What Do You Know About Jackson Guitars?
Jackson Guitars is a guitar manufacturer based in North America. They are specializing in heavy guitars for rock and metal, with few exceptions (as well as Caparison Guitars, who were a part of their company earlier).
Jackson Guitars can be easily divided in three categories.
First category is based on entry-level guitars made for the masses. They are usually produced in India and they don’t cost more than $550.
Second category is advanced and they produce those guitars in Japan. They have very high standards these guitars could be easily used by professionals. They cost from $1000 to $1700 or so.
And the last category is produced exclusively in USA, in the original Jackson Guitars facility.
They use only top materials for the manufacturing process, so end product is pristine. Unfortunately, these guitars cost anywhere from $2500 and more. Some rare custom Jackson shop models can cost $7-8k.
One of the main strengths of Jackson Guitars is the looks.
Hands down, best looking heavy guitars on the market. Very aggressive and just badass. Jackson headstock became their trademark pretty soon after release.
Of course they also have very distinct sound quality (thanks to EMG and Seymour Duncan pickups) and great body work – your guitar will look great for ages, if you know how to clean/polish it.
Some of the notable models are Jackson Kelly (used for a long time by Marty Friedman from Megadeth), Jackson King V and of course Jackson Dinky. Jackson Warrior, while quite rare, has one of the coolest guitar shapes in the world.
As well as Caparison Guitars they have a lot of signature models. For example, Adrian Smith signature is really popular. Then there is Mark Morton’s model, Chris Broderick’s model, Scott Ian’s, Phil Demmel’s and so on. They serve a lot of metal and rock musicians around the globe.
Jackson guitars use Seymour Duncan pickups for their Soloist series, for Warrior series, Dinky series and some others, while King V and few other models have active EMG pickups. One of the best guitars with EMG is Jackson SLSMG – a Japanese model with outstanding sound and quality.
It’s also worth noting that they produce bass guitars, though mostly they are recognized for their great guitars (as well as Caparison Guitars, who produce basses too).