Jackson DXMG

Ok here goes. the pickups are great for the musikk i play wich is Black metal. The Emg hz pickups sound cold as fuck.I come from Norway so i know what i am talking about about. this Probaly the ultimate Black Metal guitar.I play mine on a Marshall Mg 100hdfx 4x12 cab and When you play clean(well on settings i have)theres is no warmth in the tone.Same when the sound is distorted.FUCKING NECRO SOUNDING. One can also play really Fucking heavy Death metal if you tune it down.but then the floyd rose will fall down and you will have to tighten it.

Stays in tune for ever with locking system. I tune mine D A D G B E or E A D G B E and once i done that i simply lock them in and tune them like once a month. The fine tuners are great too.
The only problem im having with it is when you re-string it. It takes to long with loosening the floyd rose and then tighten it again.

i Played live many times now. the finish will not fall of because i play with alot and mean alot of nails and spike on my arms. it only schratches it upp. The guitar is duraball my Dxmg has fallen on floor from some hights without any thing happening to it. Tough hate when it happens and do recommend it.The strap buttons are bigger than normal so no problem there. This is my only guitar so dont have a backup.

??? havent had any problems.

ive ben palying it for about a half year and it great. first i was going to get the Kirk hammet guitar with the EMG`S HZ but found this one to half the prize.Its the same guitar as the kirk hammet one.But The Dxmg is better to play on.I am thinking of getting a new one for backup but havent got the money yet.

just a quick note to add my two cents about the sound of this guitar. it appears most of the reviews on this guitar state that the emg hz's are terrible sounding pickups, or maginal at best. well, i want to encourage any prospective buyers to make their own decision on this. i feel i've got a fairly good ear for tone after 14 years of playing, and i've got to say that these pickups, used with the right amp and playing the right style music sound great. i play early 80's type christian metal.. think queensryche, stryper, dokken, priest, ect. i play this guitar and a usa charvel through a marshall jcm2000 dsl 100 head and 1960bv marshall cabinet with vintage 30 watt celestions. i had originally bought this jackson as a back up guitar to the charvel, but find myself really digging the vibe of this ax and giving it equal or greater playing time. they are very well made, great sounding guitars. they do metal or hard rock well.... i don't think i'd be playing much else as it's styling suggests. if you take the time to dial in a good quality amp with these pickups, the sound is not only useable, it's quite good. don't take the word of those who don't like these pickups for fact, see for yourself. the other guitarist in my band also has a dxmg. he plays with the stock emg's through a peavey xxx tube head and 4x12 cabinet and the sound is equally good. there is never anything wrong with upgrading to higher quality pickups, but don't overlook the tremendous value of this great little ax before you try one for yourself. it's a great sounding and playing guitar AS IS!!

MADE IN JAPAN,'03,24 FRETS,ALDER BODY,VOL/TONE/3-WAY,H/H EMG-HZ'S,SATIN BACK BOLT MAPLE W/BOUND ROSEWOOD NECK,GLOSS BLK,SUPER STRAT BODY,JT500 TREM,JACKSON SEALED TUNERS,COMPOUND RADIUS W/JUMBO HIGHLY POLISHED FRETS,NO INCLUDED ACCESSORIES.

80'S DUAL GUITAR SHRED METAL! THIS THING WAS MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE! I PURCHASED THIS GUITAR AS A BACKUP TO MY '79 25/50 LES PAUL CUSTOM, NOW IT'S FRONT LINE ALL THE TIME.I'M RUNNING IT THROUGH MY PEAVY TRIPLE X W/SLIGHT CHORUS,& HALL VERB,BEHRINGER BG412S CABS STRAIGHT UP. THESE PASSIVE EMG'S ARE QUIET AT ALL SETTINGS. THIS GUITAR TEARS IT UP,& I HAVE PLENTY OF OTHERS TO MAKE COMPARISONS AGAINST.I'VE ALWAYS STRAYED FROM ANY GUITAR COSTING LESS THAN ONE LARGE, I NEVER SAW THIS ONE COMING!VOL & TONE POTS ARE SUBSTANDARD.

FACTORY SET UP WAS NOT ALL THAT BAD,HOWEVER,YOU CAN'T PLAY ANYTHING RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.ACTION,INTONATION,RESTRING,YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE.THE BODY,& PICKUPS WERE RIGHT ON,BUT THE TREM ARM DID BOTTOM OUT INSIDE THE HOUSING A FRACTION OF AN INCH PRIOR TO FLANGE TO COLLAR ENGAGEMENT.NOTHING THE BENCH GRINDER COULDN'T HANDLE.THE NECK? A MASTERPIECE,MADE TO SHRED,I'VE GOT 3RD DEGREE'S ON MY FINGERS!

IT TAKES MORE ABUSE THAN IT HAS A RIGHT TO.DON'T GET ME WRONG,I DON'T MISTREAT ANY PIECE OF MY GEAR,BUT THIS THING GETS A THOROUGH WHAMMY BEATING REPEATEDLY,AND COMES BACK SWINGIN!LIKE I SAID BEFORE THE POTS SUCK,I MAY SWITCH TO AN EMG ZW SET,NOT THAT I HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PICKUPS,BUT PRIMARILY TO AXE THOSE LAME POTS.STAP BUTTONS GOT REPLACED W/DUNLOP STRAPLOCS 1ST THING SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE ORIGIONALS.MOST DEFINATELY A TRUST WORTHY AXE,BUT NO BACKUP?I'VE NEVER MET A GUITAR THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE A BENCH WARMER.

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT FENDER DEEMS THEIR NEW AQUISITION TO HAVE BEEN IN DESPERATE NEED OF NU-METAL IMAGRY,BURNED OUT PORN ACTRESSES( CAN THAT BE CLASSIFIED AS ACTING? ),AND MUCH LESS PRODUCT INFO,OR TECH SUPPORT!I WOULD NOT RELY ON THESE CLOWNS AT FENDER TO ROADIE MY RIG,NEVERMIND TECH MY WOOD,I'M PRETTY SATISFIED W/MY OWN ABILITY IN THOSE AREAS.WARRANTY? FORD HAS A BETTER WARRANTY.WHERE ARE YOU WYANE,& GROVER?

I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR OVER 15 YEARS,& I OWN MANY OTHER GUITARS.I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SQUIRES,& HARMONYS,OR OTHER TOYS LIKE THAT.I COLLECT FINE WOOD,I'VE SPENT WAY TOO MUCH DOUGH ON THESE THINGS( WELL MABEY NOT TOO MUCH JUST YET ),BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY,THIS BEING THE LEAST EXPENSIVE GUITAR I OWN, YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT!THIS IS A PURE SHRED MACHINE! COMPARED TO IT'S PRICIER BRETHREN( USA MADE CHARVELS,& SOLOISTS )ALSO LES PAULS,STRATS,ESP'S,IBANEZ'S,SCHECTERS,PRS'S,THIS THING HOLDS SERIOUS GROUND! ACTIVE PICKUPS,ORIGIONAL FLOYD,& A HIPSHOT,& THIS BABY'S UNSTOPABLE!

I bought This guitar for 420$ in Bulgaria.Its 2003 made in Japan.24 XJ frets.Black solid color.Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard.Floyd Rose and EMG Hz Pickups.One volume and one tone knob with a 3-way switch.It has everything I wanted for my style(Trash and Death).

The sound is a little muddy but for 420$ this is perfect:).I play it thru custom build marshall all valve amp and guess-it sounds BRUTAL.When tuned in D it has the perfect sound to me.I changed the pickups to EMG 81/60.THe 81 gives all the crunch and grind and the 60 are the best active pickups for melodic solos.It sounds good for instrumental rock ala Jason Becker but mostly a metal type guitar.I've had problems with the volume knob potentiometer but i replaced it and now its a killer.I give it a 9 because of the pickups.

When it came the action was set by the shop I bought it and it was somewhat good but not great.I speded some time to adjust everithing to my taste.I lowered the strings to minimum without buzzing,the pickup height and the floyd.The finish was perfect whitout any flaws.
9 because every guitar must be adjusted for the player's taste.

I've gigged whit it four times and I didnt have a problem whit it.It is build to last the struggle in a death metal players hands:).I've dropped it from half meter and it was absolutely OK.Very good guitar.
When it comes to durability this is the boss.

I had warranty but it was over in the next day because of the pickup changes.But i've never dealed with the company and I will not because its perfectly build.

I've been playing for 5 years and I have own a cheap Factor guitar,then a Ibanez,but the Jackson smoked them all.

You know what, if you want to know what this guitar has on it, go to Jackson's website or read the other reviews. For the price of the guitar and the style of music I play (REAL METAL), it has everything and then some!

This guitar is probably the best sounding guitar I've ever played. I have owned and played everything from a cheap squire to a top of the line hand built custom made 7 string, and this guitar blows everything else away. It's got a nice dark sound on the bottom strings with a rich full lead sound on the top strings. It perfectly suits my style of music (death metal/thrash metal/old skool metal) and hasn't really come up short yet. My only real complaint is that the pickups aren't really that hot. I'm used to playing with active EMGs or very hot passive pickups (16+ kOhm output), and it's likely that I will put at the very least a new bridge pickup in this baby. Otherwise though, the guitar sounds badass, especially if you handle both rhythm and lead duties in your band.

I bought this guitar as a blemish model from Musician's Friend, so it came all screwed up at first. But after about an hour of tweaking on it and putting on a new set of strings, I got this guitar dialed in to where I wanted it. Right now I've got the action set to around 1/16 of an inch with zero problems. The neck pocket is very well routed, and the neck is very sturdy. The tremolo can take tons of abuse and come back fighting. And the all black finish is just gorgeous. My only complaint is that the volume pot is a little bit scratchy. But since I very rarely use the volume pot, it's no big deal.

I haven't gigged with this guitar yet, but it seems very sturdy so I suspect no problems. The hardware seems very sturdy, and I'm sure it will last the life of the guitar. The only thing I'm sketchy about are the strap buttons. I'll most likely put some straploks on before gigging with this bad mofo. As far as gigging without a backup, you're a crack smoker if you ever do.

I've been playing for 7 years and this is the best guitar I've ever owned or played. I'm absolutely smitten with Jackson and this guitar and I'm probably going to buy another one for an alternate tuning. If this guitar were ever lost or stolen, I'd be pretty upset. But since I employ some amount of common sense, I've got insurance and it could be replaced. The compound radius fretboard combined with the thin neck are the best features of this guitar. I can literally fly up and down the neck with ease. It's SAVAGE! Only thing I wish it had was Jenna Jameson straddling it like she does the guitars on Jackson's website! :)

2003 Japanese made/24 frets/solid top/volume and tone/H+H/EMG-HZ p-ups/passive/alder body/bolt on maple neck with rosewood board/super strat body style/licensed floyd rose trem/stock tuners/25.5" scale (very slim with flat radius fingerboard)
Its got all the sh*t!!!! if thats all the sh*t you want.

I play metalcore, sludgecore and hardcore (hatebreed/crowbar/sick of it all/bio-hazard etc...). This guitar responds amazingly well to lower tunings due to the slightly longer scale length of 25.5" although not quite a baritone its almost as good. The sound through my mesa dual rectifier is awe inspiring, the tone is all there no muddiness or lack of balls. If your playing this guitar through a ten watt practice amp then your doing it no favours. Its sounds nice and smooth for jazz and blues, although lacks the "twang" for C&W, largely due to the fact its not a strat or a tele. The clean sound is thick and warm which sounds great with a tiny amount of chorus and a touch of reverb.

The guitar came perfectly setup with the pickups at the right hieght. The neck routing was flawless with no over paint (thick at edges). Frets are polished to a mirror finish. The fingerboard was a tad dry but a quick going over with some lemon oil sorted it out. Overall plays as good as at gets in my opinion, plays a ton better than my gibbo SG thats for sure. Only difficulty was setting floyd up for 13-58 gauge strings.

I gig twice a week and this guitar gets beaten something chronic. THe paints coming off everywhere but its been spanked by mike stands and cymbals and kicked accross stages (fans love it) I will again have to mention the fact that this guitar sounds AWESOME through my boogie at gigging levels. 100 watt boogie + the jackson tuned to B all the bottom end all the power, it rattles my balls!!! I am seriously considering buying another as backup for when i bust a string. Hasnt come off my strap yet, but i due use strap locks.

Havent spoken to them yet but if theyre anything like theyre guitars then there should be no problems at all.

ive been playing guitar for 8 years and to be honest have not had many guitars my first was a squier strat then i got my gibson SG. I use a 100watt mesa boogie dual rectifier through matching 4x12 with boss chorus and reverb and eq(for those cool no bass guitar drop outs like deftones)I wouldnt want this guitar any other way its got all i need on it. My favourite feature is the guitar itself its just the mutts nuts. Now i just have to get on to the Jackson artist list and get some more for free HAHAHAHA. Oh and the price is amazing for such a fantasmaglobicaldoobiejoobyMcplop of a guitar. LONG LIVE JACKSON GUITARS

A Japan model... Well, standard features exactly. It came with EMG HZ H3 and a tremolo bar.
Bridge is a JT580 LP (double locking) and it stays very good in tune, almost perfectly. The only thing that was bothering for me, was the setting the proper intonation. Not only that I use lower tunings and so it is harder to get it in proper pitch, it was driving me mad loosening and tightening the string again and again and moving the saddle away from the neck.

Don't be fooled by your tuner! If you want to sharpen your string, then move the saddle towards the neck. If you want to flatten it, move it away! Adn remember: don't take minimal distances because the tune won't move a shit.

Why 7? Because of those silly pickups and electronics.

I play mainly rough riffs (something you would call metal, but I just love to experiment and play with crispy distortion of my Boss MT-2).
I'm doing mainly ambiental music and it's PERFECT for distorted leads over an acoustic background. It has also much sustain.

And why? Because I sold those HZ's and bought 2x81's. The sound change was in first minimal, but reducing gain and turining off my brights on amplifier (remember: keep away from bright switches. They will only drive you crazy when recording. Put the amp into the ear heigh and then you'll get the right tone of it). EMG 81 are crunchy and crispy. They hum, that's true, but every pickup with high output hums when setting gain to 10. And that is, OF COURSE, very very very stupid. Punks that are playing in boy bands, reduce your gain to 5 or 6, maybe 7 and volume your amp up. You won't believe it, what your baby can do with so little gain! The key is in the volume and pickups.

The sound is... I cannot describe it easy. The sound is just the sound... It is very whole and full... This is the sound that can be called A SOUND.


There was a thing that I didn't like it, but I get used to it. It was when I palm-muted some notes, I was pushing down the bridge, so the tuning went sharper or flatten. Not a pretty thing to hear but with a little practice you can tell your arm to stop bitching around with bridge. Because a guitar bridge is like a woman - you're touching it gently and on right spots, not just everywhere!

Damn, action was pretty and finish also. When the guitar arrived to the shop (yeah, three weeks after my order... three weeks of pure suffering and mental pain) I just knew it is perfect for me the first time I grabbed it and played.

Honestly, first few days I didn't recognize a difference, but when I realized that my elbows don't hurt and burn me anymore, even though I was warming up my hands, that this is the best guitar I have every played. And not just only because of the sound, because 81s have their own specific sound no matter what brand the guitar is, but because of its ergonomical shape and very light feel.

Yes, strings were oxidized, but I replaced them with my favourite, Blue Steel Med.

Why a 9? Because even though the guitar was set nicely, it needed some tweaks before being in the state like today.

Sure, it is a beast. Don't get me wrong. Some thing that this is only a mettall guitar, but this is just bullshit. It is allaround guitar. The key of purpose of need is in the amp settings and effects you use.

For now, the finish seems to be of very high quality.
Probably I would use it without a backup, but the only thing I hate about floyds are string changing... In this case the backup is badly needed. But for everything else on the guitar I would depend on it 100 %.

God damn... I've waited on her for three weeks and she was only 200 miles away! The dealer for Jackson here in Slovenia is not worth of a shit.

The warranty is for 12 months, but it became void the day I replaced the pickups. But I'm a tehcnical guy so every problem can be solved at home

I play for 7 years now. I use Laney TF300 and Boss MT-2 analog distortion. Everything else I need is on the amp. I'm looking forward to buy some analog flanger and compressor, probably from Boss.

The price was silly, because it actually costs (in Slovenia and Germany) 220.000 SIT ($1160) but they mispelled the Slovene price and written 120.000 SIT ($640) price. Weird, huh? Like black marked. I guess I'm just lucky.

If stolen I would probably kill the robber and his whole family, including his distant relatives. I would uproot his tribe and put his eyes into his gut to see what shit he deserves for stealing my precious DXMG.

I'm warning you! When it comes to my girlfriend or DXMG, I always get aggressive. :)

The usual features, as many have listed;
Made in Japan,
24 frets (with XJ fretwire),
Mother of pearl sharkfin inlays,
Volume and tone knobs with 3-way selector,
EMG-HZ passive pickups (don't know if they are H4 model),
Superstrat with reversed 'jackson' headstock,
white binding on the fretboard and headstock,
Black finish with 'natural' neck,
Jackson made double locking Floyd rose licenced tremolo system,
Jackson made tuners.

I would give it 10 as these were the features I wanted, but to be unbias...

I play true Metal, from Iron Maiden to Slayer, Black Sabbath to early Metallica, etc. I wanted pickups made by a respectable name, not cheap rip off's that are made by the people who make the guitars.

EMG are very respectable, and for passive pick-ups, the sound is pure evil! They can be muddy, but that is down to my current amp (Kustom KGA-10, getting a Marshall or Laney soon... I hope.). Perfect for overdriven distortion, good for clean natural sounds.

I think my rating is respectable...

The action was extremely high (about 3-4 16ths of an inch on the 12th fret!) when I opened the box, so I had to lower it to my level (about 2 16ths). I had to lower my pickups because I lowered my action. The neck is thin, so you can play very fast (which is good for me as I claim to be the fastest player in my school).
The guitar is a fair weight (about 5kg), not too heavy not to light...
There were no scratches on the paint work, but I noticed that the headstock is glued to the main neck (just under the 1st fret), which concerned me a bit. But the way it's done, it's been done in the factory. The nut has the problem of being slightly too small for the clamps, but if you do them up tight enough (on the 6/5th string clamp) the guitar will stay in perfect tune.

I want to give it a 9 but the problems bring it down a bit.

Haven't broken it yet. Still feels great, no grazes yet, and I've whacked it a few times.
If I was in a band, this would withstand, all the stage could throw at it.

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I've been playing 4 years, and I've gone from the cheap and chearful (but good for beginners) Encore to this metal monster. I've played other peoples guitars and this is just mind blowing compaired... They even say that the guitar is better.

If someone stole it, I'd kill them!

"Anything you wish it had?"
Well, EMG 81 active pickups, neck-thru, 100% real genuine Floyd, maybe a Kahler Pro.

Black DXMG,24 jumbo frets, rosewood board,alder body with maple bolt on neck, reverse headstock, 2 EMG-HZ passive pickups, one tone and one volume control with a Floyd (licensed)locking trem. Think its a 2003 though I've not actually pulled the neck to verify.

I play mostly 80's type metal with a little southern rock thrown in here and there. Just recently got back into playing after laying it down about 16 yrs. I'm in no way an accomplished musician but I have played enough to know total crap from a decent guitar. With my limited funds I am making due with a crate gxl-30 through a boss ds-1.
This is a fantastic guitar for someone who, like me, has to make due for the time. While nothing beats some top grade emg's or sd's the pickups aren't that bad. I get a great sound through the clean channel even with my cheesy amp. The distortion isn't awful but does tend to be somewhat muddy expectually on anything other than the bridge pickup alone. For a mid to low end guitar this thing does metal well though I'd like to dump the HZ's for an active set of EMG's. Except for looking way out of place I see no reason why this guitar wouldn't be viable for country or blues.

I can honestly say this thing was set up "nearly perfect". The action was low with no fret buzz whatesoever. The pickups did need to be raised just a tad but no big. The body was finished absolutely beautiful except for one pinhead size protrusion just below the upper strap button so it's not even noticible. I love the feel of the neck, thin, not too thin with a wide fingerboard and raw neck. Very fast, shame I'm not.

Can't comment on gigging since I don't play in a band but hardware seems sturdy, stays in tune great though I don't use the trem a whole lot. I've had the thing about 6 months and have tried to baby but it does seem the clearcoat is subceptable to minor scratching

Dont know,haven't had to deal with.

Ive been playing off and on couple years total but have a brother-in-law and other buddies who have let me play some nice strats,teles, and les pauls. I also own a g&l sc-3 which is an awesome guitar.This is a fantastic guitar for the $$ with alot of potential,i.e change pickups. Playability wise it easily rivals some of the American strats, les pauls and other over priced guitars on the market.

My Jackson DXMG is a 2003 Japanese model. As you know, it has 24 extra jumbo frets, a black solid top, one volume knob, one tone knob and an H-H pickup setup. It has dual EMG HZ's which are wonderful to me. Pinch harmonics sound muddy though, I would prefer EMG 81/85's.

The guitar has alder for the body and maple for the FAST shredding neck. The neck is in the natural maple colour, not black and the fretboard is so smooth it feels like you're playing on the strings instead of the fretboard!!

The licensed Floyd Rose bridge holds tuning really well. It is a big pain for the first time though, because I changed string gauges and for your information, the strings strung on the guitar are Gauge 9 to 42. I use Gauge 10's so I had to re-setup the bridge. Really worth it in my opinion, but if you don't need the whammy bar... just go get a tune-o-matic.

I would prefer two tone knobs though, so this section doesn't get a perfect 10.

The Jackson DXMG is a perfect Hard Rock/Metal guitar. I can't stress this enough... this is one of the greatest Metal guitars for the price!! The pickups can really scream and the harmonics rock. Pinch harmonics will sound muddy and weak though.

I use this through a Zoom 606 plugged into a Marshall 15 watt amp. The Zoom gives an extra boost for my poor Marshall amp. I'm really satisfied.

It doesn't sound noisy at all, but maybe unless you turn the volume HIGH and turn the gain FULL. No complaints on this.

The neck pickup really sounds full and heavy. Excellent for heavy rhythms. I play lead and it is also a very good lead guitar. The guitar isn't too good for some slow Rock music though. It's alright for some pop and slow songs where you only strum basic chords.

I love the sound this guitar can make a lot. I'm gonna put in EMG ZW's (81/85) one day!

The guitar was very well set-up. The action is low and yet no fret buzz for Gauge 9's. You might get fret buzz if you change string gauges and then you'll have to re-setup. It's soooo easy to reach the 24th fret and press down. But I gotta admit that the bolt-on makes it hard to the Low E and A strings' 24th frets.

Nothing special here. The guitar came awesome with no flaws and stuff.

The guitar can be used live for rhythm guitarists I guess. The whole guitar looks solid and the finish doesn't look like it would wear off. The strap buttons are really solid and big and the straps will never come off accidentally!!!

I will definitely use this on a gig without a backup. A backup would be sweet but as long as I use Gauge 10's, I won't ever need to worry about breaking strings. The guitar holds tuning so well I don't even have to care about retuning after each song!

I've never dealt with Jackson but the dealer Music123 had an AWESOME customer support. They were really helpful and friendly. You can expect a reply under 48 hours.

The guitar has a life-time warranty for those hardware I think. But for the guitar itself, just 1 year. I'm no professional in these warranty stuff so please excuse me...

I've been playing for more than a year on my stupid TGM Strat guitar. It's not a famous guitar and it sucks a lot. It's a sweet beginner's guitar though and I was soooo pleased with my Jackson DXMG.

If it was stolen or lost, I wouldn't get this again I guess. Guitars will get old to you after playing it for a while (but that doesn't mean you'll dislike it after a while) so I guess I'll probably get other more expensive and high-end guitars. But I'll definitely stay with Jackson!!!

I love everything about this guitar. I just dislike the lack of another tone knob (ain't really that important) and the bolt-on makes it hard to reach the 24th frets of the E and A strings. No real problem though.

I compared it to the ESP LTD KH-202 signature guitar. I wanted it at first but noticed that you're actually paying for the signature instead of the guitar for that KH-202 so I went for the Jackson DXMG and never regretted since! The DXMG also has better looking inlays and you're actually not playing someone else's guitar!

Be sure to get ready to mess with the Floyd Rose if you're getting this guitar. DO NOT get this if you're gonna play in all sorts of tunings. This is one of the major problems for me. But now I play all the other tunings on my TGM Strat with my DXMG on Eb, which is the tuning I play on the most.

If you're gonna play many other kinds of tunings, look into a Schecter, they are good tune-o-matics.

This guitar is DEFINITELY worth the price. Feel free to contact me if you wish to know anything more about the Jackson DXMG.