Jackson Guitars

Jackson Mark Morton Dominion

Posted February 23, 2010 by Charvel Jackson Randy Rhoads in Blog, Jackson Guitars | No comments yet

The Jackson Mark Morton Dominion is a guitar in a signature series, designed by Mark Morton, the guitar player from Lamb of God. Mark himself describes the guitar as a unique sounding instrument with a great sound to it, and nobody could say it better! The unique shape of the Jackson Mark Morton will definitely have heads turning in that direction, and once you plug it in and hit a power chord, you will wonder where it has been all of your life!

The sleek design of the Dominion is different, but catchy. Actually, it sort of looks like a Les Paul-Stratocaster combination but interwoven with some crazy curvatures and interlaid with a unique, precision cutaway! The guitar is obviously an edgy instrument, and that is why it has found such a home among hard rock-metal players. And when it comes to tones well, better to plug in and see for yourself! Let’s just say that the Dominion delivers, and leave it at that.

Several key features help to make this guitar a very affordable solution, even if you are looking for something to gig out with or take on the road. These include:

• A quilt maple veneer top
• A bolt on maple neck, complete with a compound radius rosewood fingerboard
• a nato body
• two hum bucking pickups Duncan Design HB-101s to be precise
• and to top it off, it has Mortons signature on the truss rod cover

The scale length on this guitar is the more standard 24.75 inch, which makes it a bit more popular with metal guitarists. The guitar is outfitted with a high quality, 3 position toggle pickup selector, so that you can choose how you want to set up between the two pickups. There are also two volume knobs, and a tone knob for each pickup. The sealed die cast tuners bear the Jackson logo, and the fret size is standard, which will make you feel quite at home, even if you are buying your first metal-head guitar!

There is no question concerning the Dominion.. Jackson has delivered an axe in this guitar that can be wielded with strength, passion, and devotion, even when it takes you out on the road. And with screaming sustain and tones that will knock your socks off, you will be the talk of the town when you arrive with your new Jackson Dominion. The signature series is sweet if you are a Lamb of God fan, but just experiencing this guitar first hand will make you want to check out Mark Morton in greater detail! That is just how sweet this guitar is.

If you are in need of a serious six string, and have the amp power to back it up, the Jackson Dominion is your ticket to raw tone, classic Jackson feel, and fabulous looks. Just be careful all the ladies in the crowd might try to write their numbers on it, which would be bad for the finish!

Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas Guitar

Posted February 23, 2010 by Charvel Jackson Randy Rhoads in Blog, Jackson Guitars | No comments yet

If you are a fan of metal music at all, then you undoubtedly know about Iron maiden. They have been one of the most influential bands to hit the metal scene since they formed back in 1975. Well, in the 1980s, Adrian Smith joined the crew to play the guitar, but he needed something that was incredible which was why he chose the Jackson.

Now, years later, he has again brought his inspiration to one of metals favorite guitar makers in the form of a pair of new signature model Jackson guitars. And to say that these guitars are amazing would be an understatement! The new Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas Guitar signatures feature a lot of the things you loved about the ones that came out in the 80s, except that they have been brought up to par with modern technology and are very well able to stand on their own as exceptional instruments for use by extreme, professional musicians.

These models feature:

• A 1 ply pick guard
• A bolt on, quarter-sawn maple neck
• An ebony fingerboard
• A scale length of 25.5 inches
• 22 jumbo frets
• A Floyd Rose #3 nut
• Pearl Dot position inlays, which are mother of pearl
• Three pickups, which include two Fender Hot samarium Cobalt Noiseless Strat Pickups and a DiMarzio Super Distortion Humbucking Pickup.
• Gotoh Die cast Tuners
• Floyd Rose Original Double locking 2 point tremolo
• And a pickup selecting blade with five positions. It also has a master tone and master control knobs.

The design of the body of the San Dimas very much resembles the body of a strat. In fact, it is tough to tell them apart. As you Jackson has undoubtedly pulled out all of the stops on this one, arming it with some of the hottest pickups in the business so that tone and sound control will not be a problem. If you love sustain that goes on for eternity and tone that will crunch you to within an inch of your life, then this might be the guitar of your dreams. It handles like a fantasy, and you will soon find that playing lead, or rhythm, on any other guitar is not even worth the time! A superior guitar player must have superior tools before he can hope to achieve his dreams, and that is exactly what this guitar is a superior instrument for a musician who means business.

The Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas signature model is a perfect guitar for the gigging musician, the serious jammer, or the touring rock-star. But, it is also affordable enough that you can buy it to practice on though a payment plan might help to make things easier! You need to have a guitar that you can depend on, and Jackson is known for this. Why else would the Iron Maiden guitar player choose a Jackson? Pros choose Jackson because they stand out in a crowd and because they last a LONG time!