NGD: Jackson Pro Series Sig Mansoor Juggernaut HT6

[MountainDog]

Saw this at NAMM and liked the way it felt and looked and noticed the Made in Indonesia sticker on it. I watched the videos on Jackson's site with Misha Mansoor playing the pro series ones...wasn't too impressed by the tone...but thought maybe that's his amp set up, as the USA ones with bare knuckle pickups also had a similar tone...and I have other bare knuckle model pickups that sound great. I found a Pro Series gray blem for a good price and took a chance on it.

I'm very impressed. Build quality is very good, nut slot cuts were done very well (so strings are at perfect height above 1st fret), bridge adjusted very well for string height/neck radius curve, neck relief correct, great action, intonation almost spot on. The Jackson HT bridge is good quality. The ebony on the fingerboard is also good quality. Neck shape/feel great and the pickups (thru my rig) sound really, really good (I like the Jackson MM1 bridge distortion tone better than the Dimarzio Super Distortion that came in my new DK24).

I also have an Indonesian made Chris Broderick Pro Series Sig that I like a lot....These new offerings from Jackson from Indonesia are pretty good!

[Mudlark]

I love a happy story.
Of the 2-3 hands on reviews I remember hearing on this model I think most/all weren't favourable for one reason or another.
Indonesian guitars seem to split the crowd 70% favourable, 30% unimpressed.

I've still not touched an Indo or Mexican locally.

Aside from an A+ perfectly cut nut on an Ibanez RGA520 the plastic on my last 3-4 imports ranged from C+ to fail.

[Decoy205]

Congrats! These are pretty cool models. Glad you got good one!

[toejam]

Pics... or it didn't happen!

[TKEblue]

Grats and glad you like it!
I haven't played one but I really like the look. Looks comfortable with all those contours too. I didn't know they were MII though, that's a little disappointing, I had assumed since they're bolt on it would be MIM, but I'd still like to check out one of the 7s in person

[MountainDog]

Pics from the Reverb listing I purchased:

[Mudlark]

They're a lean mean looking machine. Kinda' has that Jackson Extreme Series vibe.

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[Number Of The Priest]

Quartersawn maple neck on an Indonesian model? That is a nice feature.

[toejam]

Love that color!

[TKEblue]

Man that looks awesome! I'll add one to my stable eventually. Had a chance to play one this weekend and the size, shape, and contours are perfect. Super comfy guitar, exactly how I thought it would be. I didn't get a chance to crank it since I was at GC but the pickups weren't anything to complain about from what I heard. I love the tone bypass and volume placement as well.

[wrldeatr7]

Congrats, that looks great. Surprised to see that it was made by Cort. Most Pros are Samick. Regardless, it looks very well put together.

[Mudlark]

It does look quarter sawn.

[Milpool]

That's a beautiful looking guitar. Congrats!