Jackson pays tribute to Randy Rhoads with oh-so-sleek made-in-Japan model
Fender and the brands under its umbrella have just announced a slew of new products for summer 2023. So far, we’ve brought you the news of the all-new limited-edition semi-hollow Suona Collection and a host of new guitars from EVH – not least its new Frankenstein Relic series – but there’s plenty more where that came from.
Enter Jackson, which has just unveiled a brand-new made-in-Japan Rhoads model, honouring the legacy of late guitar legend and Ozzy Osbourne sidekick Randy Rhoads.
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The MJ Series Rhoads RR24MG features a resonant alder body, through-body three-piece maple neck with graphite reinforcement rods for “ultimate stability”, and a 12”-16” compound-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets and pearloid sharkfin inlays.
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Electronics come by way of a pair of EMG humbuckers – an 81 in the bridge position and an 85 in the neck – controlled by singular volume and tone knobs and a three-way selector switch.
“The 81 bridge pickup cuts through the densest leads, while the 85 neck pickup provides players’ heaviest playing with harmonic clarity,” Jackson says.
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Other features include Luminlay glow-in-the-dark side dot inlays for “exceptional fretboard guidance even on the darkest of stages”, a Gotoh GE1996T Series double-locking tremolo bridge for “reliable tuning stability throughout daring and aggressive playing theatrics”, die-cast tuners and Dunlop dual-locking strap buttons.
Available in two colour configurations – Gloss Black with Yellow Pinstripes and Snow White with Black Pinstripes – the MJ Series Rhoads RR24MG is priced at $2,999/£2,739.
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The MJ Series Rhoads RR24MG is but a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of Jackson’s latest product drop, which also includes updates to its Pro Plus and X Series.
For more information on any of the new guitars, head to Jackson.
In other Randy Rhoads news, the guitar icon was recently – and rather egregiously – omitted from an iconic Ozzy Osbourne photo put up in a Birmingham Spoons pub.
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