This Affordable Jackson is Ready to Rock!
The affordable, performance-built Jackson Super Light Soloist SLSXMG is a solidbody electric guitar built to meet the demands of today's intense rock and metal. From technical riffing to scorching solos, the Super Light Soloist SLSXMG gives you the feel, response, and tone you need to pull of any technique you can dream up. First, there's Jackson's compound radius fretboard, which gives you the perfect contour, no matter where you you play on the neck. You also get the amazing action of a genuine Floyd Rose tremolo, not to mention the tried-and-true sound of a pair of EMG active humbuckers. And with it's beautiful quilted maple veneer, the Jackson Super Light Soloist SLSXMG looks as good as it plays.
My Jackson SLSMG is much lighter, more delicate, and more 'poised' feeling. It's incredibly playable and feels great for leads, but I don't feel like I can 'bash it around' as much, you know? You should sell me that POS so that I can properly bash it around. A friend just lend me a Jackson SLSMG and Im loving how lightweight it is (at around 2.9 kg / 6.4 pounds) Click to expand. I don't know what the weight difference of the 'new' neck is, but my oceanburst HT7 comes in just shy of 3 kilos - guessing it's about the same for the new ones.
Jackson Super Light Soloist SLSXMG Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:- High-performance design puts you in touch with your music
- Genuine Floyd Rose Special tailpiece
- A tried-and-true set of EMG active humbuckers
One of Jackson's mottos is 'Choose wisely. Play better.' That's not just hype either. The fact is, a well made guitar, like a Super Light Soloist SLSXMG, gives you a closer connection to your music. For instance, the Super Light Soloist SLSXMG features a compound radius fretboard, which is more rounded at the nut and flatter higher up the neck. This makes it easy to fret chords near the nut, while opening up the fretboard for soloing. The flatter higher frets also let you keep your action low, without bottoming out when you bend notes. And thanks to its neck-through-body design, the Super Light Soloist SLSXMG also gives you epic sustain.
Genuine Floyd Rose Special tailpieceIn typical Jackson fashion, this incredible guitar was built with nothing but quality hardware onboard. That's why they gave the Super Light Soloist SLSXMG guitar a real 2-point, double-locking Floyd Rose tremolo tailpiece. The light-weight Floyd Rose Special tremolo tailpiece gives you the real feel of an original Floyd Rose, adding to the Super Light Soloist SLSXMG's amazingly responsive feel.
A tried-and-true set of EMG active humbuckersTo match the Super Light Soloist SLSXMG's amazing performance, Jackson turned to a time-tested pair of active EMG pickups. When it comes to modern rock and cutting edge metals, you just can't beat the sound of EMG's EMG 81 and EMG 85 humbuckers. This combination gives you the deep, thunderous lows and brilliant highs you need to stand out in the mix. One second, you can hold down the rhythm with thick, chunky riffs, and the next, flip your Super Light Soloist SLSXMG into high gear and tear into a solo. Simply put, this is the sound the music you love was built on.
Jackson Super Light Soloist SLSXMG Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:- A performance-built solidbody electric guitar made for metal and rock
- Streamlined Jackson Soloist body style
- Beautiful quilted maple veneer looks amazing
- Compound radius fretboard lets you easily fret chords and pull off highly technical solos
- Neck-through-body design adds phenomenal sustain
- A pair of active EMG humbucking pickups gives you an epic range of tone
- Genuine Floyd Rose Special 2-point, double-locking tremolo tailpiece provides excellent feel and response
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Out of these four brands I'm looking at, do any of them have superior build quality to the others? I see a lot of praise for Schecter and Ibanez on Reddit but not as much for the other two brands as I would have thought.
I'm looking for something in the $500-900US price range, set neck, floyd rose style bridge, probably mahogany body, super-strat or maybe a V, active or high output passive pups and will be ordering online.
I had a Jackson DXMG and really liked it, played my friends Ibanez R-series and liked that also, and currently playing the ultra-cheap LTD M-10 that I also like. The only thing I don't like about the LTD is the fret profile - I prefer the wider, slightly flatter frets on the Jackson/Ibanez to the taller 'sharper' frets on the LTD. Unfortunately there's no instrument stores near me that have a Schecter I can try out - but as long as the neck profile is similar to the other three I don't think I'd have any other problems.
I know buying a guitar 'blind' isn't the best idea but excluding the Schecter I'm really only buying the better model of a guitar I've already played so build quality is kind of the deciding factor.
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