Clearance Jackson JS32 Dinky DKA Electric Guitar Natural Oil

I usually go for string thru guitars, but pandemic boredom had me craving a Floyd, which I haven't had in over a decade. Spent 15min in store with one of these, and took it home based on price... I just needed to experiment a bit. I also grabbed some heavier strings an extra trem springs anticipating a drop tune on her. Once home, her pickups had a little more clarity than another identical set and she complimented the rest of my guitars very well. Held tune very well, and was a joy right off the bat. Slight bridge and pickup height has actually yielded the lowest action guitar I've had the pleasure of owning. Very surprising considering the amount of money spent on this guitar vs. the other US and Japanese models I've owned. Plastic is still on pickups, and that's usually one of the first things I go after. There is nothing I can find to complain about this guitar and when adjusted for inflation compared to my first guitar 30 years ago it costs 1/6 of what that my japanese Ibanez did. I'm very impressed and may have to look for another Floyd axe for a detuned backup. Very, very impressed.

I got the guitar out of the box and the action was only about a mile off the fretboard, next I go to put the trem bar on they sent with it, doesn't fit....OK. I get it all set up and I'm jamming having an OK time with it for about an hour, and had to fine tune it a little, then SNAP! There goes the high E. Nice, I've had this thing for like 5 hours and the string already broke? SMH. Not impressed at all.

I own four 2019 - 2020 Jackson JS32s, plus I additionally have three of its predecessor, which did not have the archtop. Sharing key points: First, they are excellent guitars if you know what you're doing. They play, feel and sound great. Odd though, when combining all the ones I've either bought or tried in store, it's amazing how inconsistent these are from the factory, despite the issues are all being small, easy to fix. First, total pro - the natural finish ones deliver more sustain. Two of mine are natural finish, and they are simply louder than my painted two - especially noticeable when unplugged. All of them have great necks. All of them have awesome bodies. So what was the quality control issues: On both a black one and a white one I tried in store, the plastic cover plates were not mounted properly at the factory. Both had plastic pieces that were slightly too large to fit the routered hole they were designed for; the white one also had the bridge pickup housing drilled/mounted crooked - very odd,,, but that's not the case with any of he four I actually bought. Intonation was excellent on two of the four I bought and good on most of the others I tried in store, but it was ridiculously off on one I took home - truss out of adjustment too. I still bought it because the grain on it was gorgeous - virtually invisible laminate lines for a natural finish, and, after I reset the setup, it's been mint ever since. On another I tried but didn't buy, I demo'd it right out of the box as the store received it, and it had the wrong trem arm packed from the factory - didn't fit the tremolo (store brought in 5 at once, and this was the only one with the wrong tremolo arm). A couple also had sharp frets. That said, wow, these are nice guitars when you get them setup. I don't know why Jackson doesn't control these minor issues better, because, once set up, WOW, these are beautiful guitars - great feel, easy to play, stay in tune perfect

Well I have to say the guitar looks good having issues with keeping it in tune. And have to be honest it would have been nice to have a gig bag sent with the guitar since it's a natural oil stained wood hard body guitar. Actually I was planning on doing more business with the company with an amp and cords and some other things but not sure if that's going to happen in the future. Was hoping that the guitar came with a gig bag or something to put it in considering it is natural wood.

The mahogany wood really gives it more of a "punch" and it is really good for the metal genre.

I have been playing for 20 years. Have strats, teles, les pauls, etc. I wanted an 80's hair band type of guitar and didn't want to invest a lot. I played everything that was stocked at a couple of different guitar centers. This was, by far, the easiest to pick up, play and keep in tune. It really put anything Ibanez made to shame, at least out of the examples I got to play. I will be replacing the pickups with some Seymour Duncans, but I was going to do that anyways. Seymour's Hot Rodded humbucker set was played by many in the 80's and that is the sound I am chasing. Keep in mind that you could pick up 10 of these guitars and they are all going to be a little different. I got one that was set up well and easy to play. You may find one that is set up not so well. It is the nature of lower end guitars. They don't put a ton of money into quality control.