Jackson X Series Soloist SLXT Electric Guitar, Rosewood Fingerboard

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This Soloist is perfect for pumping out heavy riffs and lighting-fast leads, thanks to the dual Duncan Designed humbuckers and compound-radius fretboard.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Duncan Designed HB-103 pickups High-output tone; plenty of crunch and harmonics
Compound radius fretboard Even, flatter feel moving up neck towards bridge
Rosewood fretboard Open, warm tone and smooth playing feel
Maple neck Bright tone, full sustain and strength

Expanding Jackson's tradition of eye-catching and high-powered designs, the Soloist SLXT is a pure riffing machine. Modern metal players insist on expressive instruments that can crank out mud-free chords and rhythmic riffs, cutting through dense mixes like a razor.

The SLXT delivers that uncompromising performance--as primal or refined as you want it to be, the Jackson bloodline runs strong through this axe. The SLXT s massively thick sound is powered by a select duo of Duncan Designed humbucking pickups -- an alnico HB-103N neck pickup and hot ceramic HB-103B bridge pickup -- providing crisp cleans and articulate high-gain distortion with plenty of girth for palm-muted and downtuned riffage. Graphite-reinforced neck-through construction imparts massive sustain while refusing to shift when traveling through various climates. The breakneck-fast 12"-16" compound-radius rosewood fingerboard is designed for modern metal--execute riffs and chords with comfortable ease in the lower registers while the flatter radius in the upper register lends itself to nimble leadwork without fretting out during wide bends. Rock-solid, the tunomatic bridge offers adjustable intonation along with rugged tuning stability for the precision demanded by today's crop of metal guitarists.

Reach for the SLXT whenever you find yourself in need of a take-no-prisoners guitar with jaw-dropping style, colossal sound and high-tech performance from the company that defines the bleeding edge of instrument design--Jackson. read more

Features:

- Basswood body
- 1 Piece Maple Neck
- Dark Rosewood fingerboard
- Duncan Designed HB-103 Humbucking pickups
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- Series: X Series
-Body Material: Basswood
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
- Neck: 1-Piece Maple Neck-Through-Body with Graphite Reinforcement and Scarf Joint, Speed Neck Backshape
- Neck Finish: Gloss Polyester
- Fingerboard: Dark Rosewood, 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Frets: 24, Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Sharkfin
- Nut (Material/Width): Black Plastic, 1.6875" (43 mm)
- Tuning Machines: Jackson Sealed Die-Cast
- Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
- Bridge: Jackson Compensated and Adjustable Strings-Through-Body
- Pickguard: None
- Bridge Pickup: Duncan Designed HB-103B Humbucking
- Neck Pickup: Duncan Designed HB-103N Humbucking
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Control Knobs: Black Dome Style
- Hardware Finish: Black
- Strings: NPS, .009-.042 Gauges

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 480-596-9690

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted May 25, 2018 by Ant Lefty in Philadelphia, PA

"Wanted the look and style"

Overall: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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I usually stick to other guitar brands and never played a Jackson. I am not interested in a tremolo system but wanted a dinky. After searching websites I found this model, looks like a dinky, and has no tremolo. Sold. I do, however have some “buyers regret” with this guitar, so I’ll get that out of the way first. -the Duncan designed pickups are horrendous. No “attack” or “chunk”. You can tell these are cheap. I played it through a 5150/1960cab and an egnater vengeance/celestions. They just sounded cheap and very thin. (I’ve also been spoiled with active pickups most of my guitar playing - and this is only one of 4 passive guitars I own, the rest are all active)-the neck isn’t has fast as my other guitars, but this price point is what you expect -any way I set this guitar up I just don’t feel as comfortable. Maybe it’s something to get used to. On the positive side, this is what I have to say:-the guitar looks awesome. I play in a thrash band and it belongs in the band. -full body guitar. I can reach all the frets if I needed to -stays in tune-this is a good project guitar. I swapped out the stock bridge pickup for an EMG HZ passive pickup. I also added a tube screamer in my signal chain and I just about have the tone I’m looking for live purposes. -this guitar is very light and doesn’t weigh you down like an LP. -with the new pickup this guitar sounds great in a mix. I’ll actually be using it on a few tracks as a rhythm track. So, overall if you want read more the look and feel of 80s and 90s thrash and are on a budget or just want to try a Jackson, this one is it. You MUST swap the pickups, at least the bridge. I would go to the store first to play.

Musical Background:
Playing since ‘92

Musical Style:
ThrashMetalSlamHardcore
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