Jackson Adrian Smith SDX MN SW

I had this one 10 years ago already - that time from India production. Sold it due to known E string slippage issue which I did not know could be solved so easily by just locking nut replacement :-) Then 2 years later I got the version with white pickguard & palisander fretboard - sold it again as the palisander was not so great looking like ebony on the US model :-) Now I bought this piece which looks exactly like the original US one & that was the main driver for this purchase. However I was shocked when realized that neck (including fretboard!!!) is completely without any surface treatment (except of its headstock) .. this is not even described in any description on any website - just had to investigate & got to a forum when Jackson representative explained doing this by a purpose of given authentic feel & look of the original Adrian Smith prototype which had aged a lot since late 80ties when it was manufactured :-) Honestly I do not like such approach at all & decided to put new satin finish on the complete neck by professional local guitar shop here in Slovakia. At the same time they replaced original frets by stainless steel ones which make this guitar even more special now. And on top of this I have installed special "string through" saddle screws on the Floyd Rose bridge exactly like it was produced in late 80ties for some models only - now strings replacement makes no headache & is so convenient like with any other standard tremolo bridge. I am still planning to replace serial pickups for real DiMarzio ones so at the end of the day with all these improvements the overall cost for this guitar would be around 1000 Euro - however I am sure it'll be able to compete with the US model then & for much less money :-)

this guitar is quite good and one of my favorites.of course I'm planning to replace the pick ups but i knew that before I bought it.even though the bridge pick up is not too bad but the single coils are weak. what I didn't know is that I will have to take it to a shop for fret work as the high frets were not well leveled and notes were dying.
after I had that fixed it plays wonderful. the floyd rose special is very good and doesnt detune even if you go crazy with it.
overall its a good guitar for the money.looks amazing especially if you are a maiden fan and if you're willing to spend a couple of hundreds for better pick ups you can make it a true superstrat

Ordered this guitar from the UK on Monday arrived today (Friday). on taking the guitar out the box there are only two extremely small issues. The first is the intonation is a tad of (this is to be expected with all new guitars) and the only over problem is little smudges of gray powder on the frets but this easily wiped off. To be honest i'am just nitpicking this guitar sounds great and the humbucker gives it a great kick for rock and light metal. I would say if your gonna use this as a main gigging guitar replacing the pickups and Floyd would be ya best bet. but if your just a bedroom player or are using it for practice and such its a beast! and well worth the price!