Jackson visual appeal

[vector]

Gotta love how there's instant brand/genre recognition with Jacksons and specific models- case in point: played a near-trainwreck, beef n beer charity fund raiser gig for mostly old folks and young parents. Never had so many folks complain about the volume!! Anyhoo, after the show, a small but appreciative bunch of listeners approached me and raved over the RR1 Bengal I played during segments and declared, " We knew you guys were gonna rock when we saw your guitar!"

[markD]

hahaha, yeah i have had had that happen before too. it IS funny. i have also had people come up and tell me they knew that i'd play a lot of solos since the headstock was pointy!!

[Nagash02]

Since the instrument is part of the music, manufacturers build them for a specific type of thing. You won't play a Jackson Warrior at a blues jam, as you wouldn't bring your ES335 to a black metal rehearsal. An aggressive guitar makes you want to play aggressive stuff, and this is what comes out ! And Jacksons were build for high performance hard/heavy music, so I guess the design makes people think of heavier stuff all naturally. Which is good in fact

[RacerX]

charity fund raiser gig for mostly old folks and young parents. Never had so many folks complain about the volume!!

BTDT!

[jackson1]

Stfan!

[toejam]

Since the instrument is part of the music, manufacturers build them for a specific type of thing. You won't play a Jackson Warrior at a blues jam, as you wouldn't bring your ES335 to a black metal rehearsal.

Who says you can't?

[jackson1]

If Bo Diddley can play blues on a small rectangular piece of wood, anything goes.

[Nagash02]

Who says you can't?

Of course you can, but it's a bit... wicked IMO. I prefer to use a guitar that fits the image of the style. Or to create a new style myself

[algeriet]

I actually once rehearsed with my thrash metal band using a Samick ES-335 copy.
One of those days when you wish you'd brought with an extra battery for your active Jackson pickups!

[BayRocker]

I bust out some blues on my Warrior Pro. The pickup combos on that guitar make it quite versatile. Perhaps the look isn't right, but I don't care.

[Hellbat]

Who says you can't?

Precisely. My RR1T is a KILLER blues guitar and I wouldn't hesitate to use it at a blues jam. If Albert King can play blues on a V so can I damnit!

[Devotee]

It's all about the headstock if you ask me, that pointy design can make any design look cool. Hell, even Telecasters look badass with the Jackson pointy headstock. It's the reason i fell in love with Jacksons all those years ago.

[wilkinsi]

Let's see... I have 4 Warriors sitting here, nothing else. Gotta use one of them :dunno:

[MetalHeadMat]

I've played a jazz gig with my RR3 before.

[MikeStrat]

I think the Bengal graphic is bad ass lookin on all the Jackson models. You know it's gonna be a rock safari when a Bengal shows up!