Aiite so I am the furthest from a Floyd connoisseur so after seeing all the comments rinsing them on the 1500, I have done a ton of research. Basically my findings are: Floyd Rose Original: The OG made in Germany. Rock solid. Floyd Rose 1000: Exact same design, materials, and metals as the Original, but made in South Korea. Originally designed as an OEM-only series, which is why if you try to buy them aftermarket, it's actually more costly than an OFR lol. There is also a low-profile version that looks really clean, but with the OG design it's practically identical to the Original apart from country of origin. Floyd Rose 1500: Same as Floyd Rose 1000, except it has some stainless steel parts (that you can see), and a push-in trem bar ala Gotoh 1996T. Floyd Rose Special: Trash. Has softer zinc-alloy parts that wear quicker and makes for a less-reliable tremolo. Kind of confusing because Sweetwater has a "1000 Series Special", which is a Special and not a 1000/1500. Unless it's been "hot rodded" with stainless steel or titanium parts (Schecter does this), avoid at all costs. TL;DR 1000 is great, but on their "flagship" American production series, you could argue they should have put an OFR since it's on their MJ and Concept Series already. IMO the debate is kind of ridiculous, though, since Gotoh makes the best Floyd anyways lol. More information about the Jackson American Series » Sweetwater imp.i114863.net/9Wokq5 » Thomann for my international friends! bit.ly/3exUIMg » You can also try your luck on Reverb bit.ly/3RLda24

@neilomac

Жыл бұрын

ALL THE GAIN NO MIDS \m/

@JulioJustiniano

Жыл бұрын

Slayer meets Cro-Mags

@watcherzero000

Жыл бұрын

I like how you explained it, that Jackson put you in your place. Thanks for showing this gotta get one of those. Well off to sell gear now.

@therockvolution9597

Жыл бұрын

This would be a great guitar for about ＄1000 . But definitely not for ＄ 2600 .

@Rr0gu3_5uture

Жыл бұрын

The worse Floyd I've ever had on a guitar was on a 2006 Korean ML 79. Utter shit. It was a Lo-Pro model that had a completely non-standard-shaped base plate. No one at Dean could give me a solid reply on a decent drop-in replacement. I eventually took it to bits, bought a 42mm brass block and all the other bits n'bobs, mainly import titanium parts when I could get them on sale. Works great now, what a fuckin' palaver though, The rest of the guitar, except maybe the pups were pretty great quality. I eventually swapped them out as well for Seymour Duncans.

This guitar and that Marshall. I've been watching since the beginning and this is definitely the best tone you've had.

@LukeDKramer

Жыл бұрын

He also may be using some super special IR’s 😉

Looks and sounds awesome. I will say based on the tone I think I understand why 80s guitar tones were scooped. There's mid range for days.

@agufish

Жыл бұрын

Yeah good god there's so much midrange hahaha

@stevenhirsekorn3444

Жыл бұрын

All that midrange clouds up the guitars, And makes it unbearable after like 3 songs. you gotta remove it to make it listenable. Something the djent/ modern metal guys don't understand; it's like this gnashing annoying frequency that covers up the bass and drums and it makes great band sound like aids. Scooped guitar sounds ftw 👌

@espojespo5

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenhirsekorn3444 100 percent. That's why Petrucci and anyone even in his wheelhouse have listenable tone. It's bit fatiguing on the ears and the definition and clarity of notes is second to none. Glad someone else called ourmt the frequencies for what the are. Mush..

@stevenhirsekorn3444

Жыл бұрын

@@espojespo5 yeah exactly, that's why you can actually hear myung's bass in dream theater because petrucci knows how to leave that hole in the center and lower mids for the bass to come through. It also makes the guitar sound so mean and aggressive but yet pleasant and satisfying at the same time.

@thedyingfetus9493

Жыл бұрын

Its really better to have more mid range and scoop afterwards than have a scooped pickups or amp imo. A guitar is an instrument that shines more in the midrange, you just got to get that initial thickness of the bass and low mid and attack in the highs, afterwards you just clean it up. If you only have bass and highs in your guitar tone, it will cut in the mix but will play in the territory of other instruments so youll get less of the bass and cymbals.

The demo song is called "Tornado in an Alley"

I really hope they'll make a HH T.O.M RR, even a HH T.O.M SL with a moved volume knob would be awesome!

Gotta love that he decided to play Thrash and Wes Borland riffs with it

I am hearing this through my car. I cannot describe how awesome that guitar and amp combo sounds. Wow!

@LukeDKramer

Жыл бұрын

And possibly some super special IR’s 😉

Dude that demo was deadly. Love the guitar, and that amp would be a dream come true 👍 Love it bro, keep up the great work

Bro to watch your journey throughout the years has truly been a pleasure

For the first time in my LIFE I’m gonna have the GBP for this level of guitar and you sir, after watching other videos and reading reviews, you’ve convinced me!!! Great video and Kudos from the UK 🇬🇧

I thought the best way to test a guitar was to see how well it plays Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row?

@agufish

Жыл бұрын

That is a solid throwback reference. Take my like.

Great demo, it sounded like something between Slayer and Bullet for my valentine

I dunno. I get inflation and all but for $2500 I want an original floyd rose and stainless frets. The green does look sick though

Always loved Jackson guitars 🎸 and these are very awesome 👌 and I had a Soloist and it was awesome 😯would love to have one of those for sure 🎸☠️🙈🙉🙊🤘

Dude your tone sounded great. My first decent guitar was a early 90s Kelly and I still have it. I love that guitar and would never part with it. It still holds up today. Keep up the content you are fun to watch. Great attitude and you keep things fun.

I have 3 USA RR’s and they are absolutely amazing! One has stock Duncan pickups and the other two have EMG’s. One is in trans black flamed maple and one black and has a gold leaf pinstripe paint job by Mike Learn and another one is all black. Even have a Japanese model that is cool too. They play amazing!!

I have an American Jackson Soloist... and it is awesome! But mine was made in 1988.

I've had a Jackson Soloist since 1986, and it is the embodiment of a "special" guitar. After 35 years it still feels very special in my hands. Plays itself, fits like a glove and is so beautifully built. Magic in my hands.

@216trixie

Жыл бұрын

I have a Jackson Charvel model 6, which is the Japanese version of your soloist. 1987. It is truly a very well built and special guitar.

@lsu1992

Жыл бұрын

​@@216trixieMy '87 Model 5 will be buried with me. The 86-87 MIJ Charvels are grails.

@216trixie

Жыл бұрын

@@lsu1992 Nice!

Mi first guitar is a Jackson, the best buy of my life. Now i upgraded the pickups and now sounds fenomenal.

The matte finish looks so good on this series!

That demo track was great! You definitely put your own spin on the style.

THIS VIDEO WAS AMAZING !!! Great demo track

Awesome tone as well as the riffs 🎸☠️🤘

@LukeDKramer

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah the tone is super sick. Might have something to do with the super special IR’s he’s using 😉

I like it, and I will eventually get myself a pro series Rhoads with a Alpha/Omega set, but I just wish they did this USA run sooner. They’ve been super behind the curve now with ESP, Schecter, and more blowing them away in a genre they began.

Ive got a MIJ Dk2 in Eerie Dess Swirl. It's HSS like this one with a JB in the bridge, super thin neck and I absolutely love it. This has a few higher end parts (locking tuners, floyd 1500 vs licensed, spoke wheel truss rod adjust and neck thru vs bolt on) but it's hard for me to really see the value proposition here when you can pick up an old MIJ for a lot cheaper and drop a fraction of the difference in upgrading a few parts and it's on par if not better. And that's not to mention the LTD 1000 series or E-II options out there which I know is a better comparison being new to new. I know you're paying a premium for the MIA factor but man. Regardless, I'm glad Fender seems to be giving Jackson some love after years of letting them wither on the vine for the last how many ever years, and I hope they continue to breathe life back into the company because I like tons of others love what Jackson used to be. Despite my criticisms this is a step in the right direction for them imo.

@gunkyzip

Жыл бұрын

Agree with your position on this model's price. Yes, it's nice, but not $2600 nice. In 2018 I bought a used neck-through MIJ Rhoads for $450. That said, if they ditched the green or blue and made a blood red MIA Soloist, I could be tempted.

@skxj

Жыл бұрын

I picked up a reverse headstock bolt on neck mij DK2 not long ago off kijiji. I took the neck off and put it on an old mahogany king V body and created a monster the neck is so good. Match made in metal heaven

@metaldoood

Жыл бұрын

Same guitar and color. I upgraded mine with Schaller FR.

One of my favorite tracks from you! 🤙🏻

The lack of binding makes me sad, it’s part of the DNA of Jackson. Also that should be a high end Floyd on a guitar that expensive:( How to quickly set it up? Make sure you have a tuner that registers all strings. Open the locks, set the fine tuners to neutral, strum, tune up towards the correct tuning (but just half a turn) and move to the next string. Then “sweep” tune until you are close (but never tune sharp). Then whammy and stretch and bend. Sweep into tune. Repeat until it doesn’t go out of tune. Lock. Done. If you tune one string at a time it takes *forever*. If you turn sharp it gets messy. (Yes, need to do the whole setup with the springs, neck, string height, etc too. But don’t need to do that when one is just swapping out strings.)

@blikketty77

Жыл бұрын

Yep. It especially makes the white one and the black one look "cheap" comparatively, and that floyd on a $2500 guitar is insane.

@ryant3600

Жыл бұрын

the Floyd thousand series are made from the same metals as the German made Floyds. They're just outsourced for "contract" mass produced guitar manufacturers. Anyone that says differently can email Floyd Rose directly, which I have many times and over the years I have been in contact w/ one of the production managers in Germany, and he swears they're the same, other than where they are produced.

@GalvaoRJ

Жыл бұрын

This floyds 1500 are way better than the original floyd. Specialy for doing those fluttering sounds, because they have a allen screw to keep the whammy bar steady. Just like the gotoh floyds

@RabihSaadguitars

Жыл бұрын

@@ryant3600 Have you see both upclose? maybe they are made from the same metal etc but the fit and finish is different...And the arm on the Korean ones is not that stable...I have guitars with both bridges...

@flekkzo

Жыл бұрын

@@GalvaoRJ Looks like I missed it and they introduced a 1000 pro series, so this isn’t the same as in the lower tier Jacksons. I badly want one, but I really want the old school binding:) Got a pre Fender Jackson Fusion. Not a fan of the non standard “Floyd”, but replacing it is a big deal. And with an emotional guitar you don’t want to do that.

I have 2 late 90's American made Jackson Kellys. Wonderful necks. Great playing for sure. I'm glad others can experience this on a new instrument.

I had a DK2 back in the 90s man that guitar was amazing. Is one of my favorites that I’ve ever owned.

That demo song was pretty damn rockin man! I like it!!! People love that $hit!!!!

I love these, I might wait to see if an HH soloist or dinky is on the way

Hunter, I don’t care what the demo sounded like…you loooked so freakin cool with that pointy green thing on…badass my man😎

Thanks for the Demo! Glad you called out ESP and Jackson for their fret size.😄I love the stainless-steel bits on the Floyd and the locking nut. The locking Gotohs are another keen move. A new ESP or this? Thanks FMIC, you are making me seriously consider owning my first Jackson.

The soloist was my favorite guitar many years, then I went out and purchased an Ibanez RG5170b that has stainless steel frets and Fishman pickups... but I will always have a soft spot for the soloist LOL...

That thing sounds amazing

Cool video, I'm working on getting one of these in Riviera Blue 💙

Damn dude the quality of production has taken a big step

@agufish

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, man! Been putting a lot of effort into upping the production quality, appreciate you taking notice

@kynde92

Жыл бұрын

@@agufish What do you use for your drums?

@LukeDKramer

Жыл бұрын

@@kynde92 He uses a Luke Kramer lol

@brandonharris9160

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, backwards since 2008

@demongaming9422

11 күн бұрын

@@brandonharris9160he’s talking about the video

thx for video. i ordered this guitar just yerstoday

No hard case, no original floyd, no stainless steel frets, Les Paul pricing.

They should have included stainless steel frets and original Floyd for 2500 bucks.

@KaldDodeGitarist

Жыл бұрын

For real. Jackson on some Jackson shit still

@talesfromthetank

Жыл бұрын

$2500 for an import Floyd 🤷🏻‍♂️😵‍💫

@clunt2548

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@@KaldDodeGitarist its some $4500 for a Misha sig type shit

@jonnybroomhead

Жыл бұрын

Amen

@Rr0gu3_5uture

Жыл бұрын

Yep, dunno why? The cheaper Korean models have OFRs.

I want a USA Made Neck through Jackson BASS. I'd also take a Japanese Charvel in neck through, like the old model 3B

rad playing dude!

Oooo…that little bit of arch enemy Nemesis, I felt that.

My first love was the Les Paul, but much later on, I got into shreddy, pointy guitars. Ill have to check these out super strats just feel and look awesome.

Jeeee the backing track was so good!!!

Dude, this might be my favorite tone you’ve ever gotten

The demo track was actually pretty sick. Loved the riffs 🤘🏻 too bad the headstock is not reversed though.

Jackson makes a great guitar.

Sound so GOOOOOOOOD !!!!

over a decade with my RR24 and still holds up to this day. I cant wait to try the new soloist and I hope they will make some Rhoads Vs in the American series guitars.

That was really cool, more old school thrash in standard E please ❤️

Best. Demo. Track. Ever.

One of your most impressive demo tracks, man.

Jackson used to be my favorite guitars. QC has been shaky lately to say the least, but I have high hopes for this line. I pre ordered the blue. I really hope it shreds.

I have a Jackson Kelley and a Dave Mustaine 1993 king v pro in silver metal flake, now this is a guitar that just never stops delivering, its metal as hell, sounds great and the look is killer. The Mustaine king v pro will never leave my collection, i play it every week and never get tired of it. I just bought a new Charvel pro mod So Cal, this guitar is a beast, the playability of the neck is second to none with hard maple and an ebony fret board ss frets of course. Its the smoothest guitar Ive ever laid my hands on and Ive played the 4-5k Keisel, PRS, and Strandberg guitars and they have nothing on this Charvel. Just got it yesterday and I had to say something, the orange blaze body with the ebony neck and hard maple headstock totally killer !!

Excellent track 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥

I gotta say Hunter, I'm not all that much into Thrash, but this demotrack was siick. :D No seriously, you've gotten so much better playing the guitar in the years I've followed you. Like, a few years ago, there was no way you would have laid down such a shreddy solo. Really love it. Sadly I myself am not there yet, can't really get the hang of shredding, don't really know what holds me back... Must be the guitar... Maybe I need a new one :D

That demo track was incredible!!!!

Just started getting into Jackson my first two times trying the brand I did t get lucky but then I found a Jackson king v Jenna Jameson model which I’ve been searching for 2 years and finally got one the guitars a metal beast

excellent vidéo

Exodus meets Helloween with a touch of Slayer. Dude, you nailed it.

Nice vid to go with the equally nice guitar. Although I always have this weird thing to put in mods that I would do if I owned it. I'd take out the JB and neck single coil and swap them with rail humbuckers (Normal and single sizes), put in a three way switch for just the neck and bridge, put the middle coil to a push pull pot done on the tone knob, and have a coil split push pull on the volume knob for the neck and bridge. And I would try and do it with as little of drilling as I could.

Love my USA Jacksons, glad you are finally warming up to them. USA Jacksons have always been my favorite. ESP E-II guitars are great, but their frets are smaller, which really annoyed me when I first tried them. Non-USA Jacksons have been hit and miss for me... personally would steer clear, unless you can find super early Made in Japan Jacksons from a specific era... those are right up there with Jackson USA Custom Shop.

SLAYER 🤘🏼

love the green color honestly

The first real guitar I ever bought with my own money was an early 2000s limited run MIJ Soloist, and it's the guitar I compare everything else to. It pretty much defined what I like in a guitar, and only a select few have ever reached that bar since.

The first guitar I ever got G.A.S. for was a USA Jackson Soloist SL1 in eerie dess swirl. I strayed far from any genre of music where that would be the appropriate choice, but this new american run (combined with how amazing my charvel dk24 is) is really drumming up some of those old feelings!

Love Jackson’s ! I own 6 of them and I’m waiting on the 7th one lol If I didn’t just order the concept series soloist I’d be all over this one.

I had a USA Dinky in 87 signed by Grover... haven't played another I like as much since but damn excited about these, now to figure out what to sell to get one!

9:11 Kirk Hammett approves LoL

I just got a Jackson Pro Series Soloist SL2M in Magenta with Duncan Distortions. Sounds insane, looks killer, but needs a proper setup. I already love it, so I can't imagine how much I'll love it once its properly setup.

Love the jackson reviews. You made a boomer happy lol I've been playing jackson since the 80's. Rhoads V's and king V's.

Hell yeah 🤘 ngl, never really into those pointy guitars but the sound is pure 80s thrash metal. I also love the Silver Jubilee Marshall, the JCM800 sound is just so fat and meaty

I'm newer to playing guitar got an X Series Soloist a few months back. Gotta say it's an easy guitar to love when you're playing metal it's just begging to be played anything else... Well it's do able but you probably won't be doing it very comfortably or very conveniently, especially if you have big hands. That being said things to make tuning changing tuning and general set up easier 1. you can actually measure about how much you need to move the claw to change tunings so long as you keep the same string guage and springs measuring from the back of the claw to the wall of the cavity either at the center or behind the screws (write down measurements for future reference) 2. Tune from the g string first and alternate strings going out ending with the 6th string 3. Find or make something you can block the trem with to make string changes quicker 4 just about any of the pick ups from the X Series up can be split

Jackson will always be first in my heart. 1984 Rhoads, 1989 Concert Bass, 1990 Soloist, 2015 Kelly, all US-made. The Kelly was my Custom Select order, I requested non-recessed to be able to install the D-Tuna. I love the neck profile - mine all have "standard" necks, a medium thickness comparable to Gibson slim taper. If they can have the Corona production line start making neck-thru instruments when they've only made Fender bolt-ons previously, I could see the Ensenada production line following suit in a few years (the Pro Series Dinkies are already made there). My only quibbles with the spec are that the fretboard seems to be unbound, and the case is a soft case. On unbound fretboards, I'd rather see dots or other small inlays. If they added a seven-string (and ideally in one of the pointy shapes and not just a Dinky/Soloist), it'll be an instant buy and I'll put the Rhoads back to E from B tuning.

YOU GOT ONE?!??!?! Sick dude!!!

I'd personally love to see Jackson bring back the old school Charvel guitar's, especially the model 5 and the model 5 A 🤘.and I'd love to see them do it in the old school colors.im dying for a reissue of the 1987-1988 Charvel Jackson model 5 in Black cherry metallic 🔥🤘🔥

Jackson man here! You had me at Seymoure Duncan 😊

the demo sounds sick

I have a Dinky JS22, was amazed after the set up how low the action was and how well it played for a sub $200 Axe.

hell yeah! i was sold on Jackson when i got scored a MIJ 96' Jackson Dinky, had to sell it for rent a few months ago but damn did this video remind me of FUUUUU why'd i do that!??! sick vid man!

Metal dad mode: engaged!

When I think of Jackson, Adrian Smith is the first one that comes to mind.

With no Stainless Steel frets and no Floyd Rose Original, I don't see any reason to buy this over a Charvel Made in Mexico, besides the neck through. They even have the Soloist/Dinky shape!

@ryant3600

Жыл бұрын

Yeah not having Stainless should be a standard in that price point. As for the Floyds, I have talked quite a few times with a production mgr at Floyd in Germany, and he swears the floyd thousand series are the exact same as the German made floyds, all same metals/materials, just mass assembled in Korea for contract guitar manufacturers like: Charvel, Jackson, Cort, LTD's, etc..

@downshift00

Жыл бұрын

Umm its made in the US. That's what you are paying for. The quality is the same as the Mexican charvels on these new Jacksons. Go get an old school early 90s rr1 or mij Jacksons professional rhoads pro or soloist pro if you want the old school quality.

That solo might’ve been cheese’d, but it was a finely crafted cheese. Very Muenster-ous riffs.

A dialed in Jackson is always fun to rip around on. 5 minute riff sounds like Psychosomatic - Riot Squadron and them guys shred on Jacksons too.🤘

love my jacksons killer guitar

dude....Jackson have ALWAYS BEEN crazy Metal....thanks for bringing back the USA Soloist...Floyd 1500 are the best.....great video

I hope they carry this to their basses. I learned on jackson basses and have one kelly guitar. i hope they just take advantage of it and expand on what they got

That was a seriously kick ass thrash song!

I would still go Ibanez prestige honestly. They’re just so good!

A jackson with JB bridge is one of the best tones in metal

Easiest way to balance a Floyd is to lock the bridge where you want it, tune it where you need it, lock the nut and release the block off the bridge. Then to get it all balanced, adjust the claw holding the tension springs until the guitar is back in tune. I’ve never had that fail. Learned it from Uncle Ben Eller ;)

Cool guitar, still wish they made a neck with binding

i just got a 1991 usa jackson custom shop, only 900$ shipped and tax. . best guitar iv ever owned easily lol cant believe i have it still for that price, has a custom fitted case too, a little smaller than a normal sl1

"What would Kerry King do?" I mean- first, swap that out for something with a Kahler trem. But beyond that, yeah, accurate.

Welcome to the party 🤘 Nice soloist 🎸 The Jackson Dinky is still one of my favorite guitars to play to this day. PS, I’m not a fan of Seymour Duncan JB either …too much ice pick to the brain highs.

Hi.. What brand and type of fret wire they using on this guitar?

I wish they first perfected their imports (which are sub par), and then launch an American line

@agufish

Жыл бұрын

I'd also like to see them improve the imports. Those were the only Jacksons I'd tried previously and compared to LTD, Schecter, or Ibanez, they seemed very behind. That being said, the guitar Josh Smith is teasing on his Instagram looks very, very sick!

@RyRyTheBassGuy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the stuff coming out of Indonesia is really hit or miss. Looking at pictures, the made in China stuff looks pretty good (odd that higher end models are being made there). I have an older made in Mexico and while it does have issues, they are easily overlooked for what I paid ($400) vs the specs (SD pickups, floyd 1500).

@Mr.Goldbar

Жыл бұрын

@@RyRyTheBassGuy yeah... I'm saying this as someone who has all the luck in the world with Indonesian Ibanez. The reason they use the Chinese factory is for their special finishes, because apparently they're the only factory that can do a crackle or a mirror finish. Like bruh, train the Mexican factory to make crackle, mirror and neck through and you wouldn't even need the far east for anything over 900$

@RyRyTheBassGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Goldbar I get the feeling Fender doesn't really care about the Jackson brand. Look at what they've done with Charvel! The mexico plant is kicking ass with what they're producing under that brand.

@Mr.Goldbar

Жыл бұрын

@@RyRyTheBassGuy yes! I owned one of these Mexican Charvels, had to sell it to fund an older Japanese one but I wish I could keep both! That Mexican Charvel played better than any American Fender I've tried :) I wish they cared the same about Jackson

Damn that was a killer track.