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“An archetypal metal axe”: Jackson American Series Soloist SL2DX review
Jackson’s latest speed metal machine is built in Fender’s Corona factory and sticks close to the time-tested Soloist recipe, and could just prove to be your next heavy metal workhorse
Scott Ian is in his “Bruce Lee era” and giving his signature King V a solid makeover – complete with the classic Jackson logo
The thrash metal legend has given his signature axe a major overhaul, and owning one won’t break the bank either
“Does a damn good job of delivering searing metal tones that go far beyond what you’d expect from the price point”: Jackson JS Series Dinky JS11 review
I put Jackson’s cheapest electric guitar to the test to see if it really does chug
Jackson X Series Surfcaster SC HT6 review
It's a Surfcaster, Jim, but not as we know it – Jackson has retooled its cult offset as an affordable metal powerhouse. After a 22-year absence, is it worth the wait?
“A new signature for Misha Mansoor, but not the one we’ve been waiting for”: The essential guitar gear releases you might have missed this week, from Chase Bliss and PRS to Jackson and Fender
An emotional tribute to the King of Tone overdrive, an upgraded take on one of the top versatile high-gain amp heads out there, and another exclusive Guitar Center big-brand collaboration are all on the agenda this week
This metal fan ordered a new guitar from Sweetwater – but it ended up with the Slipknot guitarist
Root randomly received a new Jackson that was destined for another player, after it went missing for a number of weeks
The guitar gear releases you might have missed this week, from Martin and Fender to Tone King and D'Angelico
A double dose of signature guitars, a highly anticipated pedal amp from Tone King and a comprehensive Martin Junior series overhaul headline this week's drops
Bring Me the Horizon’s Lee Malia is no stranger to signature offsets – but he wasn’t too fond of his first
Years before launching one of 2025's most desirable builds with Jackson, Malia partnered with Epiphone for a range of signature guitars back in 2014
Jackson and Bring Me the Horizon’s Lee Malia champion the rise of the metal offset with new signature Surfcaster
Featuring old looks, modern features, and pickups voiced to Malia’s aggressive-but-open specifications, the LM-87 is one of 2025’s finest new signature guitars
A labor of love, Wes Borland's beloved custom Jackson King V began life as a factory floor reject
Rather than a top-of-the-line custom job involving the best of the company's best luthiers, Borland's favored King V was brought to his attention by Jackson because, not in spite of, the quirks that led to its initial rejection
