The sound is full. Just because it's an inexpensive guitar doesn't mean it's poor quality. The pickups get the sound I want which was really unexpected.

The only thing I would want more is independent volume controls but other than that, everything is fine.

I considered changing the pickups but decided not to. It may be weird sitting down but I have 5 other guitars to play if I really want to sit which I don't. Not at all heavy which for most people is good but it would be nice a couple pounds heavier. Fast neck, great access to all the frets(I love having 24!!!)

It's not a top of the line guitar but it is better than a lot of more expensive ones. Jackson makes nice guitars but I've played the RR5 and it wasn't as good as this one, in my opinion. The bolt on neck doesn't take away anyting, still plays great! I know this is one guitar I will never even consider selling this guitar.

You can't get a better guitar for this price. I would have paid more for it if it was more expensive.

I haven't had any problems so that's really good.

It's got great looks and the blue finish is really awesome. It shines when I'm playing on stage.

Active Musician/play al the time

Metal, thrash, shred

Play it good and use it good and it will give you all the best back.

This features everything an guitarist needs.

Quality is of course the best as usually in Jackson guitars.

I got this great guitar with very cheap but it gives all the best. I love this one.

Jackson is always very kind so I endrose them.

I love this.

Lead guitarist in a metal band.

Metal

I play in a meatl band and this guitar is the one that everyone should play it has great sound and tone if you want a great guitar and dont wanna spend alot of money this is the one to get

I think the guitar is awesome there is nothin i would change about it

this guitar is made extremely well there is no loose parts and the build of the guitar is incredible

this guitar is well worth the price

this is the first time that i have owned a guitar of this make and since i got the guitar i have had no problems and i have not made any repairs

this guitar is beautiful guitar and all the ladies like it

active musician

death metal , doom metal,black metal

Its amazing!!! i dint belived that it will live up to my expectations!!! but it did,and it never buzzed, this must be the best 300dl guitar ,seriusly , i used it with a 75 watt line 6 amp (pretty cool amp by the way and cheap) and all the features that i used leave me speachless, it can get a very ligth distortion to a insane metal distortion like metallica, children of tha bodom, megadeth etc..not for the faint of hart!!! also the clean is goood but not great, but overall its sound is fantastic and for the price, its the best out there.

the featers were simple: a volumen and tone knove and a switch

its very easy to play wether it is siting or standing up with a strap. And the neck is thin soo this is a must for shreders!!! i could play stratovarious very easy on this neck

the finish was great , it looks durable (if u are not dummie to leave it on the wall duuu), and it looks killer!

this monster gives a hell of a run for the money on other expensive guitars (i like this one better than a epiphone LP st.)

in one month i will have the money to buy the guitar yay!

playing for 3 years

Metal, heavy metal,hard rock,speed metal, shred metal,death metal,

This guitar has great sound for its price range. The stock pickups work nicely, but I plan on switching to SD 59/JB's

Pretty basic features. 1 vol 1 tone, 3 way switch. I prefer the Tune-O-Matic bridge over a tremolo bridge, hence why I bought this.

Very easy to use. I love the style of this guitar. Standing up you'll need to support the neck since its a bit heavy, and for sitting you just rest the bottom wing on your thigh.

Its a cheap guitar but its good quality. The only problem I've had is buzz from the low-E string.

Definately worth the price. I prefer this guitar over my $750 DK2

Haven't had to use it, but I know its great.

Its a Rhoads, need I say more?

Active Musician

Death/Thrash Metal

the sound is good considering the not so great pickups

it doesn't have a floyd rose or emg's but it has the signture rhoads design and shape.

easy to use

considering the price you can't beat it worth every penny.

i think its definatly worth it

idk

good guitar

active musican

death metal, grindcore, death grind

it has a great sound.

it comes with a dose of metal

plug it in and your ready to rock.

very sturdy. i've never had any problems with it.

for a guitar this good its worth it.

never have called the company.

it screams METAL!!

4 years of guitar

Thrash, Death Metal, Black Metal, 3 Chord Rock n Roll

it sounds impressive. sounds as good as EMGs.

i would prefer floyd rose. but again for the price, wut more to ask. tuners are rally good, stay in tune longer than my other guitars

Metal as it can get. I did try blues once, and it sounded iight.. once u get used to this guitar u wont change back to normal shaped guitars. i play faster and better in this beast

best for the price

i seen ppl sell it for 300 dollar used in craigslist. Its a really gud guitar

everyone goes crazy over its looks. it sounds better than my friends "expensive" ibanez guitar and abt as gud as my friends expensive EMG ESP.

hobbyist

Metal

This guitar has pretty good sound for the price. When i testing it at a guitar center i was sitting next to someone with a $500-600 Ibanez and mine sounded BETTER. Definitely pleased with the sound.

Wish it had a Floyd Rose... But the original pickups are VERY good for a $300 guitar.

Sounds great, but the bridge design is a little strange so it's harder for me to palm mute the strings as well. But that's probably just because i'm used to a totally different guitar design.

Made well... the only problem with mine is that the top string rattles but i could probably just have it set up and it'll be perfectly fine.

DEFINITELY WORTH THE PRICE!!!

No need

Rhoads shape. That should say it all. Everyone say these guitars are uncomfortable, especially when sitting... i disagree it's really comfortable, for me anyway.

Hobby, Student, FUTURE BEST!

Metal/DeathMetal

Set of Emg's :D would make it truely awsome

No floyd rose is a bit of a downside but the price more than makes up for it

This guitar is great a new Jackson for $300 cant be beat

Great looking guitar

hobbyist

metal

The sound can be modified to anything you want; either have gorgeous clean or get down and dirty, whatever... i play 80s style heavy metal, and this guitar works perfectly. gives sounds of Ozzy, Metallica, Black Label Society... really anything you want

I love this guitar so i gave it a six. The finish is fine, but the guitar is giving me problems, though when i bought it for the most part it was great. Right now im realizing that where the neck is bolted onto the guitar there is a crack, so my strings are rumbling against my fretboard. This guitar seemed great but its going downhill at a quick pace

This guitar was worth every penny until it stopped working right. Since Jackson/Fender is gonna fix it im still happy with it.

I've dealt with the company and they were easy to reach, very friendly, and helped me with my problems. The dude that i talked to said that if i take it in then i will get it fixed free because it is still under warranty. I need repairs just haven't gotten to it yet.

cmon dude, its a Rhoads V. This guitar has major sex appeal.

Hobby and starting a band

Soloist/Metal

its got great sound and i love it

its nade great i love the maple neck and the body is a great V-Shape

this gutiar for its awsome quatily is EXTREMLY CHEAP awsome

i love jackson i got 2 jacksons and 4 jackson gigbags

the ladies love me and they love the gutiar

active musician

metal

This is probably the best sounding guitar ever! The pickups are one of the best parts.

The Product didnt include anything like an amp or an imput cord but non the less its a great Instrument. The worst thing on it though is the lacking of the tremolo arm. Its a great guitar but dont buy it if you want a whammy.

I love how the neck is way more compact so you can move around really easy, but when you stand up and dont hold the guitar, it slants so the neck falls down to the ground. Also, if you dont like to stand up, its really hard to sit with it because of its shape. DONT BUY AS A FIRST GUITAR!

The product is amazing. I especially like the Humbucker pickups that are incased so you cant see them. It also vastly improves the sound.

Definatly buy it!

I bought it from a guitar shop not from the company.

SEXY! Its metalic blue and its a really nice shade. Looking at it is amazing, you drift away. But when you play it its insane!

Active Musician

Rock Metal Grunge

The sound is great. I put DR Black Beauties on it and it sounds even better.

I would give it a 10 but it doesn't have a floyd rose whammy bar.

Very easy to use, I can slide my hands around without a problem, especially since it's a V-shape, it's way easier to use those higher notes without straining.

It chips pretty easily, if it's your first V like it is mine, try not to run into things with the wings, it's hard to remember at first, but I keep it on my back with the body pointing upwards and the head pointing downwards while I'm walking with it so it will be lined up with my body and it won't hit anything. And for the dude that posted under "Pure Utter Garbage" or whatever it was, take better care of your guitar and it won't break after 3 weeks, retard.

Definately worth it.

Haven't had any problems

It's a V, of course it's sexy. It's so sexy I take it to school with me.

Guitarist

Melodic Death Metal

as soon as i plugged it in i heard the difference between this and cheap starter guitars. i would just let power chords ring out because i loved how it sounds with distortion.

The shape is amazing...closest thing i could get to look like Alexi Laiho that wasnt expensive. There is a volume and tone knob and a pickup selector but i only use the volume.

extremely easy. this guitar is super light and i love that everytime i pick it up. i also have a jackson dinky but my shoulder starts to hurt because it is so heavy. but with the js30 i can pick it up and play for hours. the only thing is when u let go with your fretting hand the headstock is heavy enough to sink towards the ground but thats no biggie after a few days.

excellent. built well and feels nice. i did accidently but some nicks on it but it doesnt affect anything other than the looks.

300 dollars is an amazing deal. that is hardley anything and it is my favorite guitar. i wanted the alexi signature but this is what i could afford and after playing it I decided to just keep this one.

never needed them

The shape is like Alexi Laiho who is my idol so im really into the shape and the fact that is has 24 frets. would of been nice if it was offered in white but im happy with the red one. and it feels amazing. the light weight and the neck it feels like it was made for me.

Hobbyist

Heavy Metal

This is the second guitar that i own....and let me tell u, this is the best gutiar ever, its made or metal and me being a metal gutiarist its perfect for me.

BEAUTIFUL! best word to discribe it, 3 way toggle switch works good volume and tone is pretty dam good.

No complication with this guitar

i just got it but no loose ends

the price is perfect!! depending where u go ;)

no need to call

iwanted it the 1st time i looked and played it...and now i got it

My JS30RR has EMG 81/85s in it, and it sounds pretty good. However, EMG active pickups sound better in Alder, which is what the higher end Rhoads guitars use. This has Indian Cedar in it. But lots of sustain, it sounds great.

I, personally, prefer a string through body design over a floyd rose. I do wish it came with the string thru plate and control plate, because it would look much MUCH better. If you look closely, the Jackson logo is smaller that it is on the better Jackson guitars. I WANT sharkfin inlays.

This guitar is extremely easy to play, and there really is no problem playing sitting down. The only criticism is the location of the jack, which sticks into your leg if you don't have a right angled cable. The frets are easily accessible.

Yes, this guitar is "crafted" in India, but it actually holds well. Nonoe of the knobs are loose, and everything feels tight as a drum. Paint is still intact too.

The only string through Rhoads guitars cost over $600 (RR3 Custom, RR5, RR1T, and Matt Tuck Rhoads) This is therefore a bargain.

Nope.

It looks great, but you have to admit the other Rhoads guitars with sharkfin inlays and black hardware look even better.

got a metal sound great for soad or metallica or other metal bands.

didnt come with anything other than a strap.

frets are nice and close together which is great for solos it also features 24 frets. one thing is that if you let go of the neck it sort of drops down, but its not a hassle or anything

would last you a while but be sure to watch the corners.(i took a small chip out of mine!!)

could have gone for a little cheaper but the price is worth it.

was despriate for this guitar waited about 4 months then i finally got it. yaaaaaaaaaah

Pretty disappointed with the sound. But your not gonna get much for 299 bucks.

I have a Rhodes with a floyd and EMG pick-ups, so I wanted something with a set bridge and in the same shape cause I was so used to the Rhodes design. I was gonna switch the crappy pick ups out with some active EMGs, but changed my mind after the nut broke within 3 weeks of owning this piece of junk. And the machine heads are made of crap as well. The neck was alright, but not what I expected.

Bout as easy as it gets.

Complete garbage. The nut broke within 3 weeks of owning it and half of the string hole covers fell off with ease. Maybe I got a defect from the company or something, but to me, a total waste of money.

With my experience with this axe, it has as much worth as tits on a nun.

Haven't had a problem yet.

Well its Randy Rhodes' design, kinda speaks for itself.

Active Musician

Metal

the sound coming from this guitar sounds like its coming from like a 800 dollar guitar. the original pick ups are incredible, but me being a fan of dimebag i put a dimebucker on the bridge pick up (obviously) and if u leave the original neck pickup on it and cmbine the dimebucker with it u will get a really warm and low end sound on rythm but really high end "shred ur head off" soundon leads...AWSOME!

this guitars got everything u want...except for either a floyd rose or 2 volume controls

cant get more simple then this

works fine but if the nut isnt grooved enough for 11 gauge strings so dont put 11s. on it unless u groove the nut right, and if u dont know haw the just take to any guitar center and theyll do it for u......its that easy

299.99? cant beat that

never had to call em

looks sexy

gigger

organized melodic speed shred!

This guitar sounds awesome. I just got it today and i have been cranking on my Line 6 Spider III 120 amp. This guitar screams and has the entire range of active emg's.

I got the guitar by itself because I couldn't find a case to fit it yet. The guitar itself i sawesome all around it is basic but all you need to rock.

The guitar is as basic as you can get and has a thin neck which makes it easy for shredding or playing chords. I play metal and my dad plays classic rock and this guitar can do it all.

There was nothing wrong with this guitar and I dropped it already. There wasn't even a mark on it that I could se so I'm pretty impressed.

I would be willing to pay double the price and the sound this guitar has is deffinately worth it.

Mine is all black but the way the strings go into the body and the offset of the tail makes this guitar's looks great without compromsing sound.

Amazing sound quality, the pickups are of high quality. Iv tried out various types of tuning on it and they all sound great.

1 volume control, 1 tone control and a 3 way pickp selector. Pretty basic but works well.

Very nice to play, headstock overweighs the body though.

The guitar itself is made very well, was staggered by how good it sounds and how well it plays for a pretty cheap guitar.

This guitar is very good value for money. I recommend it.

First time dealing with Jackson, and im glad i did.

It looks and sounds amazing. Need i say more?

Active Musician

Metal

the jackson pickups sound like emg's

great features but could do with a whammy bar, has a metallica, megadeth sound

nice smooth fast neck, jumbo frets are easy to get to towards the body

no problems and stays in tune well

very cheap guitar sounds like a $500-$600 jackson

no problem

great looks awsome for onstage

It sounds great very metal i use it with a ds-1

the prouct don't include any accesories but the wood of the neck is really fast and smooth

it feels fast and metalish, also sounds veryy good in clean channels with five minutes playing you know all the guitar

the humbuckers are of really good quality

i buy for $200 (uncluding tax) even thoug is affordable and its a great guitar

they extend me the warranty

i would prefer the king v (not the rhandy roads) becuase i don't like the v shape too much

Active musician

Metal

listen all you people who say its hard to play with this "randy" sitting down, if you haven't figured by now, you can prop the guitar with your leg, just put the lower half of the body between your legs....its really simple..this guitar overall is the best for a cheap price.

This "randy" is one of the best ones, I own a RR5 and I play it for my shows for the beginning sets, then i switch to the JS30RR..its a really great guitar nothing with it.

Lead Guitarist

Finnish Metal, SpeedMetal, Heavy Metal, and Metal in general

it sounds cool and it has that metal tone, for megadeth/metallica type deals

the only proplem with the guitar is the playability if you sit down to play or practice it wants to slide off of your leg

if you like to stand like me most of the time rock on if you sit........... well good luck with that

i droped mine like a million times it is still together luckily

this guitar is worth more than it's sold for, so ....... buy it

they were sweet

it looks like it droped out of heaven and stabed some one right in the head with the sweet pointy edges make it look sound like it was made by the devil in heaven

ACDC, METALLICA, MEGADETH

The sound is good at the price.

it's enough to satisfy playing

decent quality, again for the price it's not bad. Compared to other guitars in this range, it's above them.

It's a good value. I can't believe how Jackson guitars (and other brands as well) lowered their price, which is nice. I remember getting my first Jackson 8 years back and the prices were fairly high. If this model was offered back then at this price, I would have gotten it at a heart beat. It's a good deal.

It sound's really good, the Jackson signature pickups are also very nice.

I personally love the shape of it. The bad thing about it is when you try to sit down and play it, It's really hard, It's even harder when you plug it in.

I raelly like jackson guitars how the neck is and the playability.

It's definitely worth some money but yeah tiz cool

It looks really hot plus the god of guitar playing has the same.

This guitar sounds great.

This guitar needs a floyd rose tremolo.

Needs Emg-81, and should become HELL

Metal, Soloist, Rythem Guitar

This is the greatest guitar possible for 300$

If it had a tremelo it would be even better

The finish is very pretty. I did have a little problem, the pot died out, but i went to the local guitar store and jackson paid for it. Unfortunately i had to pay a service charge of 18 dollars, but it is in the best working condition ever

Worth plenty more than i paid for it. Definitely buy this over an ESP/LTD for the same price. I bought this guitar over the EC-1000 because i thought that it played better.

When i called Jackson/Fender with my problem, they said no problem, and that i would get it fixed for free.

Sexiest guitar i own. One of my favorites that i have ever played. I WOULD BUY THIS OVER ANY GIBSON LP, ANY ESP, OR ANY FENDER. Not only is it really cheap and has beautiful sound and a fine finish... ITS 300 dollars.... and i would rather play this than a Gibson Black Beauty!

the sound is very clean and crisp.. i have a crate amp and a ds-1 pedal and it sounds terrific

the finish on this guitar is great. its very clean.. and its a very well built guitar... i havent dropped mine but i know it could take a hit and still look as perfect as it did before

please.... 299$ i got mine for 280 and thats a bargain.. this is the best guitar u can get for this price... no doubt....its a steal and its totally worth the price i would spen 400 for it....