Thoughts on the Jackson SLSMG?

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Looks like a pretty nice guitar for the price. Anyone have experience with them?

What character is the tone (warm, shrill, thick, etc)?


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I've only played one right off the rack. Didn't plug it in. I know it felt great and played really well. They have a very thin body, but I have heard the tone is still thick and cutting.
 
Neck seemed heavier than the body to me. Tone was okay. They were going for really, really cheap a while back but then they jumped back up to the current prices.
 
I've owned one for a few years.

Pros:

Got it DIRT cheap off the 'bay for like $307 shipped
Good feel, Great playability, Great upper fret-access (for me, anyway)

Cons:

As mentioned the body is super-thin, feels neck-heavy when I'm not sitting down.
Mine was the older model that came with passive pups (EMG HZ) that were quite muddy

Overall:

After trying several passive pups and not finding a tone I liked I settled for an EMG 81/60A combo that sounds like a... 81/60A combo :lol: :LOL: Due to the thin body, IMO, the tone is not as thick as what I would normally expect from a mahogany guitar, and it gets muddy when I tune lower than Drop-C. I suspect an upgraded bridge, nut, and tuners might help as they seem to be the weakest links next to the pups.

If you can get one for a good price, it makes a worthy beater :rock:
 
I've had one for a few years...great guitar. Neck thru that plays like buttah...super fast and sleek. It is thin body and lightweight, but still tonally plenty thick IMO. I do hate the stock pups (EMG passive) so I changed mine out to TV Jones Filtertrons. I also upgraded the bridge to a TonePros locking bridge and I put in a graphite nut. IMO, the Japenese built guitars have better fit and finish than about anything else out there...even USA made stuff.
 
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