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Yes.....it djents

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I have had mine for close to a year. zZounds did fine with the price and shipment, except the secondary packing of the factory box was super minimal and mostly not protective. The shippers these days throw these things around like beanie sacks, so do consider asking zZounds to up their secondary packing game if you order it. Regarding the guitar, my advice is to look for a more expensive and better made 8 string multiscale guitar. To be fair, this is really the entry level price point for an 8 string fanned fret guitar. Therefore, one should wisely expect roughly the same level of quality as a $200 sixer or 7 string with uniscale. Unfortunately, my experience is that this guitar is even less excellent than that low bar expectation (per direct comparison to my ESP MH-17).The nut has fallen off of mine twice during string changes, and that means cleaning up lame manufacturer glue to true it back up. This nut issue may also be why my instrument enjoys breaking high e strings when I tune them down? That’s right, down. Not when tuning to concert pitch. Maybe there is a barb on the tuner? Who knows?The F#, B and E buzz like a hive of bees, and I have not been able to set the instrument up to relieve that entirely (neck relief and action raised). So the frets might need leveled. Tones with stank don’t uncover the buzz in recording, but just go right ahead and forget any clean tone recordings. The F# and B are utter misery to intonate, and I had to settle for as close to intonated as possible on the F# (which is indeed F# # at fret 12 with the bridge saddle banked as far south as I could get it). Anyone who wants to record with this axe, and who also gets one like mine, will more than likely regret the purchase, unless all said person does is bone crushing djent with the gain turned up to 11.The balance is unsavory. Without a fat strap, neck dive is a definite problem when standing. So you won’t be shredding this thing standing up, and you need a fat strap to keep it up when sitting too. If you want to be a fancy rocker with a slippery textured shirt on stage, the thing will rotate like a Ferris wheel.The Jack comes loose really easily, and so do the tuners. The nut binds strings badly in stock configuration, even if you drop gauge. Overall, if you have a luthier who is excellent, this may be ok. I would avoid and pay more for better. Even the frets are starting to delaminate on mine and showing flaking. I am nearly inspired to just throw mine away. It would be poor form to sell it to some other person who also has to work for money and expects something for that hard earned money. I’m sitting here looking at it right now with frowns on my face and my soul. I would rather still have the money spent on this rag for something worth having. There are 5 star reviews. Maybe mine is a lemon. All I can say is QC may not be great on these, but that is expected when something is made somewhere where people get paid very low wages and work super long hours. If you like to gamble or simply want something so crappy you can just throw it around on stage with gain set so high nobody can understand the notes anyway…go for it. Just play sitting down with a fat strap, and expect that F# to be sharp indeed in the upper frets. By the time you get to fret 12, you are noticeably out of tune to discerning ears. In my view, this axe is junk that shouldn’t even have a Jackson logo on it. Good job Fender.

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This guitar is a good first 8 string, well crafted, the neck is awesome, and when I get to the point of up grading all I'll need to do is add a bone nut, better pickups, maybe locking tuners, and I'll have a new rock'n guitar. I have two other Jackson guitars to compare it to, a RR custom shop, I've had Jackson make for me in the mid. 90's that plays better than any $6000 Les Paul I have ever played and a Phil Collen signature amber mid. '90s which is also a great guitar. I guarantee you will be happy with this guitar

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First off, I would have given more stars on the overall, features which effects the value because of the pickups and the black plastic nut. But for the price you have one well crafted guitar that can be made into a great guitar and not paying a of money. Very Happy with the one I bought and the scale make it nice for thick strings. Plus I have two other Jackson guitars, a RR Custom I've had Jackson make in the mid. 90's that plays better than any $6000 Les Paul's I've ever played and a Phil Collin mid 90's signature strat to measure it up to.

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