Users
Vinnie Vincent of Kiss was the first guitarist to be offered the guitar by Jackson after Rhoads' death (Rhoads had received two of his own models, one in black and one in white (with gold hardware), and never really became famous for it at the time), Vinnie Vincent used it on the Kiss Creatures of the Night and Lick It Up tours from 1982 until 1984. Once Vinnie left Kiss he modified the Rhoads V design, adding a second shadow V at an offset angle behind the front V. Jackson made at least 3 of these Vinnie Vincent modified Rhoads Vs from 1985 to 1988 for Vinnie (and about 25 others were custom ordered and sold) and later the design was copied by Carvin, Ibanez and Washburn Guitars for Vinnie Vincent.
In 2001, Alexi Laiho and Roope Latvala (currently guitarists of Children of Bodom, but at the time Latvala was in Sinergy alongside Laiho) had a deal with Jackson to produce their line of signature RR's, which had specs of alder bodies, bolt-on necks, 24 frets with a rosewood fretboard, black with yellow bevels, and a Jackson JT580LP Floyd Rose bridge. This guitar was called the Jackson Randy Rhoads L/L (L/L stands for Latvala/Laiho). However, neither guitarist was allowed a guitar for his own use, and both only got to play the guitar for promotional purposes.
Other famous users of this model include:
Randy Rhoads (of Ozzy Osbourne)
Claude Robberts {of Killatoria}
Brian May (of Queen, is actually a Washburn RR-V, used during the music video for Princes of the Universe)
Eric Dietzel (of Massacre)
Kirk Hammett (of Metallica)
Phil Demmel (of Machine Head)
Matthew Tuck (of Bullet for My Valentine)
Mille Petrozza (of Kreator)
Corey Beaulieu (of Trivium)
Matt Drake of Evile
Galder (of Old Man's Child and Dimmu Borgir)
Silenoz (of Dimmu Borgir)
Alexi Laiho (of Children Of Bodom)
Roope Latvala (of Children Of Bodom and Stone)
Phillip Ponomar (of The Crusade)
Al Corpse (of The Crusade)
Phil Campbell (of Motrhead)
Adrian Smith (of Iron Maiden)
Dan Spitz (of Anthrax)
Enrik Garcia (of Dark Moor)
Marty Friedman (former Megadeth) though he is better known for the kelly model
Kevin Bond (of Superjoint Ritual)
Silvio Stefanucci (of Clown & Sin Codigo)
Sam Totman (of Dragonforce)
Daron Malakian (of System Of A Down - only in the studio)
Mikael Akerfeldt and Peter Lindgren (of Opeth) - on Orchid, Morningrise and My Arms, Your Hearse
Samoth (of Emperor and Zyklon)
Kristian Ranta (of Norther)
Hamish Glencross (of My Dying Bride)
Mike Mahoney (of Free The Fallen)
Pat O'Brien (of Cannibal Corpse)
Jason Gobel (of Cynic)
Oscar Dronjak (of HammerFall)
Matt Bellamy (of Muse)
Andy Bolzenthal (of From a Tyrant)
Swad Akram (of Abhijukto)
Michael Bohlin (of PAIN)
Lord K Philipsson (of The Project Hate MCMXCIX)
Ryan Crowder
Michael Ray (of Drawbridge)
Tim Dailey
Michael Sweet (of Stryper)
Ashmedi (of Melechesh)
Christian Muenzner (of Obscura)
Models
Jackson currently has 12 different models in production. Below is a list under the Series which Jackson Guitars has classed them.
USA Select Series
The basic model in the USA Select Series is the RR1. The RR1 is made of alder with a maple neck-thru design neck. The fretboard has 22 jumbo frets and is made from ebony. The RR1 is equipped with two Seymour Duncan humbuckers and a Floyd Rose original 2 point double locking tremolo at the bridge. The RR1 has four variations:
RR1 : The standard Randy Rhoads guitar.
RR1T: An RR1 with an adjustable string-through-body bridge.
RR1 Left-Handed: Left Handed version of the RR1.
RR1T Left-Handed: Left Handed version of the RR1T.
Pro Series
The Pro series is the medium to high-end series of made in Japan Jacksons. There are currently five different models of the Jackson Rhoads in the Pro Series:
RR3: The RR3 has a body made from alder and a neck made from maple. The neck is bolt-on and has a rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets. This model has neck and bridge Seymour Duncan humbuckers and a Floyd Rose licensed, low profile, double locking tremolo.
During 2007, a limited run of 200 were made in white with black pinstripes, similar to the finish found on the RR5. These featured the Seymour Duncan pick-ups and Floyd Rose tremolo of the standard RR3.
RR5: The RR5 has a body made from alder and a neck made from maple. The main difference between this and the RR3 is the neck-thru design featured on this model. The RR5 also has gold hardware and an adjustable fixed bridge.
RR5FR: The RR5FR is the same as the RR5 except it has a Floyd Rose FRT-O2000 tremolo bridge, black hardware as opposed to gold and comes in black, ivory or pink pearl finishes.
RR24: The RR24 has a body made from alder and neck made from maple. It has an Ebony fretboard with Sharkfin inlays. This model is mainly different from both the RR3 and RR5 because it is a 24 fret guitar. It has a neck-thru body construction and comes with an Original Floyd Rose. The model has only one pickup (EMG 81) in the bridge position and a single volume control. This guitar is very similar to the custom made RR-LL models ordered by Alexi Laiho and Roope Latvala, of which only 60 were made and all sold in Finland (excluding to Laiho and Latvala, who both had their own unique custom RR's made). Unlike the RR24, they had bolt-on necks, Mother of Pearl inlays, gold colored hardware and a Jackson JT580LP Floyd Rose bridge. Laiho and Latvala later switched to ESP Guitars in 2003.
RR24M: The RR24M is the same as the RR24, but has a maple fretboard as opposed to the traditional ebony fretboard.
Pro Series Artist Signature
Kevin Bond signature. This model has 22 jumbo frets, is made from mahogany and has a neck-thru body. The Humbucker is a Seymour Duncan "Iommi" humbucker. The bridge is an adjustable string-through-body with a Schaller fine-tuning tailpiece. The Jackson logo is blood red.
Matt Tuck signature. This model has 22 jumbo frets, has a neck-thru body made from alder, and a neck-thru body rock maple with scarf joint head stock . The Humbuckers are an EMG 81 humbucker in the bridge, and an EMG 85 humbucker in the neck position. The bridge is a JT390 adjustable string-through-body with Sperzel locking die-cast tuners.
X Series
The X series RX10D has a basswood body with a maple bolt-on neck. The Rosewood fingerboard has 22 frets. The pickups are both Seymour Duncan Designed humbuckers. The bridge is a Jackson double locking tremolo.
JS Series
The JS30RR is from the entry level group of made in India Jacksons. The body is made from Indian cedro and has a bolt-on maple neck. It has two Jackson pickups and an adjustable string-through-body bridge. The rosewood fretboard has an unusual, for RRs, 24 frets.Also jackson had the JS35RR which was the same as the JS30RR but the only difference was that it had a floyd rose tremolo, but this was discontinued in 2000.
See also
Jackson Guitars
External links
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Jackson Guitars' official website
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