Jackson RR5 Rhoads Pro Electric Guitar

Seymour Duncan pickups.

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"One of the best guitars I've ever experienced playing"

Feature:
Great pickups, beautiful gold trim, shark inlays, rosewood fretboard, strong fret wire, great bridge, and a thin neck great for speed/shred/thrash metal.

Quality:
I'm not big on imported guitars due to bad experience with Korean guitars, but I must say I wouldn't even look twice before going Japanese again. Their quality is no different than American in my humble opinion.

Value:
Personally, for the money it is unbeatable. This is not a cheap guitar by all means but next to a King V, I really believe there is little to no difference between both and the King V is well over 2,000$.

Desirability:
How do you not find this classic jazz style color on a shape that SCREAMS metal.

Sound:
The sound that comes from the RR5 is deep, full of warmth and power. You start to fall in love the second you start playing chords. The SH-4 pick ups sound incredible and it is very unlikely for anyone to replace them. I replaced mine for a Dave Mustaine Live Wire pick up set because of a specific sound I was looking for, but I had zero complaints with the original pick ups. I didn't even get rid of them, I plan on using them again. With distortion pedals it still provides the same clean and powerful sound. I don't like rating anything 10 on sound because each person has his own taste, but I really don't think anyone could go wrong with the sound that comes from this beauty.

Ease of Use:
Very easy, 3 knobs to control volume and neck/bridge tones. It's a guitar, can't complain at all.

Support:
Jackson is a very helpful company that looks to make sure you get 100% from any product they sell. I didn't need any support with this guitar but I have with previous Jacksons, and I'm never worried about any problems I may encounter because they are short lived.

Overall:
There is truly nothing more I can say, but if you're thinking about it then get it. There is not a single chance you'd ever look back.

Submitted: 5/20/2007

Style of Music: Metal

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"A solid buy if you got it a few years ago."

Feature:
came with a hardshell case. very basic features. good seymour duncan pickups that are switchable 3 ways. neck-thru is certainly a plus.

Quality:
people always complain. oh its made in japan, its made in korea. well when is the last time you bought something "made in the usa" that was actually good...i cant remember either. anyway its made in korea and i was more than pleased with the quality of this instrument. the gold hardware corrodes after some time so be proactive when taking care of it.

Value:
the price they are selling this guitar for now is not worth it. i paid 999.99 brand new 3 years ago and even then i thought it was a bit overpriced. i would try and find it gently used somewhere.

Desirability:
its a jackson randy rhoads...and a pretty good one at that. every metal player should own one.

Sound:
this guitar sounds amazing. i play it through a 5150 amp. to the guy who said the guitar is "too heavy"... turn down your distortion! secondly what did you think you were getting with this guitar. i can play any kind of music on this guitar; really heavy, nice clean sound with the neck pickup, or i kick back my distortion and get a nice rock sound. great sounding guitar. but a good guitar player will sound good no matter what kind of guitar they are playing so anyone thinking this will make them "sound better" should keep practicing or look elsewhere. this isnt your "guitar of destiny".

Ease of Use:
ease of use? if you are good and have a good amp it sounds killer. if mommy and daddy got this for your first guitar and yer playing it through that 15watt practice amp...probably wont sound as good as it should. but overall all its very easy to use, plug in, turn on amp, pluck strings, PRESTO! (difficult, i know)

Support:
havent had to deal with them but like most customer support im sure they are a hassle and dont actually care about their customers.

Overall:
overall, i was generally pleased with my purchase and this is my "metal guitar". at this point in time if i were looking at this I might lean toward those Dean Dime V-back Razors because they look killer and have a trem. string thru body on this is nice and hassle free but sometimes you just want to dive bomb. good day people!

Submitted: 1/28/2008

Style of Music: metal, rock

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Description
The Jackson Pro RR5 Randy Rhoads model features neck-thru-body construction. This Rhoads model is an incredible guitar with an alder body, rock maple neck, two Seymour Duncan JB humbuckers and an adjustable bridge that strings thru the body. Details include a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with Shark Fin inlays and a comfortable, compound radius (12 to 14-inch); and gold-plated hardware. Made in Japan.

Technical Info

Body: alder

Neck: rock maple neck through body with scarf joint

Headstock: Jackson 6-in-line pointed

Tuning machines: sealed di-cast

Fingerboard: rosewood with 14 - 16-inch compound radius

Number of frets: 22

Fret size: jumbo

Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB

Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB

Controls: Bridge Pickup Volume, Neck Pickup Volume, Master Tone

Bridge: Jackson tuneamatic with strings through body

Pickup switching: 3-position toggle: bridge pickup, bridge and neck pickup, neck pickup

Hardware: gold

Strings: NPS, gauges: .009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042

Pickguard: gold

Scale length: 25.5 in.

Width at nut: 1-11/16 in.

Introduced: January, 2006

Unique features: rosewood fingerboard with acrylic pearl Sharkfin inlays, 14 - 16-inch compound radius, fingerboard, Seymour Duncan pickups
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