers on this. I am used to playing a neck that is a little thicker than this and I think the neck on the Jacksons and the Ibanez's are super thin for shredding!
-I hate changing strings on a Floyd Rose!
-I compared it to a couple other Jacksons and mid-priced Ibanez's too
-USA made pickups? a fridge for putting my beer in?
-I

Strat shape body with a gorgeous dark puple finish. 24 frets reverse headstock. 2 humbuckers with JT-580 bridge. Chrome hardware, 1 volume knob 1 tone knob, and a Fender-style 3-way switch. Nothing too fancy, but gets the job done!

Yet another great sounding/playing affordble guitar! I have nearly as much fun playing it unplugged as I do when its plugged in. Nah, keep it plugged in....... Of course, I installed my ever-faithful ass-kicking EMG-81 pickups in it! Without them, this category would be about a 7.

Pretty good when I got it, but naturally a tiny bit of tweaking to get it to my action preference. Finish is awesome, the previous owner(s) took very well care of it, as there are no nicks or scratches, etc. My other 3 Jacksons I tune standard E, standard Eb, standard B. I run this one in a drop-D tuning for REAL metal stuff, like Anthrax, Celtic Frost, Sepultura, "The Thing that Should Not Be" by Metallica. (Rant Alert....) Not for the wannabe metal nowadays like System of a Turd, Staind Shorts, Disturded, Limp Bisquick, and all the rest of them fucking nu-metal poser bandwagon idiots who think they know how to play a guitar. Play a fucking lead already....Oh you just don't want to? Or CAN'T?!! Thats what I thought. Go get more piercings, that'll make you a guitar hero......Better yet, think of the money you can save by buying strings in packs of 2 instead of 6. Bah..

Everything is solid, fits well, and I'm sure I could depend on this just as much as my other Jacksons.

Their support has never let me down before. Got it used, so no warranty.

Playing since 1986. I might emphasize that I play REAL metal. Hell, I even play some SRV style music on it, just for giggles. 'Nuff said. I shouldn't have to worry about a nu-metal player(?) stealing it, because the whole thing plays and sounds good, not just the bottom 2 strings.

I gave a review on this guitar a year ago and have to add to my original review.
Really it's got everything a metal guitar needs.
I really want to re-comment on the action, fit, finish and Customer support.

First I play anything ( even one chord craprap ) and everything. Currently I use three different amps with this guitar. A Laney Pro tube 50 head, a Pro tube 30 and a Linebacker 100R head, all through and Jackson 4X12 cab or a Carvin 2X12. Live I use the Linbacker and a GNX1 just because it's so easy to switch around from sound to sound. My WAY prefered set up is the Pro tube 50 with a RV3 and a old tube screamer that is set for a clean boost. The overall sound quality is ok but not great. It is a little thin sounding but drives heavy songs pretty good despite the thinness. I boost my bass presence a little to help it along it's way.

First understand that I bought this guitar as a blem online. It was a scratch and dent special ( there is a finger mark in the paint job ). The action was set up at factory specs 1.5mm at the 12th, but the guitar buzzed out at 2nd fret. No problem. It usually takes a day or two of monkeying around to get a guitar set up right with the truss setting in and the other things I usually do like blocking the trem so it is only a lowering device and you can mess around with alternative tunings without re-tuning every string. I quick look at the neck showed a bad bend at the second fret, right where the glue joint is on the neck. I should have returned the guitar right there. But I have never not been able to adjust a guitars action. Never. Honestly I have set up a lot of guitars for myself and tons for others so I guess I was a little to cocky about the whole matter. After owning this guitar for well over a year the only reasonable fix was this really strange fret job and lots of shims under the nut. The smart ass, Anonymous 08/04/02,( playing for a whole 5 years? I bet you really know your stuff! ) needs to understand that when you buy a guitar online you can't really check it out before you buy. You do have 45 days to return it but I didn't know the real deal for about 8 months. My problem is I trusted a online/catalog when you are told you are buying a cosmetic blem you expect it to only be cosmetic, well here is where it gets worse.
The neck has a stamp after the 24th fret that says "2". Originally I didn't know what that meant. A lot number? A reverse headstock? It can't mean it's a second quality neck? Could it? Well after a little digging around a found out the truth. This neck was a piece of junk in the first place. The Online store I bought it from told me they were really sorry for my " misfortune " and that was that! Jackson was purchased by Fender and Fender was( is ) in between organizing the Jackson purchase, but basicly told me I'm screwed.
Besides the neck problem, the volume, tone knobs fall off once and a while and the tuning pegs get loose all the time. I had to lock-tite ( blue grade ) everthing on the guitar. I never had to do that before.

I do play live this this guitar once and a while but it scares me half to death. I always have a three pack of other guitars ready to roll. The Jackson usually is not in my hands or in the reserve rack.

I never got to talk to a Jackson person, I was transfered to Fender. Fender has always been really helpful. They just couldn't even sell me a new neck because they don't have any to sell. I hope that gets better. The online/catalog company was hilarious to deal with. They never owned up to the neck being a second. Here is some of the letters they wrote.
Paul,
> Our sales reps do not know right off hand what is wrong with a blem
guitar. The only people in Musicians Friend that actually know what the
blemish or scratch/dent is, is our warehouse, because they can phisically
look at it and see what is wrong with it. Not every one in our warehouse is
as technical with musical equipment as our Technical support team is here. I
am sorry for your misfortune once again. I would hope that you would not let
this break the friendship between you and Musicians Friend. Good luck in the
future.
>
> We appreciate you choosing Musicians Friend.

> Paul,
> Sorry for the mix up with your guitar. We could have helped you out a lot
better if we would have known your complaints with in the first month of
having the guitar. Please feel free to contact us if you have anymore
questions or concerns.
>
> We appreciate you choosing Musicians Friend.

The Big problem here is that they sold me a guitar that was a COSMETIC BLEM but the real deal is they panned me a reject guitar that was way more than a paint chip. They advertise the "scratch and dent" items are purely cometic and don't effect the playablity. Bastards.

I bought one of these because a member of my band has one and I really liked it. Mine was a different story.
Again, Don't ever buy a online guitar without having a panel of experts look it over so you can be positive it is not a junker.
And while mister 08/04/02 and all his smarts ( $800.00 bucks for a $399.00 guitar? You dumby. ) gives me his wisdom on how I should have paid $40.00 on having a salesperson set up a guitar that you just spent the later part of $1000.00 for? The last time I had a "guitar tech" put on a set of strings for me he got confused and threaded the strings through the guitar backwards, locked the tops of the strings in the trem and I had about 3 inches of core with no windings on the E, A and D strings. Since we have gone to that level I'll give anonymous a tip. That Pentatonic box you have been playing for 5 years...It can Move! Ha, Ha! Hey it's ok dude, Greensleeves sounds cool with enough distortion. Right?

My Jackson has a metallic red "strat-shaped body", 24 fret neck with reversed sharkfin inlays, and a reverse headstock. I don't have a clue when or where it was made. It has 2 humbuckers - stock for now, I replaced the Jackson Floyd Rose with a real Floyd Rose. I give it a 10 because it has all the features that I wanted.

I play through a Digitech RP50 and a Marshall Lead 12. It sounds pretty good, it's got good lows - good highs. I will eventually replace the pickups for something with a little more balls, but it sounds good for stock. I give it a 9 because I'm not completely happy with it's sound.

I bought it used, it was set up perfectly. There is no flaws, it's in great shape.

It seems very durable, very well built. I feel as if I can depend on it. No matter what my guitar is, I would never gig without a backup.

Haven't dealt with them, so I don't know!

I've been playing for almost 15 years, this is my 2nd Jackson. I also have a DXMG which I love. I'm hooked on Jackson guitars. I also have an Ibanez RG7621, and a Washburn N2. The Jacksons are my babies. If it was stolen, the bitch that took it better run FAST, cuz I'd kill em'. Obviously, it would definately be replaced. Buy one, it's a great axe for little money!

*not a clue when it was made but I think the sticker said made in india
*24 medium jumbo frets
*solinated top with a flamed veneer
*2 duncan designed passive humbuckers/ 3 way switch
*see through burnt cherry sunburst finish with a flamed veneer on the top
*jackson version of a floyd rose tremolo
*not sure the tuners brand but they are really quite close to the gotohs i have on my other guitar
*usual jackson neck fast thin butwider than an ibanez (i like having the extra room to bend)




Lets all be honest here. You know the features before you buy the freakign thing. i hate when people come one ehre and say the features suck but they buy it anyhow. Yuor supposed to buy what you need and what works for you. For me i needed another guitar with a tremolo, two humbuckers, a nice finish, and above all good playability and sound. I shoould give this a 10 beacsue i knew the features are exactly what i wanted but im giving it a 8 becuase the features arent without their flaws (read on)

sounds really good in high gain situations, maybe a little bassy but i crank out alot of pinch harmonics and they soudn amazing, my only gripe is that on the lower gain settings and on the clean channel the guitar is a little bassy... most likely due to the pickups (which are duncn designed but very good for stocks)

finish is great,action was great,nice sharkfin inlays,reverse headstock, light weight alternative to my seven string, and is justa really good looking all around piece of wood. My only gripee which was worth 2 points was the intonation on the g string was off but i fixed this and now its fine.and the tone knob was not tight at all from the factory.

its a little early for em to judge this but so far so good

never dealt with them to know

to be honest with a few flaws id take off points that i thought were fair to take off. But Im telling you for the deal i got and what i got for the money id be crazy not to say although i gave it eihts its a guitar far past its value (like kramer) ill give it a 9 because for the price music123 was selling for youd be carzy not to get it

Made in india. Floyed Rose Bridge with tremelo. H-H configuration and 3 way switching. 1 volume. 1 tone. reverse headstock with fin like inlays and 24 frets. Transparent blue finish. Well, to be honest i think that this guitar is a decent but i think i got suckered on the price. for 800 dollars i could have bought an epiphone les paul custom or black beutey. Anyways i think the fetures are great for a guitar that i will be using for quiet some time now.

I play metal and old rock. (niel young, metallica, rush and a little van halen) and this thing does it perfectaly. I will be planing on having it taken to my local music store to get the bridge adjusted so i can tune it down to 1/2 step tuning with out disloging the nuts and putting them back on after i use the tuning knob. i dont know about any of you, but i hate stringing a floyed rose and the repeted tension on the strings when i remove the nut with probly break them, as to seeing i use .9 mm strings. Other than the whoile tuning thing, i will replace the pickups to Full fleged Semor duncans instead of the shitty duncan designed pickups.

To the guy that wrote artical #2 (paul). well if you actually payed 40 bucks to have the action fixed instead of messing with it yourself, maybe you wouldnt be playing one chord rap songs with it now would you? but if you were playing for 20 years, and knew what a good guitar was, maybe you would have noticed the action was too high before you cheaked out with it. i will have mine fixed on and it will sound great, hell it does already. As far as the finish- you are right, every bit of dust when i play in my garage seems to cling to the damn thing and it just gets so dirty. Jacksons gotta get so expert painters or something to take care of this finishing problem of theirs!

I droped it down the stairs and it didnt break or scratch be sides that, i cant honestly say thet much. - one thing i had to fix though- the plug hole bolt thingy used to come loose and my cord would fall out, but besides tightening it it has been a tank.

Never did, never will.

Iv been playing for 5 years and its an awsome guitar. I wish the pickups were better and it didnt collect dust like teenagers do aids. I have a crate GX-60 and it sounds good with my DOD death metal pedal but if you play it clean i recomend a boss acustic simulator or something of the sort, these duncan designed humbuckers dont do the trick. i plan on getting a metal zone which blows the dod to hell and back but besides that this guitar screems. It is a good value for what everybody but me payed for it!

2002 Model made in Japan. 24 Jumbo Frets, Dinky style alder body with flamed maple veneer top in tobacco sunburst. 2 Duncan Design passive humbuckers w/ 3 way selector. Bolt on maple neck, 25.5 scale and very fast/wide profile, rosewood board with no binding and sharkfin inlays, reverse headstock. The neck finish isn't really satin, it's much lighter, almost feels like bare wood. Jackson made floyd bridge and Jackson tuners

I like to play pretty much everything except country, but lean towards fast and heavy. I live in an apartment so my amp is limited to a Fender practice amp and a Korg pandora practice unit, although I can hook up with a Crate voodoo when I can make the time. Effects are limited to a wah and maybe a bit of delay. Distortion is controlled through the amp.

Overall, I like the sound very much. Generally, if it sounds good with the limited equipment I have, it will have no problems with a good tube head. At first I wasn't sure about the Duncan Designed, but they're actually not bad. MidRangy, but you can get very decent harmonics out of them, and the alder/maple top body gives the sound that extra definition. I've found that other guitars in this (very cheap) pricerange use basswood or poplar bodies which tend to be muddy. I still will probably switch out the pickups with something hotter, maybe EMG or Dimarzio Evo's, and I'm positive this thing will just rip.

Excellent quality overall! The USA vs. Japan thing is a non-issue at this point, especially when an American Jackson is well over a grand. Granted, they are works of art, but for me the enjoyment is finding something that performs far beyond what you pay for it.

The workmanship on this one is great. All hardware was tight and clean. The maple had a really nice flame and wasn't bookmatched but pretty close. You wouldn't even know it's just a veneer if they didn't tell you, but it still works tonally. The tobacco burst was well done, with a really uniform fade from the edges. The body looks to be one piece as well. Fretwork was very clean and the neck was straight. The finish on the neck is excellent; can't tell what they used, but it's better than a satin and almost feels like raw wood, which is what I prefer. The rosewood board was dark and even in color, and the sharkfin inlays are clean with almost no filler and a nice M.O.P. Neck pocket was tight....this is always a stickler for me, and it just bugs the hell out of me if there's a gap.

Hardware is silver and consists of a Jackson Licenced Floyd and Jackson tuners. The floyd seems fine, and has kind of a lo-pro look to it. Might change it out for a Schaller or something down the road, but it's solid and works fine. The tuners were tight, smooth turning and no slips. Pots were the knurled metal kind with a blade style 3 way switch.

Like I said the quality is terrific. It seems like this model, in previous years, was made in India or whatever, and had resulting workmanship issues. I guess the switch to Japanese manufacture has helped things out quite a bit.

This thing is built tough. My yardstick for abuse is usually a Fender strat since they are ridiculous, and this feels very solid in comparison. Granted, the thin neck isn't going to withstand everything, but it does feel more solid than a Wizard.

The weight is excellent; light but not cheap feeling, and the finish is tough. The dinky style body is a more compact version of the strat and just feels great. I think it's actually almost an inch shorter on the upper horn. Solid strat buttons, but straplocks recommended.

Never gig without a backup, especially with a floyd.

Never dealt with them.

Been playing off and on for many years, very seriously for the past 3. I have a Peavey Wolfgang, Custom Shop Strat and a Ibanez RG570. I've been eyeing Jackson's for a little while now, and bought this on a whim. It just seemed like a bargain with the (apparent) quality, and the fact that I could pick it up and see it helped out quite a bit. I know online you can probably save about $50 bucks, I've done it, but a good once over in person is worth that much, especially when it comes to how it all fits together. The DX stacks up to all of my other axes and is great player, stock. With a pickup change, this thing will just blast. You can tell the tone is there, just needs some additional volume and color.

Like I said, nothing better than getting more than you paid for. I liked this guitar when I bought it, obviously, but had no great expectation. After having it for awhile, I've really come to love it. I'm especially impressed with Jackson. Always heard about how great their US stuff is, but with most companies the low end goes out the window. This is probably the best import I've played.

I think this guitar was made in India. Maple neck, rosewood fret board, 24 frets, solid top. Two Duncan design pickups, passive 103's, three way toggle. Floyd licensed wammy bar, locking nut. Small nice Strat type body.

The dinky could be a great guitar. Low noise for what it is. I run through a Laney pro tube 50 with a boss eq and a boss reverb/delay. Duncan pickups sound real good for metal. I was really impressed. Stange, but it dosen't get real good pick harmonic squeal. Other than the lack of harmonic squeal it sounds very good.

Sucks. Granted this was a finish flaw guitar but I'm not talking about the paint job. The guitar was sent with a real high action. So I've been messing around with the neck truss, nut and trem forever. The neck is bent at the 2nd fret, bad, and the only fix is high action. Jackson can take this guitar and shove it up there ass. As far as a metal guitar, why I bought it, it is the worst. A cheap Fender squire that I own has way lower action. Bent necks don't make me want to run out and buy another Jackon at any price.

Every time I pick this guitar up the action is different. I gonna give this thing away. I wouldn't use it to gig as my back-up's back-up. I've played with the truss so much I tossed the neck plate in the trash. Maybe It would play one chord rap songs.

I'm going to find out!!!!!!!!!

I must be stupid to have played for 20 years and expect a great guitar for cheap.

Amendment to prior review......The guitar buzzed at the first fret on the b and e strings and the open d string buzzed bad also. Decided to adjust the truss rod and still could not fix the buzzing. Took the axe back to guitar center for an exchange and played 3 other DX10d's that all had the exact same buzz at the same spots. The tech at GTR center was able to correct this but now the intonation is slightly out. Luckily, the original purchaser has a 1 year warranty from Jackson . I am contemplating sending the guitar to them for a new neck.
This guitar is a great slammer...i.e if you need in inexpensive axe that looks cool and sounds fairly good this is it. But this line is seriously flawed. Jackson just kicks these suckers out with little quality control. I am hoping to get mine in shape soon but may return it and just buy a more expensive axe to avoid the headaches. Remeber, you get what you pay for. This is not the axe of anyone's dreams.....just a good backup with a shitload of manufacturing flaws. I love this guitar but if got stolen or broken in ? I would probably shrugg my shoulders and forget about it.....

Hard to keep in tune....would only use as a backup.

You get what you pay for. Sounds good, plays nice but has cancer through the whole thing. You can give this guitar chemotherapy and it might survive but you are taking your chances.