Jackson RR1

Made in August of 1998 in USA. It has 22 frets on an ebony fingerboard. Mother of pearl sharkfin inlays that are beautiful. It has 1 volume, 2 tone, and a 3-way selector which controls the two humbuckers. The neck pickup is Seymour Duncan Jazz and the bridge is a Seymour Duncan JB, passive electronics. The body is alder wings, and the neck is quartersawn maple, neck-thru. It is finished in metallic black and has the Jackson classic Rhoads shape V, upperwing longer than lowerwing. It has a real Floyd Rose Tremolo, NOT a floyd rose licensed tremolo. It has Jackson tuners. The neck is thin, but not too thin it is uncomfortable, perfect size for playing fast or shredding, you name it, and has jumbo frets. It came with a beautiful hard shell case that is cut out exactly for the guitar. The head and neck are bound in I guess it is ivoroid or ivory.

I play hard rock/metal, Ozzy with Rhoads (of course) and I bought it for hard rock/metal playing. But, the clean sounds you can get out of it are amazing too. I'm only using a Dunlop Crybaby wah into a Peavey Bandit 112. It is noisy when I'm sitting at the computer with it, but then again all guitars are. It is a little noisy on high gain situations, but I am pretty sure it is just the amp. The Jazz neck pickup gives incredible warm/clean tone. The JB bridge is a medium-high output pickup that has tons of harmonics, stays clean when you want it too, but distorts when you want it too also. Very dynamic and it has a full sound that is bright in part thanks to the ebony fingerboard. I think I'll have the JB installed in the bridge position of other guitars I get because it is that good.

The guitar can go from warm/clean sound to a full distorted metal sound. Neck position warm/clean, middle warm/semi-distorted, bridge harmonics/distorted/full sounding. This guitar sounds awesome.

The action was low and perfect for speed playing. The bridge pickup was kind of low for mean, but I guess the last person who had it liked it down there, I raised it a tad. The only thing I could find wrong was a small chip on the upper wing of the guitar, but all Rhoads guitars will have this, and it was used so I didn't expect it to be perfect. But Jackson seems to set everything up perfect, no building flaws.

I know this guitar will be able to withstand playing live, which I plan on using it for, when I get the chance. The hardware will last very long, but the floyd is a pain to setup. The strap buttons are big, I don't think I'll ever need a strap lock. The finish will chip off with enough force, but I don't think it will wear off. Because it is a floyd rose, I'd definitely gig with a backup. Because this is a Rhoads shaped guitar, expect to have paint chipped off on tip of the wings and at the headstock, you won't be able to do anything about it, but it kind of adds character to the guitar also.

Never dealt with them and I don't know if I will. The warranty was 1 year which is no longer valid.

I've only been a serious player for about 10 months now, but have been playing for 3 years. I have an Epiphone LP Special II, which was my first guitar, and this is a big upgrade from that. If it were stolen, I'd steal all the money from the person who stole it from me, get the guitar back, break the guys arms and legs so he couldn't steal it again, and go buy another one. I plan on buying another one, maybe a custom shop (if I ever magically get $3,000) or another RR1 in some kind of Trans color, either trans red or trans blue.
I compared this to Gibson LP Custom's, PRS', Stratocaster, Ibanez's (yuck), and ESP LTD's, and I found these played better than them, and built just as good as the Gibson's or PRS' guitars.
Only a guitar great (Rhoads) could design a guitar like this.

Finished 2/5/2000, USA Made in the Jackson handmade production facility. 22 Extra Jumbo frets, Seymour Duncan Humbuckers (JB/'59), 2 tone, 1 volume, 1 3-way selector. Alder body, maple neck, ebony fretboard, binding on headstock and neck, pearl sharkfin inlays and inlaid jackson logo, neck-thru body, ORIGINAL Floyd Rose Tremelo, Metallic Black Finish on body, neck, headstock. Wide/thin "Shred" neck. Came with case, hex wrenches, strap, jackson t-shirt.

I play "Power Thrash" metal. Melodic Thrash. Like Megadeth (my fav band) plus Iced Earth or Iron Maiden. I use a 70s Marshall JMP, Ibanez TS-9 (ORIGINAL!) Tubescreamer, and Crybaby Wah. I loved this guitar when I got it, except the bridge pickup was a little too... well, BASSY For my amp. For some reason, with my Marshall I get WAY too much bass, so I took out the JB and stuck in a TB-5 Trembucker (like on the Dave Mustaine signature model), and DAMN. Perfect tone. I use DR strings, .10-.56, and I tune to Eb. Killer killer killer sound with a marshall.

Impeccable. This is my 2nd Rhoads (First one got stolen), and I will always have a USA Jackson in my rig.

I break strings. A lot. So I need a backup, but otherwise, A-OK.

They're cool. Not perfect, but decent.

Buy a Jackson. Nuff said.

This is 1998 USA Rhoads. Active seymour Duncan humbuckers, with a 3-way toggle switch. You all know the body style. Original Floyd Rose trem system. Locking Jackson tuners. 22 jumbo frets.

I bought this guitar for it's famous country twang! I didn't buy this guitar for it's clean tone, i bought it to absolutely disrupt, degrade and distort the sound beyond recognition. But I am amazed with the clean tones this can get! Great all around sound!

THis guitar took a header at the store and need to be repaired at the world famous Sadowski's custom shop. So i have no idead how it was set up at the factory. But after the custom setup, I can find NO flaws in the guitar. It has a VERY cool skulls finish.

It survived a 10 foot fall at the store, nuff said

HAven't dealt with Jackson. The way this is built, i probably won't have to!

This is my first Jackson, there will be more in my arsenal soon. A very nice guitar, good work Jackson!

1999, US made, 22 fret ebomy fingerboard, sharkfin inlays , two high output duncan pickups, SH-2 (neck) and TB-4 (bridge), 3-way seletor, It has 2 volume controls and one divided tone (seperate treble and bass, stacked (picked up fom a extremely beat up parker) . I had some work done to mine, I added a mid range boost, and a crtl-x, for an acustic like tone. It's Black, a poplar body w/ a maple neck. Original Floyd Rose bridge. Came w/ hardshell case (huge), 2 braided cords (10ft, 20ft),leather strap, and a one year replacement/repair warranty from the dealer, and the neccessary floyd tools.

This guitars tone is aand after I customized it I have more tonal power. I play a tone of metal mainly metallica, creed, and ozzy, and it works overtime, it is the best in my collection for metal. (69 fender tele and a customized washburn BT). It also works great for rock and on punk, ska and some blues. I don't have many problems, not enough to complain. Has an a very versatile tone, screams when you want and hides in the background as well. It has an amazingly friendly clean tone, I suggest you try boss MT-2,CE-5 and DD-5.
I love the tonal array this guitar has.

Guitar setup was great didn't change a thing when it came to that, action close to perfection. I didn't change the pickup settings but i did think about putting actice EMGs in but I changed my mind once I got a equalizer. This guitar didn't have a singal flaw, until I got it (j/k). Beautiful metallic finish. Does almost everything you could ask for.

I've never played a gig w/ it, but I KNOW it would more than beable to handle it, Because Once I dropped it hard, about a week after I got it and all that happened was a corner of the head brook releasing the low-E tuner. I was amazed. Every piece of hardware is first-class. I would add locking straps, just me being better safe than sorry, but strap buttons have never failed me. Not A SINGAL WORRY. Even though this guitar is so great always have a backup.

I have never dealt w/ Jackson, but the company I bought mine from was more than helpful, friendly and quick when I got mine repaired.

I would overall give this guitar a standing ovation. I have never expereinced a all bad day w/ it, except the day it fell, but it surprized the hell out of me whit didn't crumble into a million pieces. If anyhting REALLY bad happened I would cry and replace A.S.A.P.

This is a brand new 2000 model made in the US. Its got a 22 jumbo frets, ebony fretboard with a quartersawn maple neck and an aldar body. 3 way pickup selector with 2 volume pots and 1 tone pot. The Duncan pickups are an SH-2 in the neck and a TB-4 in the bridge. Origonal Floyd rose is pretty cool. This one was black with gold pinstrips wich made a really cool contrast to the black body. Nothing special here, standard stuff.

This guitar seriously is THE SHIT. I play a lot of the early ozzy stuff with Rhoads and it handles this stuff really well. I play it through a Marshall DSL 401 for practicing at home. When I play it through the natural distortion it is really smooth and sweet. Clean is crisp and clear. The TB-4 gives it the extra punch for pushing it into overdrive. The SH-2 can be warm and full of tones. You can Play a lot of stuff with this guitar, but it is mostly designed to be a shreeder with heavy sounds and played with distortion.

When I picked it up at the store, the action was set up perfectly, real low and no buzz. The pickups were at the perfect height. The floyd rose was level with the body. The fretboard was a little dirty, but i just wiped it off with some oil. The ebony was the smoothest I have felt, and so was the maple neck. No flaws what so ever.

I have giged with it once since I bought it, so i can't say it is reliable, but it looks sturdy enough. Built like a rock. Should last a life time. I am sure I can depend on it when i get into some touring during the summer. NEVER GIG WITHOUT A BACK UP, ESPECIALLY WITH A GUITAR EQUIPED WITH A FLOYD ROSE. If one string breaks, you won't get the bridge re-aligned.

I have not dealt with them yet.

Perfect. Plays like a dream. Smooth. Love everything about it. I really get pissed off if there is 1 thing i don't like about a guitar, and I can't say that about this guitar. All I can say is if it is at your local guitar store, try it out.

It's made in USA, got 22 frets, there's 3 controls and a 3-way selector. Pickup configurations is Duncan SH-2 for the neck and Duncan TB-4 for the bridge. The body is made in Alder and the neck in Maple. The body is totaly black and rocks, 'cuz the paint won't get out even if you scratch it badly (but don't try)!!
It's a shreddingneck and the feeling and speed ROCKS.

It's great for metal and sounds really great without distortion with a little reverb too. You can get it to sound basically how you want it to sound. I love it.

The guitar is set up great, i haven't found any flaws at all.

The guitar will last as long as you want it too if you don't go around playing with a chainsaw.

I haven't dealed with Jackson.

I've been playing guitar for around 7 years and this is abso-fucking-lutely the best guitar i've played. If it were stolen or lost, i'd buy this one again. I've compared it too a Hammer Slammer and a Gibson SG special issue or wtf it's called ;) and it rocks!!"#"%

This great metal axe was made in the USA in the later 90's. It has the well known Randy Rhoads shape (V-shape with one shorter wing, for those who don't know), with a very fast, finished neck and the usual neck through body construction, which gives an absolutely great feeling and a great ability to play in the highest frets. It has the usual 22 jumbo frets on an ebony fretboard with mother of pearl sharkfin inlays. Neck and Headstock have a white binding, the neckwood is maple. The main color is black, but on top of the poplar body they made a great airbrush called "Lighnting Sky". (you can imagine how it looks). The electronics are passive Seymour Duncan humbucker (SH-2 Neck / TB-4 Bridge) with 1 volume and 2 tone controls and a 3-way switch. The bridge is a black original Floyd Rose. It came with a very, very big and secure case. Contra: The volume control can be anoying when palm muting on the higher strings. It's always in your way then and you could turn it down if you don't watch out.

I play mostly HardRock/Metal (Tesla, Def Leppard, Queensryche, Scorpions, MSG, Whitesnake) and it has an absolutely great sound, fitting my stile. Although it's a guitar for playing distorted, it can be played clean, too, but don't try to use it for strumming, that won't sound good. The bridge pickup really blows and the only possibility to play clean with this pickup is to use a good multi-effects processor. When using bridge and neck or neck alone, you get a suprisingly good clean sound, but when distorted, the neck pickup sounds to hollow for my taste.

The guitar was well set up when I got it altough my dealer bought it at a big music mess in Germany and sold it to me about 200$ cheaper than normal. The adjustments were perfectly made.

I've played this guitar live a few times and I had no problem with it, why should I? The only problem that could occur would be a torn string because of the Floyd Rose. The finish is nearly perfect, I can only see little scratches on the body after one year. Be careful with this long axe, you easily slam the upper wing against something, which is too hard for the finish, so be careful when turning around. I can absolutely depend on this guitar and if necessary I would also use it without a backup. (If I have strings on it, which are not older than 2-3 weeks)

Never dealt with Jackson because of my RR1, but I tried to get a custom shop offer; well, I've been waiting for over a year now...

I've been playing for just 2 years 'til now, but I needed a good guitar to play on, so I bought it as I got enough money. It is easy to get used to a Jackson, but (for me at least) it's a little bit hard to play on other guitars, that's mainly because of the complete different feeling of the neck and the frets and the neck through body construction. My other gear I own is a AX1G multi-effects processor and a Hughes&Kettner Attax 50 amp. If it were stolen, I'd buy a Jackson again (maybe a Warrior) or I'd go to a local guitar manufacturer in Germany, who can make really good guitars. I love almost everything about this guitar but I wish it would have 24 frets as I wanted it first. I choose this guitar because of it's great look and special sound.

This is an early 90s (I think) model Jackson. It has 22 jumbo (again, I think) frets. It comes with Bill Lawrence pickups, which I think are great, but more about that later. There's an XL500 in the bridge and an L500 in the neck. It comes with the Jackson facsimile of a Floyd Rose fully floating trem, it is comepletely identical as far as I can tell. Locking Tuners, etc., etc., etc. It doesn't have a bunch of wild features like a parker or anything, but it has all the essentials for a metal guitarist.

This guitar is great for my style, which is extremely inspired by guys like John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, and George Lynch (and of course the late GREAT Randy Rhoads). I do tend to get a little bluesy from time to time (In church situations especially) but my main staple is definitely hard rock-metal. The guitar has a very nice full sound which makes it great for metal. Getting pinch harmonics is very easy and tapping works wonderfully.

The guitar was in good shape when I got it, but the springs in the cavity behind the trem were old so I had to put new ones in, but that wasn't such a bad thing. Things like that do tend to happen over so many years, so it wasn't a problem. The finish, which I neglected to mention earlier, is the beautiful eerie dress, still offered by Jackson. It's a very cool looking finish. It was set up with very comfortable low action when I bought it.

This category is a tad below the others. I've managed to accidentally destroy several little parts on the trem, which has been a bit of a nuisance. I don't even use the whammy bar that much. I'm going to get new saddles for it pretty soon, so it's not so much a problem with the guitar. As far the rest of the stuff goes, it seems to be very solidly built.

Beats me, I've never called them.

I've only been playing for about two years, but I feel like I'm coming along quickly. The guitar I was playing before this had some weird flaws to it (which I've had fixed since then) but it just can't compare to this guitar. It's one of the nicest guitars I've ever played. I play it into a line6 axsys 212 combo and I can get pretty decent tones of all types. I've done a little bit of recording and playing live with this guitar and it's up to both tasks. I would definitely by this guitar again, and if it was stolen, I'd hunt that person down and feed their flesh to rabid demon weasels! In conclusion, it is a great guitar.

1990 is the year, USA is the place. 22 jumbo frets, 2-volumes, 1-tone. 1 3-way switch (Up is bridge pickup, down is neck pickup). Pickups are EMG (EMG-81 in bridge, EMG-85 in neck). Active electronics. Poplar body, maple neck, neck-thru construction. Ebony fretboard w/cream binding on neck and headstock. Lovely burgandy type finish, black hardware. Bridge is a Schaller Original Floyd Rose. Tuners are Jackson standard, non-locking. Wide, thin neck, neck finished like the body. Came with two wrenches, a clip on the headstock back for the wrenches, and a GREAT Jackson hardshell case.

I play metal metal metal (METAL UP YOUR ASS), obviously. This guitar fits my style 100%!! The sound is VERY high output, distorted, but cleans up nicely.. it growls, screeches, and POUNDS all at once. AMAZING. CLEAR tone even when heavily distorted, thanks to the EMGs. I use a peavey ultra plus amp, perfect match.. Bright tone with not much midrange, defined, tight bottom end. I can get a great clean/jazzy tone with the tone rolled down.. I wish.. well I wish for 24 frets, that's it.. this guitar has THE TONE! THE TONE!!!!

I bought it used, so I dunno really. Had .10 strings like I like, good action, but I lowered a little. Pickups were too low. Everything else was nearly perfect, just needed my tweaking to my specs.

Looks like it but I'm not gonna say a word.

Echk? No clue.

I own Ibanez and Schecter.. I tried a ton of guitars, loved this one.. compared with a Hamer thing that looked like Glenn Tipton's (looked cool!) and a Gorky Park (haahaha) and a Gibson Explorer with a kahler, some other stuff.. this had the best tone and playability.. plus it looked better, felt better.. sounded the most "with my style".. Death to korn clones!

It's made in 1994 and it has 22 frets and neck-thru body installation. Ebony fingerboard and the shark fin inlay's made it look great. It has the Floyd rose bridge and Reflex active pick-ups with three knobs. I thought it needed a switch for neck pick-up, so I made it. Now I can switch between bridge and neck pick-ups and make the sound beat. And ofcourse it has a three way switch for pick-ups.

Reflex pick-ups produce very rich and sharp tone, so I can use it well when I play music like Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads. When I turn the second knob to full, the guitar sounds like it's going thru a Wah-Wah pedal. When playing with clean, the sound is like crystal.

It's white and there are black bevellings on the side of the horns. Neck is bordered with some creamy colored material (If anyone knows what is the material of the neck border, please E-mail to me). Nothing more to say.

I can't imagine anything which would went broken.

This guitar is better than Gibson because Gibson doesn't have a floyd rose. It's like Fender but it has just much more properties. It stays tune when you push and pull the tremolo bar. I've tried many guitars but this fits to me BEST. If you are still looking for guitar which is the best for you, TRY THIS.