Jackson DX10DFS

I bought it from ebay and it was used. Made in Japan.
It's got 24 frets with two Seymor Duncan design humbuckers on bridge and neck postions (h/h). I believe it's a alder body with amber finish. It's equiped with Floyd Rose licensed bridge. The neck is little wider since I'm used to playing Ibanez, Fender Strat and Music Man Axis. But it's still smooth and fast.

I mostly play hard rock with much distortion and this axe does a perfect job. I run it through Ibanez overdrive-Ibanez distortion-Boss GT8-ART SGX Express-Peavey amp. It's quiet even with excessive distortion and delivers full and warm sounds. I love it!

Action came with just about right. However, the Floyd Rose was all messed up. I spent about an hour to re-set the bridge and it came out okay. This is a good guitar, but I just don't understand why the factory (or previouse owner) had such a messed up bridge to begin with. I really like the color which is amber (sort of yellow and orage). Only problem I have with this axe is that even though it's equipped with Floyd Rose, it goes out of tune easily, especially b string. I think the fine tuner on this particular string is not stable.

This is definately a good guitar to be used as your primary. Only if you know how to re-set and play around with the factory setting. (Again, this might have nothing to do with the factory setting. It could be the previous owner). If you know how to adjust the settings, then this could be a excellent guitar.

Never contacted the customer support

This is a perfect guitar comapared to its price. I love it. I think this could be worth much more than it current market value. I know it's made in Japan, but who cares as long as it delivers nice sounds and keep up with your style of playing.

- Made and purchased in 2005.
- Made in Japan, as is evidenced by the cheesy sticker on the base of the neck. Obviously, Japanese craftsmen weren't proud of their work, or they would have stamped, inked, or branded it on the unit, instead of a sticker that's already half peeled off.
- 24 Frets.
- Laminated flamed maple top.
- 3-way p/u switch, volume, tone, and Firestorm volume, as well as Firestorm on/off switch.
- Pickups are dual Duncan Designed HB-102 (I think) humbuckers, which are similar to Duncan SH-4.
- Passive pickups, but the Firestorm is a small pre-amp, which is powered by a single 9v battery. This essentially turns these passive p/u's into active ones, by boosting the output a LOT.
- Body is alder with flame maple top, neck is 1-piece maple w/rosewood fretboard.
- Finish is trans-red on front, solid blood-red on back. Neck is natural satin finish on back.
- Body is standard Jackson Dinky.
- Jackson JT580 Floyd Rose bridge in chrome.
- Tuners are standard Jackson in chrome.
- Neck is super-thin, 24 jumbo frets, 25.5 inch scale.

This guitar is made to shred. Period. I play metal, and that's what it does best, so it's a good fit. I'm using a Digitech 2120 preamp processor (which contains all the effects I'll ever need), feeding into an Alesis MEQ-230 equalizer, feeding into a Crate XT65R combo amp (don't let the Crate fool you; this combo can peel the paint off the walls).

Nice clean electronics. There is a little noise in the volume pot when I turn the volume up and down, but it's not really noticable.

The variety of tones is really impressive with this guitar. Even though it was made to shred, it still gets very nice clean sounds on both pups. And this is the only guitar I've owned (out of about 25 or so) that I can use the neck pup on overdrive rhythm parts, and it sounds good. Usually, when I try to play rhythm with the neck pup, it sounds too muddy and crappy, so I never do it; I've tended to use the neck pup only for leads or clean rhythm sounds. I can actually use this neck pup for cruchy stuff, which gives it more versatility. I'd have to say that sonically, it's the most versatile guitar I've ever owned or played. I fully expected to have to replace the stock pups, but I doubt that I'll do that. I have 12 other guitars, and I don't want them all to sound exactly alike; this baby gives me the versatility of 2 or 3 guitars, so I'll likely keep the electronics as-is.

The only thing I don't care for is the Firestorm system. I don't use it at all. Because I have the Digitech 2120, the Firestorm just isn't necessary. If I didn't have such an awesome preamp, the FS might serve some purpose, but with my system it just creates some very unpleasant super-overdrive. It sounds ok on leads, but other than that I don't use it.

Setup at the factory was abysmal. The bridge was set WAY too high, the neck was warped, the spring tension on the bridge was all wrong, and the pickups were set way too low. Basically, they didn't get anything right - it must have been set up by some idiot with no playing skills at all. Very sad. Took about 2 weeks of fiddling with the truss rod to get the neck straight, and the bridge corrected, but eventually got it playing superbly. I am a guitar tech, so I know how to do this. However, I know that this type of crappy setup has turned many guitarists off of Floyd Rose systems, because they don't know how to correct it. Unfortunately, this is going to drive down the rating for this category, which is a real shame, because after these things were corrected this guitar looks and plays excellent.

Other than this, the craftsmanship appears to be very good. There were no flaws at all in the guitar, and everything fits together very well.

After getting it adjusted, it plays very well. Has classic Jackson smooth feel to the neck. The thin neck with satin finish is VERY fast and easy to play. The neck is attached fairly deep into the body of the guitar, which makes it feel like a shorter guitar, but the lower cutaway gives access to the highest frets with ease. Overall finish on the neck and fretboard is flawless. Very light weight. Easy on the shoulder for long gigs. Smallish size and weight makes playing effortless. I will likely use as my primary gig guitar.

I have my doubts about the choice of materials for the neck. It is a single piece maple with a very wide grain, and the neck is super-thin. This combination is likely what contributed to the neck being very warped when it arrived. I was able to correct it, but I don't leave it sitting on a stand for more than a couple of hours, to make sure.

The hardware and finish are all excellent though, and I think they should hold up to the test of time - as much as any other guitar anyway. Strap buttons are oversized; this makes it tough to get straps on, but they stay there securely once they're on.

I think this is a very dependable guitar, and have used it on several gigs with no problems. I would never gig without a backup. I have 13 guitars, why would I do that? My only dillemma is: Which 3 axes should I take to this THIS gig?

N/A. Haven't had any problems yet.

I've been playing guitar for 30+ years. I have way too much gear to list here. I am a total gearhead.

I wish I had asked if it requires a battery. I'm not at all interested in the Firestorm system, and you have to remove 4 screws to change the battery. The Firestorm system was clearly an afterthought to boost sales of this unit. I suppose some players my use it, but I would have opted for the DX10D without the Firestorm, if I had known.

I don't LOVE this guitar. If it were lost or stolen, I'd probably get another Jackson to replace it, but more likely the DX10D, or whatever they have in similar configuration (2X Hummers, w/ Floyd Rose). I know it's goofy, but I really like the sound of the Duncan Design pups, because they're so versatile. And the neck is super-smooth. So it sounds and plays great; what more do you need? Overall, this is a very good guitar for the money, and I would recommend it for anyone on a budget who wants a good solid axe.

Made in Japan, not sure what year though. Alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard with 24 frets. 2 humbucker pickups (duncan designed), one master volume, one master tone, firestorm booster switch and booster intensity control (takes a nine volt battery). Floyd licensed whammy bar. The finish on mine is amber sunburst, looks great.

At home i'm using the jackson straight into a laney tube amp. For gigs and band rehersal I use it with a Boss gt-5 and Marshall stack.

Accoustically the guitar sounds good, a bright and reasonably loud tone. I replaced the bridge pickup pretty quickly, it wasn't worst sounding pickup I've heard but it was sometimes very muddy especailly for rhythm playing, I replaced it with a seymour duncan 59 and now it sounds superb for clean and distored tones. I may replace the neck pickup in the future, but seen as I only use it rarely for the occassional lead part and the existing pickup copes well for the those purposes, I may leave it. The firestorm booster can be quite useful, for creating feedback or just for making yourself louder when you're lost in the mix and you've got a bad soundman at a gig! My only qualm is that the tone control on mine is quite scratchy.

without the 59 pickup for this category I would have said 6.

The set up I got was very good, I never had to make any adjustments myself, in fact the condition and set up was near perfect. Great action.

I've gigged the guitar twice so far and I've had no problems. As with any floyd rose equipped guitar though, you'd be a fool not to have a replacement guitar on stand by. Saying that, I always replace my strings before a gig, and replace the 9 nine battery too.

couldn't tell you.

I've been playing for 14 years. I bought this guitar so I could retire my old Charvel Spectrum, a guitar that has been gigged and played to death.

Overall I think the jackson is an excellent guitar, I've played many guitars over the years and the jackson certainly holds its own, especailly after the seymour duncan 59 installation. I love the action and the general playability of the guitar, it looks great and sounds great. The floyd rose isn't has good as the one on my Charvel, but it stays in tune, so you cant complain!

24 frets,flame amber sunburst top, volume, tone, firestorm boost distortion...I mean switch! Pup's based on Duncan Distortion.

I like my hard rock attack so I like the pickups, they have the right amount of output. I'm using a Crate MX65R. The guitar gets noisy once you kick the Firestorm boost switch on. I only use it when it's a part in the song I need the guitar to feedbck like crazy.

I like my guitar enough that if I had 4,ooo smackers to spend ,I'd get a custom shop model based off the guitar minus the boost knob and switch. I'm personally not putting down the switch I'm just a straight player.

When I bought the guitar from Guitar Center, the strings were dead, so I changed them to Dean Markley Fretblasters 10-46. The neck p'up ring is busted somewhat. There a finish knick somewhere on the axe.

You play the guitar live for years but keep an eye on it, it's flimsy.
The hardware sucks but the guitars plays rather well and looks good and gives the player on a budget those cool Jackson features at a low price. It also whets my appetite for a Jackson USA! Use a backup with this one because you may break a string or the hardware may explode...in your hands...playing a solo...hot chick in the front row..!

Never dealt with them but I heard, just heresay, that it sucks 'cause Fender owns them now. Personally I'll just wait 'til I need them to make an informed judgement.

Been playing 10+ years and own other low end gear and I live with my parents...but enough about me! The Jackson DX10D X-series model is the only model I use pretty much until I can upgrade to a USA. The Firestorm boost switch is wild, you need to find some practical way to use it. I don't like extra switching on my axes but I just use the extra features to my advantage.