Looks-wise I love the Dinkys with their neon finishes and neon pickups. However, I wish they’d made a fixed bridge version instead of using the cheap Floyds.
When I see these cheap Floyd's I just factor in the price of replacing it immediately with a 1500 series. Without a 1500 it's just not worth it most of the time
@@jacksonk7566 I mean you’re getting an Indo guitar with import pickups for $600, idk how much a good Floyd costs but it sounds like you might as well upgrade to a higher end guitar.
I had Floyd Rose Special in my Jackson Kelly. After half year parts of the bridge simply couldn't keep strings in. I switched to Schaller Floyd Rose and i use it from 4 years - no problem with that!
3:27 A trick I did was to buy a Jackson with a Floyd Rose special, and then look up steel parts from the Floyd Rose 1000 or Original on Reverb and manually swap in the high quality parts overtime. I also added a brass sustain block which offset my float, but I added in an extra spring to rebalance it.
I bought an X series Warrior last year and I love it. This new one has the satin neck which is a biggie for me. It's such a great innovation. A maple neck can get pretty sticky during a sweaty pub gig so the satin neck is just genius (a Schecter innovation?) But come on chaps. You've completely missed the most glaring, most obvious difference with the new Warrior and that's the new contoured edges on the body!! They look great.
Jackson's high output pickups sound great, bought a warrior 2 years ago with the intention to swap the pups but i was so impressed with the stock Jacksons i've kept them in, they scream with little effort 😎
One of the reasons I’ve been looking at that warrior in particular is because it looks comfortable to play in the classical position, I don’t really find it comfortable playing my strat style guitars in the classical position.
Guys, I love you videos. But please, if you're playing stuff like Jackson PLEASE use a high gain tone to demo them. There's so many players out there who will get these who want to push through to Diezels, Mesa, or even use high gain patches on Line 6 Catalysts/Katanas. It sounds good but when you're playing overdriven blues on these things it's a huge missed opportunity because you're missing the Jackson demographic.
@@peterschaefer1665 who was playing overdriven blues on these things when they came out? The tones and styles used in this video don’t suit these guitars as they are designed NOW. They’re not appealing to the people who want to buy these.
I have the Jackson X Series Soloist in Satin Red Pearl....it's been heavily modded (Seymour Duncan Pickups, steel and titanium bridge parts) it's a fantastic guitar, plays and sounds incredible.
Probably Made in USA or Japan in that era. Likely to have more consistent build quality and some better materials. I have an early Indonesian Jackson Pro model and, whilst the Hardware is all good quality, it does have a few (very minor) finish flaws. Jackson have swapped factories at least once since then and split manufacture between China, Indonesia & Mexico. It's potentially a bit of a lottery....
USA Jacksons have always been some of the guitars available. Unfortunately they’ve discontinued their standard USA line which was known as USA Select for most of the past 20 years. USA models are typically the model followed by a 1 or a 2. The most popular USA models were: DK1, SL1, SL2H, KE1, KE2, KV1, KV2, RR1, RR1T. Of those only the KE2 is still in production. The other ones are probably only available with a custom order for a shitload of money.
I don’t like that they’ve gone back to shipping Duncan Designed pickups on these, but I do like everything else. Neck-thru construction, the classic shark fin inlays, classic logo, solid fit and finish. All these X series guitars need is a pickup upgrade and for Floyd equipped models, an bridge swap to either an OFR or if you can find one at a decent price, a Korean made OFR aka Floyd 1000/2000.
out of all these models there are only two Hardtail 6 strings and one is a baritone (which I love) lol Less cheapo trems more hardtails please Jackson!
I recently sat down to play the one of the new Jacksons, and something has changed in the neck, I think they changed the finish because it doesn't seem to be as smooth as the older ones, cheaper materials maybe? of course, you guys always make everything look and sound great. Keep up the good work
Nice to see these guitars featured...I feel like I see them everywhere yet I don't seem to know much about them at all.. probably just me not looking for the info but usually any other brand is smothering you w ads...not Jackson.. almost like fender wants them to finish 2nd..lol
I'm glad they went back to the Duncan designs pickups" the high-gain pickups that they've been using like your homeboy on your left they're Pete work great with high-gain amps they're finicky but they have their place is since guitars have doubled in money that was a wise decision with Duncan pickup
Just a little history on the Warrior with a disclaimer: Gus G does not play a Warrior, though his “Star” shape is very reminiscent of and falls under the category of a X-shape like the Jackson Warrior, BC Rich Stealth, Ibanez Xiphos etc. Anyways. The Warrior shape was brought in from R&D researcher Mikey Wright - it doesn’t have the artist back story like the RR, KV, or Kelly that I know of. The model was produced ran for only about a year before being discontinued (1990ish I believe) and stayed that way until being re-released around 2001. Little underwhelming of a story sure. I’ve been a Jackson fanboy since high school for the RR (and have owned/currently own several RR’s, Dinky’s and Soloists) and want a KV and Kelly someday. The Warrior has seriously been growing on me the past few years. Notable artist is Dave Davidson, lead guitarist and vocals of Revocation. He’s always played the Warrior as far as I’m aware since the early days of the band. About 10-ish years ago the band switched to 7-string guitars and currently he has had several signature models released - limited custom shops run and two different finishes from the Pro series, with a new run of custom shops coming out I believe.
Well I've seen the fender factory tour and Jackson guitars are made in same factory and personally seems Jackson has fender beat in the bolt on neck world. Fender is hung up on custom shop and aging good guitars for double the price
It's unfortunate that Jackson offers so few of their models with fixed bridge options. I haven't done the math, but I would estimate a floyd to fixed ratio of 90%/10% in the current product lines. I totally get that Jackson is a "metal" guitar company and metal = Floyd Rose . But the truth is a huge percentage of guitarists, even in metal music actually prefer fixed bridge models. I currently own 4 Jackson guitars and all are fixed bridge. I wouldn't even consider a Floyd equipped model. So automatically 90% of your product line is a total loss. Not only for me, but also for a substantial percentage of other guitarists who might otherwise be interested in Jackson product.
Several Jacksons have been available with fixed bridges. KV1 King V, KE1 Kelly, RR1T Rhoads. The KV1 and KE1 haven’t been made since Mustaine and Friedman left Jackson unfortunately, but they can be custom ordered.
Guitarists. We are all so diverse in what we like or don't. Me personally, I'm such an obsessive 'Wang Bar Strangler' (thank you Mike Varney lol) that I do not even own one fixed bridge guitar. If it doesn't have a Floyd, Kahler, or some decent locking tuners with a brass nut, I'm just not gonna buy it. The trick with any locking trem system is set-up. You absolutely have got to balance string tension with spring tension so that, when you look at the bridge from the side, the plane at which the bridge sits is precisely parallel to that of the strings. Do that, and make sure your strings are well stretched when you put them on, and even the 'licensed by' Floyds will stay in tune better than any fixed bridge. I have Floyds on all my guitars, even on my Les Paul, and it is common for me to go 3 or 4 days without even needing to adjust the tuning using fine tuners. That said, for those who do a lot of those country style double and triple stop bends...yeah, a Floyd with the floating trem will really mess with you. Fixed bridge for that, definitely.
If you are going to be tuning it a lot lower than standard a floss is excellent as the tuning stability even on low tunings os fantastic. Plus to get thicker strings on the guitar for lower tunings the FR locking nut will not require any widening of the slots.
14.50................With all the s*** going on at the moment, its great to see a couple of guys having a lot of fun and jammin' away.........................
Exerpt: ""Gibson clearly understood the risks involved," says Johnson. "Was on the ground in Madagascar getting a tour to understand whether they could possibly source illegally from that country. And made a decision in the end that they were going to source despite knowing that there was a ban on exports of ebony and rosewood.""
Guitar companies probably expended a fair bit of effort to source Rosewood alternatives and may have stocks to use up. Other than that, it gives them another way to save a couple of $$ per guitar and further differentiate models within the range
For the love of God.. brands PLEASE STOP USING LAUREL AS FRETBOARD! If dark woods like rosewood or ebony are not within the price range.. please use plain maple! It just kills the look of any guitar! That red soloist is totally destroyed with this "milky chocolate" fretboard
The black pointy one was really quite badly out of tune. I owned the yellow one in the green and it was garbage. The pick-ups sounded worse than a Squier infinity and judging by the way it sounds in this video mine was not an isolated case. Quality control was about the same. I sold it and purchased the more affordable JS32 arch top and it's fantastic and the pickups are a lot better sounding.
I would be careful purchasing Jackson guitar product through certain dealers like Amazon and Gear Tree. You might not get what you ordered. Are You may get something else. Gear Tree is the worst company ever for handling your guitar needs Just a warning
