Jackson JS Series Dinky Arch Top JS22Q-7 DKA HT Electric Guitar Transparent Black Burst

Everything about this guitar is on par for the price. The paint is perfect, The neck is straight. The frets are polished and not sharp on the ends. The fretboard was extremely dry, easily remedied by a little lemon oil. The electronics work as they should. The pick-ups sound really good. The tuning machines get the job done. Unfortunately the wrong bridge was installed making it impossible to get the action under 3mm. I realized during set-up that with the saddles bottomed out on the floor of the bridge deck, the string to fret measurement was 3mm. I measured the thickness of the bridge deck and it was 4+mm from the top of the guitar face to where the saddles sit. Since the guitar does not have a neck that slants away from the body the correct bridge should be much lower than the one installed. 3mm would have been the correct bridge height, For this reason I returned the guitar. If a low action is not something you're looking for in a guitar, then there is nothing wrong with it.

I bought this guitar because I have several 6 strings but have never played a 7 string. I wasn't expecting a great guitar, but I was expecting a little better than this.The Bridge pickup was microphonic, tuners are really bad and the volume knob separated from the plastic piece it was slipped on to and fell off on the first day. With all that said the neck isn't too bad (for me anyway) and it's playable with a decent setup and new pickups. I've had cheaper guitars that weren't this bad though.

It's a 3 piece bolt on so let's not act like it should play like Charles Caswells Legator. Jackson made a solid guitar here. I've owned 3 of the 200 dollar jackson 7 strings and this is an upgrade. Love the poplar body and maple top. This guitar would be very easy to upgrade with some EMGs or Seymour Duncan's. If you want to play djent this will do it.

Got it shipped. Some small scratches on the back. Very buzzy strings. Needs setup of course but not usually this bad. I can deal with it, I just feel like this may have been played a fair amount. Idk

Jamin the guitar tech set it up perfectly for me at the Augusta store and changed to some lighter gauge Ernie Ball strings because I read good things about them. I have 0 complaints about the guitar and I am really enjoying practicing and recording with it. No buzzing or noise issues for me either, I actually became suspicious of my other guitars when I noticed exactly how pure the sound is from this one. Shocked that it's available at this low of a price.

Considering its price and country of origin, I was pleasantly shocked by this guitar. The neck felt great. Frets may have been a little rough and could maybe use a polish, but were otherwise well done. Pickups sounded surprisingly good, may have been a little noisy, but would not have been in a hurry to change them. Overall fit and finish was excellent other than a few minor imperfections. The only thing I would have preferred different is the neck heel design. The only reason I returned it is because I'm not sure if 7 strings are for me, otherwise I would have gladly kept it and would consider repurchasing in the future.