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Jackson RR3 Randy Rhoads Electric Guitar

Seymour Duncan pickups.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           10 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           9 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"A guitar given by the god himself."

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from aim.com
Submitted: 8/9/2008
Style of Music: Metal, Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Potosi, Missouri, United States

 

 
Feature:
A double locking Floyd Rose-lisenced trem and ACTUAL Seymore Duncan pickups (not Duncan Designed) make it my favorite out of my guitars. The crimson swirl paint job is breath taking. I get so many compliments for it, it's crazy as hell!

Quality:
The pickups are amazing, the trem works beautifully, and it just overall kicks ass.

Value:
For all the stuff on it and the price i paid for it, it was worth every cent!

Desirability:
You know you want one.

Sound:
This thing sounds AMAZING! It has awsome sound out of any amp, even a little 10 watt practice amp.

Ease of Use:
It plays really smooth and feels nice. The ONLY downside of the entire guitar is that it's body shape makes it hard to play when you're sitting.

Support:
What support? Don't need any.

Overall:
Overall, this is an amazing guitar. If it was good enough for Randy Rhoads (even though he didn't live to see it's production), it's good enough for anyone.

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"Born to be shredded"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from stud.usv.ro
Submitted: 12/9/2008
Style of Music: Mostly Country,Blues inspired Metal and also some Heavy, Trash and Speed Metal
Location: Suceava, Romania

 

 
Feature:
When I got it from the store it was tuned in standard E, yet I wanted thicker strings on it for lower tunning and it was a bit of work setting up the tension of the coils holding the floyd rose so it would sit up straight.It comes with 3 coils, 2 installed and 1 in the box next to the guitar.

Quality:
My model is a RR3 BK, simple black , i just like it that way, unless you want to impress your friends with looks rather than music it won't sound any better if you pay extra money for an RR3 with artworks and/or designs on it. If the strings a locked in you can bend the strings like hell, push or pull on the floyd rose (either way if u set it up right) like crazy and even smash in the bridge with your fist and IT WON'T GO OUT OF TUNE (belive me i've tryed it) wich is why I'll give it a 10 at this section.

Value:
It's a damn valuable guitar for it's price. It's the next best thing to an expensive RR1.

Desirability:
I bought it without even ever touching it or any similar model before. It was a risk but now i'm glad I have it. And hell-yeah I like going on-stage with it. Also it has that "guitar-hero" looks that always makes you want to shred the s**t out of it.

Sound:
I am a hudge fan of Dimebag Darrel's crunchy razor-sharp sound and this guitar together with a proper amp (tube amp ofcourse) and effects (analogs, not the digital bull***t) really comes close to that sound. I'm not sure yet if I will change the JB pickup that comes with it with an SH-13 dimebucker because it really sounds great as it is. Overall the RR3 has a great sound for it's price.

Ease of Use:
It is a bit of a "challenge" to play it sitting down yet I don't think anyone even looks at this guitar thinking that they would want to sit down with it. The neck is a bit thicker than my other guitar (an Ibanez GRX70 BK) yet I got used to it pretty quick.

Support:
Never did and I hope I'll never have to.

Overall:
It looks great, it sounds great, and when it comes to playing ...it plays great.

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"Crazy Guitar"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from frontiernet.net
Submitted: 1/24/2009
Style of Music: rock, 80's rock
Musical Experience: Hobbyist, Active Musician
Location: Holyoke, MN, USA

 

 
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Feature:
I give the features section a 10/10 because of the Floyd Rose Licensed tremolo. I stays in tune, even when you really wham the bar down.

Quality:
The guitar is made very well. Be careful of the longest wing, it will ding up quick. I think it will last a long time. The finish is perfect. I got the crimson swirl color and it is awesome.

Value:
It is worth the price.

Desirability:
The looks are awesome. The finish, shape, feel, everything. I think out of the black, Eerie Dess Swirl, Transparent Red and Blue, and crimson swirl colors, the crimson swirl is the best looking.

Sound:
The Seymor Duncans make it sound great. The clean sounds isn't as good though.

Ease of Use:
It is easy to use even while sitting down if you know how to hold it. When you stand up and play it sags down. It isn't a big problem though.

Overall:
Overall this guitar is awesome. If it was stolen I would get another one. If it was lost I would look until I find it. I like the Floyd Rose and the color best. I just got it 2 days ago and its awesome! I recommend it!

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"just rename it RR1"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 4/13/2009
Style of Music: All types of Metal,Rock,
Musical Experience: Active Musician and lead guitarist for band

 

 
Feature:
The double locking trem is a awesome feature on this guitar. It holds up to bends that go down to the abyss and to the heavens. Its neck was thicker than my Ibanez and I actually like it better. The Knobs are awesome cause you can control your volume for each individual pickup. the pickup selector is my favorite part of the guitar. Its very durable and is easier to access than the one on my Ibanez RG.

Quality:
The Japanese take great pride in their work. Everything was in perfect shape and form. Not one defect did I notice. Great sound and durability.It is definitely a guitar that will last a very long time. You can see why Randy Rhoads loved Jackson and this style of guitar.

Value:
650 dollars?? Are you kidding?

Desirability:
Your basically are getting an RR1.

Sound:
The Sound of this guitar is one of the best I've ever heard! It has great sound output. Even on the 22 fret bending as high as I could Nearly breaking the string the SD held up great. If Your into any type of metal or rock this is the guitar for you. I put mine through a Line 6 Spider III Practice amp and get great quality sound. I recommend to switch out the SD pickups and slap in some 81/85 EMG's. They have never let me down and add that extra metal to your tone.

Ease of Use:
The fretboard is amazingly smooth! Everything was easy to access.

Support:
Haven't had to call yet

Overall:
This is the best guitar Ive ever played and if your looking for a sexy but yet godly guitar, this is the one for you.

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"You're Not Worthy!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 8/9/2007
Style of Music: Rock, Metal, Punk, Alternative
Musical Experience: Hobbyist

 

 
Feature:
Volume control for each pick up. Tone control and an easy to use pickup selector. Even a Metallica fan could figure this guitar out.

Quality:
Come on. It's a Jackson. Yeah I know that this one is made in Japan. So is my Lexus!

Value:
Like others have said. This is as close as you are going to get to an RR1 for under $1000.00 For the extra grand you could change pickups and put a Schaller Floyd Rose on it, but I don't think anyone would hear the difference.

Desirability:
I have the Crimson Swirl finish and it is breathtaking. To be honest, even though I am a huge Randy Rhoads fan, it takes a certain personality to pull off playing a V style guitar, and I ain't it. And for sitting down and practicing it is less than comfortable. But for shredding onstage infront of 10,000 people, you will not find a sexier machine (except an RR1).

Sound:
This guitar sounds great. I play it through a Digitech RP-80 on a small practice amp and it sounds like Randy Rhoads is right there with me. I'm sure plugged into a better amp would only make it sound even sweeter.

Ease of Use:
The neck makes this a great guitar. The Floyd Rose takes a little getting used to. It took me a while to set the guitar up (action, intonation, neck relief), but once you get it set up and locked down IT STAYS IN TUNE. Any tuning can be tweaked through the tremolo, but I rarely find it necessary. Word of caution... If you like to use different tunings (ie Drop etc.) I think that it would be hard to do with this guitar without unlocking the nut lock.

Support:
I can only guess since I haven't needed any.

Overall:
I will probably buy a Jackson Dinky to practice with, as I love the neck on these guitars. I don't need a 24 fret guitar (and honestly very few people can really pull that off), but for some it like the Marshall stack that goes to 11. This guitar has 22 Jumbo frets and it works well for me.

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"the best jackson you could buy for the price!"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 11/20/2008
Style of Music: metal punk rock and blues
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: alaska

 

 
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Feature:
haha i love the tremelo so far it has outlasted a xiphos tremelo but i would stillay go buy a schaller trem!

Quality:
i don't quite know yet but it's still rockin nothing wrong with it! it's still perfect out of the box!

Value:
oh yeah it's deffinitly worth the price so if your thinking about think no more and buy! i have no regrets!

Desirability:
i had an eye gazim looking at it! lol

Sound:
thesound quality is amazing and it needs a little adjusting before you can super shred but yeah. the sounds is very awesome when it comes to metal, and it's way better than the xiphos! my friend has one and i was like lets kick it up and holy crap i thought rite! but this thing records awesome and sounds great on it!

Ease of Use:
everything is easy to use and pretty basic and still sounds amazing!

Support:
didn't have to call yet!

Overall:
i think as long as i own it even in ten years it will still be nice to have!

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Jackson RR3 Randy Rhoads Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 5/17/2009
Style of Music: Rock, Metal
Musical Experience: hobbyist
Location: Columbus, TX, America

 

 
Feature:
All the features are awsome- especially the string locks, because it keeps the guitar in tune! But, tuning the guitar is a lot of work, especially when tuning to a different key like drop D or drop C. So, unfortunatly, you have to stay in one key (unless you want to waste an hour changing keys.)

Quality:
Everything is great! Be careful not to go too crazy playing it though... you can break a hole in the wall if you swing it around too much- especially at the ends of the guitar.

Value:
Its awsome. period. Definatley worth your money.

Desirability:
This thing is a sexy beast!

Sound:
The sound itself is great! But, the thing is, sometimes the pick ups don't pick up the sound as well as some other guitars that i tried out before(then again, it could be the speaker itself).

Ease of Use:
Easy to play, easy to use. The only problem is trying to play while sitting down, but that you just have to get used to.

Support:
I only had one or two problems with the floyd rose bridge, but it wasn't much to fix it. everything is in good shape! As for the company, they were all pretty friendly, and they got what i needed. this is the first time i looked into jackson guitars, and i gotta say... im impressed.

Overall:
Very satisfactory. Not many problems. Its deffinatly worth your money.

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"The greatest guitar ever made"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 4/16/2007
Style of Music: Metal
Musical Experience: actice musician, metal band lead guitarist
Location: maple ridge british columbia

 

 
Feature:
great features, volume for both pickups which gives u control of the perfect tone when u have the pickup selector in the middle, master tone, and 3 way pickup selector, the only thing i wish it had was a toggle.

Quality:
great paint great knobs, metal, the floyd rose is pretty tight except for if u really wham it down loosens the whammy bar holder in which i had to take the bridge off to retighten it, but that was my fault, its not the bridges problem.

Value:
great, awesome value for what u receive, im still puzzled in what the difference from this one to the rr1 is.

Desirability:
everybody says this is a sexy guitar, everyone loves it, it sounds beautifull and looks great. I LOVE IT AND I KNOW U WILL TOO

Sound:
the sounds u get from this guitar and much like metallica, loads of distortion from the awesome pickups. the bridge pick up is very high wich gives it allot of tone treble and distortion, the neck pickup is low and is great for acoustic or bassy playing.

Ease of Use:
easy to use, simple set the controls to what u desire and play, tuning is no problem just unlock the nut. the floyd rose never sets the strings out of tune.

Support:
havnt needed any

Overall:
overall, this is a remarkable guitar it DEFINES metal and beauty and also for a VERY GOOD price 10/10 no questions asked

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"Quality guitar"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 7/19/2009
Style of Music: Metal
Musical Experience: Hobbyist
Location: Dyer IN

 

 
Feature:
Trems great, pickups good, looks cool.

Quality:
It came great, no dents or anything. Put together entremely well.

Value:
It's great guitar, you could prolly get something pretty similar though for half the price(ibanez rg).

Desirability:
Its beautiful, just look at it.

Sound:
The sound on this guitar is great, sounds wonderful while soloing. But if i had to complain it would be that if your doin that "metal" palm muted E string picking, it sounds to dull and not heavy like on EMGs.

Ease of Use:
Kinda hard to play sitting down but besides that its great.

Support:
Never had to deal with them; which is a good thing.

Overall:
Great guitar, i think its just a little overpriced could be $150 cheaper. Besides that though, everythings great.

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"RR3 doing us justice."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 11/2/2008
Style of Music: Classic Rock, 80s Metal, Blues, Prog Metal
Musical Experience: Active Musician

 

 
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Feature:
Allen wrench, whammy bar... something else as goodies. Floyd Rose, quite nice. Awesome SD pups.

Quality:
My RR3 came with come excess wood at the end of the fretboard from a miss cut or some deal. The absolutely gorgeous finish easily makes up for the wood piece. I'd have preferred a different colored wood for the neck, but o well. Seriously though, who doesn't want an RR-V?

Value:
For 650, what I paid, this thing is a steal. The SDs being legit makes this guitar well worth the cash.

Desirability:
Nothing but positives on the finish and sound. I'd sex it up.

Sound:
Solid sound. Plays fantastically under wah combos and you can even get some wicked Tom Morello sounds out of it (scratching). No buzz at all.

Ease of Use:
First off, have fun sitting with this beast, it's really not to comfortable in that area. With jumbo frets and a thinner neck you can really shred on this beast. Getting used to hitting harmonics and such on this fretboard is a little odd, but overall this guitar is amazing.

Support:
Not yet.

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