Jackson JS30

2003. Japanese. 22 jumbo frets(icky!). Solidbody. Master volume. Master tone chrome knurled knob. 3-way slider switching. Neck and bridge Hummers. Jackson CVR2 HB pickups. Active with no battery compartment(good). Alder body, Rosewood Fretboard, bolt-on maple neck, die-cast tuners, and JT500 LP DLT floating trem.

It suits my style of music which is just raw, crude rock borrowing from hard rock to grind. The pickups sound great for grind tone since they're crude sounding. I also think the pickup sound gives some edge since I just tuned the guitar down from lo to hi: B,E,A,G.Gb,B. I usually play in standard tuning but I wanted a low end grind tone for an additional guitar track for recording.

I use it with Crate's MX65R through it's lead channel(gain 2). The sound is thin from the guitar but, but it works for me. I use moderate distortion and strings gauged lo to hi: 52,42,30,20w,18,13. This guitar was'nt made for detuning in mind, but that's what I love from this guitar is that it's inexpensive and has the features I need but I can feel free to experiment on any part of the axe and not feel guilty !

The knob pots are scratchy, the pickups are crude... if you play serious lead guitar on the axe, certain note frequencies get artificially spiked and your vibrato is uneven. I found it best playing simple straight up rhythm.

Right now my B string (tuned down to Gb) doesn't sustain well even when I fret it somewhere (I think it maybe due to the 18 gauge string). Make sure the strings clear the higher frets and plastic pickups because if not that's what the axe'll sound like: plastic!

Some tuners get tight when tuning and they all slip (make tuning seem tedious.)

You can play it out live. The hardware sucks and probably die before the guitars finish, but you can depend on it for sraight rhythm on 1 or 2 songs. It would be pointless to gig a superstrat without a backup in the first place but this one... on second thought, leave this axe home.

I've been playing 10+ years and before you say "surely you jest", I have a triple guitar stand and just wanted to fill in the missing rack so just bought ths guitar to fill it. I own all Jackson's ,all low end ,but the JS30 takes the cake in low quality that it's funny.

Any beginner's with patience to learn the tricks of a floating tremolo system, should look into this guitar. It will give you grinding edge to what I insist you learn: power chords.

I give this japanese guitar a 7 in features for a couple of reasons. Basically because it has a very simple concept, three way switch, volume and tone controls, also two pick ups. But it also has a locking bridge. This is a fantastic edition to it, but the one problem I have with it is the the E string buzzes, which is basicall why it got an 8 and not a 9. But for $260, I'm happy with it,

I'm using a cheap Squier amp and no effects, but even though I am, I still get some great sounds. OK, maby some decent sounds. I haven't been playing to long (abbout 6, maby 7 months) but it is great for what I do, beginner stuff. Also I play metal/hard rock and the locking bridge suits this style great. I'll give it a 8 because it suits me, although others probably won't like it.

This guitar plays great, came from the factory perfect for me.

I have no opinion on the gig stuff because I've just started, but I play about an hour per day, and this guitar is great. The finish is good enough, hardwares lasted me so far so I'll give it an 8.

never needed it.

I've played for 6 - 7 months. This guitar plays fine, sounds ok, etc. If it were lost I'd probably get a Fender or a Jackson but one that was a bit better.

see it above. made in japan.

it has a thin neck. its extremely fast. some players say thin neck gives thin sound. i didtn notice this. soft alder body keeps resonance way good.
double locking tremolo is good enough. never had tuning problems.
although its a cheaper model, it takes place at the top of its category.

sounded ok when i bought. later i replaced the stock pu-s with EMG81/85. now its a metal monster. i can achieve the sound i'm looking for.
gear: js30-crybaby-ada mp1- rocktron hush 2cx-marshall jmp100w-marshall 1960tv greenbacks. so it much depends on the equipment i use.
i had guitars for comparsion. especially a jackson dk2 dinky japan pro series model. i have never been able to achieve even a closer tone to the js30. maybe i got the top notch one from the stock.
i give it a nine due to replaced pickups.

i got this well bulit. replaced the standard 42/9 strings with 46/9. i had to calibrate a lil' on the bridge, but nothing complicated. never had any problem.
i have to say its a very good construction. i feel lucky.

see above

never tried to contact. no needed to.

its my favorite guitar. i'm playing for 12 years. i play rock. i prefer it for metal anyway. its much much better guitar then any guitars i owned. i like it better than the 900 dollars one.

22 fret, coloured black, theres a master volume, master tone, 3 way strat-style selector. 2 humbuckers, bridge and neck, which are jackson CVR2 pickups, which are passive. body wood is poplar, its a bolt-on maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Standard gloss finish, it's a double cutaway, square shape heavy metal guitar to be blunt. With a double locking floyd rose (all hardware is silver). Die-Cast Tuners, neck dimensions: 1st Fret: .775?, 12th Fret: .910? . No accessories.

It doesn't sound all that great, but it's a #300 guitar, so I didnt expect it to. Im currently not using a certain amp, but playing around with different things, mostly a H|H P.A head, and I've got a Boss GT6 effects board. The pickups are quite hummy at loud volumes and scratchy, you get lots of string roar. It's quite a good harsh metal sound on the bridge pickup, although a bit muddy, and the neck PU is the same, just slightly warmer. Basically just sounds like a metal guitar, but not a very good one.

Well, I bought this from a shop so I assume they set it up beforehand, and they did a damn good job, apart from a few things. The bridge was set up nicely, with a good action and a good trem tension, I fiddled with certain strings a bit more to get the action perfect.All the electronics seem fine, bt a tone knob keeps falling off. It plays like a dream, with good bending and vibrato, but theres one MAJOR annoyance. The thin E string is too close to the edge of the fretboard. this means if I pull off a note over a few frets, or to an open note, it comes off the fretboard, either giving a horrible pinging noise, or fretting agsint the 22nd fret for a split second untill the note which it was meant to be pulled off to sounds. but like I said, apart from that, plays GORGEOUSLY.

N/A never gigged it.

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I've been playing 2 years, and I own my beginner guitar, and the Boss GT6. if it were stolen or lost, I would buy something very similar, just slightly better. I love (LOVE) the plability of it, its like butter, but I HATE the damn thin E string problem. I compared it to a red version of the same guitar, and it played much better, so I think I got a diamond in the rough with this guitar. But I think that for the money I had, it was a damn good buy.