Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? very well Reliability How has it stood up over time? allwats stays sweet General Your general opinion of this product. unbeilable Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? very nice nice action Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? perferct Finish How did the stain or paint job look? sweeeeeet Action How was the action out of the box? wowwwww

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? This is hands down the best guitar I have owned. Made in the good old USA with care Reliability How has it stood up over time? to early to tell, but like anything if you take care of it , it will last you forever. General Your general opinion of this product. this guitar is flawless. I wasnt to thrilled on the dollor amount, but that went away the moment I picked this axe up. The easy pay plan helps aswell :) Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? perfectley ballanced, very fast, conforatable neck. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? the seymour duncans are seymour duncans. Love em. great tone, they sound great from jazz,blues, and METAL.. Finish How did the stain or paint job look? perfect Action How was the action out of the box? only had to make a few adjustments. took like 30 min. This is only because I like my action alittle bit lower than it was set up,this baby actually does hold the tune. best Floyd Rose expeireance yet. Thanks Lorana and the staff I have delt with at AMS. because of them I will do all my business with them :)

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? This SL2H has a nice flame maple top attached to an alder body. Maple neck through construction generates excellent resonance un-amplified. The wood is very resonant. Looks like Jackson takes care to select good tonal woods and then expertly puts them together. Reliability How has it stood up over time? I own several Jacksons and this one is built every bit as good as the pre-Fender models (early and late '90s USA and Japan versions) that I own. I expect it to last a lifetime and play just as good twenty years from now as it does today. General Your general opinion of this product. This is an excellent instrument made with high quality parts. The craftsmanship is superb and flawless. Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? Jackson necks are known for speed because of their thin profiles. If you play Fender strats with C or V shaped necks, you'll find the Jackson necks are VERY thin. After playing my Jacksons, however, my Fender necks feel like baseball bats (like a Rickenbacker). I definitely prefer the thin neck and this neck shape does not compromise sound. The Jackson neck has the same nut width as an Fender American Deluxe neck. The super light gauge (9-42) strings are easy on the fingers and I can't really hear any tonal differences between the super light strings on my Jacksons and the light gauge (10-46) strings on my Fender strats. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? Pikcups are standard Seymour Duncans. The SH1 neck pickup sounds remarkably like a PAF (I own a Gibson with PAFs!) and the JB bridge pickup will produce ear splitting highs. Both of these pickups have excellent bottom end with the bridge pickup being more detailed. These pickups will generate a wide palette of tone for all different styles of music. This is a versatile sounding guitar in the hands of a good musician with good equipment. More expensive guitars will not give better sounding results! Finish How did the stain or paint job look? The finish is flawless--blue transparent. Action How was the action out of the box? Set up out of the box was terrific and the factory string height is geared to produce piano quality notes. Some shredders will probably want to lower the action, but some resonance will likely be lost when the guitar is played without distortion as the lowered strings start to bounce off the frets. I like a highly resonant sound from the strings, so the factory settings work well for me. The neck relief was spot on. The Floyd Rose bridge is easily adjusted to reach that "perfect" string height. If you have not played a guitar with a Floyd Rose, you may have to adjust your playing style, though. A heavy hand resting on the bridge is likely to detune the strings because these floating tremolos are very sensitive.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? My Kelly had a few more issues... this Soloist is great overall, with the neck problem, which as usual AMS took care of! The case had a gash... but other than that you can tell this is custom made instrument... just had a KH-602 and it felt like a cheap toy compared t this Soloist! Jackson really makes a high end product, period. Reliability How has it stood up over time? Just got it. General Your general opinion of this product. I really dig this guitar... plays like a dream! For the price you cannot go wrong with one of these folks! Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? FAST! The necks on these USA Jackson's are amazing! I was sold after I bought a Kelly a while back... the ebony fretboards are sick and just feel the best! Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? 'Neck thru'... enough said! Tone for days... Finish How did the stain or paint job look? Great! I have the metallic black and it really looks great in person! Action How was the action out of the box? Low... maybe too low even. The neck had some issues and needs a few tweaks from my luthier... but other than that she feels just right out of the box!