Electric Guitar Review

Alder body, bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, Jackson humbuckers.

Jackson’s new JS30 series includes their best-ever line up of classic styles, and outstanding value. If you’ve ever wanted an amazing Jackson Kelly, but didn’t feel like making the custom shop-priced investment, this is the perfect time to add an aggressive Jackson design to your arsenal.

Jackson builds all of the models in this series with an alder body, a bolt-on maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, Jackson humbuckers and chrome hardware including an adjustable string-thru-body bridge. The transparent finish models even feature a maple veneer top!

Feature:
The stationary string through tremolo, it’s simply the best. The pickups are great. Clean tone, the neck pickup has the most incredible clarity during solos. The clipping shedding solos is fantastic. And the bridge pickup can get the crunchiest sound with any distortion.
The guitar is pretty plain only 2 switches and one pickup switch. however, they are more than enough. The rosewood fret board is amazing(fast action, smoothness, and comfort).

Quality:
Quality, ok here’s the tough one because even the “Inexpensive Guitars” are good “Once They are Set Up” like people everyone is a little different, so stock wise this will be right on for many! Overall the woods are great! Neck construction is solid, body is well finished and will last a long time nothing was loose, and worked well, even if had been customer support is good!! Everything is sturdy and well built. Nothing was loose, and worked well.
No blemishes, no loose parts, no dents easy, This guitar is almost made out steel. It seems like, and this guitar is awesome for “the road”.

Sound:
Get a nice mellow tone, then flip a switch and turn a knob to get an awesome solo-worthy sound.

Great humbuckers for the money…produces good enough clean sound…and when used with a good amp, plays very good distorted.

This guitar has one of the nicest feels out of any guitars. it tends to be neck heavy. Being in a rock band i need a guitar that has a nice smooth ride through the whole show. I would take this cheaper jackson over almost any gibson. Plain out, its a nice guitar.

Value:
The best value you will find on a nice playing guitar. Definitely worth the money…sexy looks and awesome play. Great for beginners to experienced intermediates. This is a great price for this guitar. I paid 299…plus tax. So i think this is a great deal for a great guitar.
Had Played instruments ranging from $150 all the way up to $1200. Check latest price.

Ease of Use:
Getting the right tone not to bad if you have a good amp most can vary the tones real well so good tones are not like it was back in the Hay day, getting used to it is not very hard, even when sitting it’s not bad so getting used to it “Shape Wise” some might have to take a few days with it many may not, and moving the front strap post on the back plate (moving it down and forward) will help some.

Tuning is a breeze, action height is quickly adjustable. Great slim neck. When sitting down it’s no different than a strat. High frets are easy to reach, and chords are no problem with the jumbo frets. Adjusting the action could not be easier.

Desirability:
Every tone you need is right here.
Spent up to 3,245 for a guitar and this feels “RIGHT on Par” after i had the action set. Difference between the Super priced Kelly’s and this one are “Graphics”, Inlays, Pickups and your “Choice” of Bridges on the high-end ones.  this instrument making look good. The design of this guitar was well thought out. It has perfect place for your arm to rest on those long solos. pure genius.

Overall:
Overall what can you say? It’s a JACKSON, it plays well, and for many the set up is good! And even then set up is easy! Million sites now days! Not like it was back in the 80’s and 90’s so you’re getting a Killer Axe at a price everyone can afford! So mow those lawns! Do those chores! Your Investment will be well rewarded!!

Technical Info:
Series: JS Series
Body: Alder
Neck: Bolt-On Maple
Neck Dimensions: 1st Fret: .775 in., 12th Fret: .910 in.
Tuning Machines: Die-Cast Tuners
Fingerboard: Rosewood
No. of Frets: 24 Jumbo Frets
Bridge Pickup: Jackson CVR2 Humbucker
Middle Pickup: N/A
Neck Pickup: Jackson CVR2 Humbucker
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Bridge: JT390 Adjustable Bridge with Strings-Through-Body
Pickup Switching:
3-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Hardware: Chrome
Strings: NPS, Gauges: .009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042
Case: Optional Deluxe Molded Case
Pickguard: None
Scale Length: 25.5 in.
Width at Nut: 1-11/16 in.
Unique Features: Kelly Body Shape, MOTO Dot Position Inlays

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Standard 6-point fulcrum tremolo. 2 humbuckers.

Now you can turn your back on traditional budget guitars that only feature single coils, boring finishes, and a bogus name on the headstock. The GRX has humbuckers for solid leads, metallic finishes, and every one is set up with the same stringent standards as the most expensive instruments from Ibanez. That’s why it proudly says “Ibanez” and not “by Ibanez” on the headstock.

Feature:
This guitar is very light, which is good when you are into playing for hours at a time. The fretboard has a very smooth feel, making those scales much easier to master. And damn does it look good with a little polish. It included the standard accessories (short cord, allen keys, trem.bar, etc.) most useful features to me were the two humbucker pickups, no more no less.

Quality:
well made guitar, It’s built solid, will last a long time. Doesn’t scratch that much. The string knobs on the neck, especially for the high e string, are getting a little loose, and it comes out every now and then. but that is easily fixed. Nothing was loose or broken,  trust it in any situation, without a backup and it’ll probably out live me (knock on wood).

Sound:
The sound was very exceptional compared to past left-handed guitars I’ve played (which was really just right handed guitars with the strings flipped). Nice sound, it’s an Ibanez, what did you expect. Has a solid sound and is great for the price.

Value:
Great price for a very solid and well made guitar. A great little guitar at a great price, under of epiphone les paul. Check Latest Price.

Ease of Use:
It’s a guitar, going to take some time to learn to play, but if your with it, it is a fine beginner/ or step up from beginner.

Desirability:
This is one of the sexiest guitars. Black is standard for the left-handed mode. A different color pick guard would have been nice, but no complaints here.

Overall:
This has the chic look, and a good, chunky sound. This is a very good guitar. Satisfied with this for as long as it will last, and it seems to be built to last. This guitar is a very solid and well constructed guitar for a very great price.
Technical Info
Neck Type: GRX
Body: Alder
Fret: Medium
Bridge: Standard trem
Neck Pickup: PSND1
Mid Pickup: n/a
Bridge Pickup: PSND2

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Maple top. Agathis body.

With its “reverse” headstock and dual ESP LH humbuckers, the M100 delivers a broad tone with searing highs. ESP carefully designs and builds all of their instruments with painstaking selection of materials, components and innovative designs so that each model has its own unique personality. The M100 features an Agathis body with a flamed Maple top, a Maple neck with a Rosewood fretboard and 24 extra jumbo frets. It also provides a Floyd Rose licensed locking tremolo and all black hardware.

Feature:
The guitar came with a Floyd Rose and a few Allen wrenches for the tremolo unit. The unit is good, but the locking nut at the top of the neck pinches the low E string, sharpening it and causing a bit of tuning instability. Also, the saddle for the D string is beginning to give out. It won’t hold the D very tightly anymore, and just a slight use of the tremolo makes it go out of tune. The tremolo was set under the bridge. The pickups were great it came with a cables and also some stuff for the Floyd rose bridge.

Quality:
Quality is outstanding for the price. It’s pretty solidly built. Except for the frets. They jut out of the fret board just enough so that it scratches your hand as you move up the frets. Also, it’s jutted out enough the problem with the high e getting stuck under one of the frets from time to time. It is very durable and beautiful.

Sound:
It has a classic dual humbucker esp tone. It can shred or jam whichever you prefer. When connected to a good amp, especially a tube one, you can get a rich flavor of sounds. The Floyd rose has complex mechanic, tremolo is also a nice feature on it, but once you get around all the bridge balancing and patience you can get a real rich sound for little money.

(TIP: To get your Floyd rose sounding good your going to have to open the back panel and adjust the springs (after tuning)to balance the bridge so that it is level or, parallel to the body so all you will see is two perfectly level parallel lines. But be sure to maintain that on the first fret area when you do a power cord you don’t hear any shaking (adjusted by the two screws that hold the Floyd rose on).)

Ease of Use:
It’s fairly easy to use. The neck is nice and thin, but not so too thin. Good for shredding and fast playing. Everything is fairly self-explanatory. This particular guitar was definitely user friendly, like they are so many guitars with thousands of buttons and knobs. Very playable, fun to use and pretty easy to handle.  Maybe you want a footswitch to improve the sound only.

Value:
Absolutely the best value. Great guitar for a beginner. This guitar is worth double than what it’s asking price is. it is a really cheap guitar for its quality. Check Latest Price.

Desirability:
It’s black, and in the right light, looks a little purple-ish because of the wood under the finis. It was an ESP and it had a Floyd Rose unit.

Maple neck would brighter her up a bit. The whole freaking guitar is dark. But it sure does play sweet with proper pickups.

Overall:
Her ears are pricked up and her tail is a wagging, tongue is a hanging out too. This guitar is worth putting more money into it, better pickups. It is a great guitar. Seem to have a better grasp of the Floyd Rose tremolo unit.

Technical Info:
Construction: Bolt-on
Scale: 25.5 in.
Body: Agathis with flamed Maple top
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Rosewood
Inlays: Dots with model name at 12th fret
Pickups: ESP LH-100 set
Electronics: Volume, 3-way slotted, tone
Hardware: Black
Bridge: Floyd Rose licensed
Frets: 24 XJ

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