Jackson Randy Rhoads

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Jackson Randy Rhoads

Manufacturer	Jackson Guitars
Period	1982 - present
Construction
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Neck-thru and bolt-on
Woods
Body	Different, often alder
Neck	Different, often maple
Fretboard	Different, often rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	Fixed, Floyd Rose tremolo or tune-o-matic
Pickup(s)	2 humbuckers
Colors available
Various, including custom finish graphics

The Jackson Randy Rhoads was the signature electric guitar model of guitarist Randy Rhoads.

Originally, this guitar was called the 'Concorde', it is now referred to as the "Pinstripe- V" or LTD. Randy re-designed these newer 'Concordes' or production models with a longer "horn" because he felt too many people were relating his white Pinstripe- V to a Flying V.

It features 2 humbucker-style pickups (not always the case, as seen on the Kevin Bond Signature model), and often a Floyd Rose tremolo. The guitar usually has 22 frets, but in certain series, it is featured as a 24 fret model. The headstock is typical Jackson and some series have a reversed headstock for a slight upcharge.

This model was Jackson Guitars' first model. It was, and still is, a very popular model that put the Jackson name on the map.

1 Models
2 Other info
- 2.1 Trivia
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Models

Jackson currently has 9 different models in production. Below is a list under the Series which Jackson Guitars has classed them.

[edit] 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 22 fret is made from ebony. The RR1 has two very high quality Seymour Duncan humbuckers and a Floyd Rose original 2 point double locking tremolo at the bridge. The RR1 has three variants:

RR1 Right Handed: An RR1 designed for use with the right hand.
RR1T: An RR1 with an adjustable string-through-body bridge.
RR1 Left-Handed: Left Handed version of the RR1.

[edit] Pro Series

There are three different models of the RR 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.
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 different hardware and an adjustable fixed bridge.
RR24: The RR24 has a body made from alder and neck made from maple. It has an Ebony fretboard with Sharkfin inlays. The difference between these inlays as opposed to the RR1 and other Jacksons is that they are made with MOTO material, often referred to as "Mother of Toilet Seat". 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 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 Rosewood necks, Mother of Pearl inlays, gold colored hardware, a Jackson JT580LP Floyd Rose bridge and were made of very high quality construction in Japan. Laiho and Latvala later switched to ESP Guitars in 2001, but still occasionally play their old Jackson guitars.

[edit] Pro Series Artist Signature

The only artist signature model for the RR is the Kevin Bond signature. This model has 22 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.

[edit] X Series

The X series RX10D has an Alder 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.

[edit] JS Series

The JS30RR is from the entry level group of Jacksons. The body is made from Alder 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.

[edit] Other info

[edit] Trivia

This model has been used by many other guitarists, including Adrian Smith (of Iron Maiden), Kirk Hammett (of Metallica), Marty Friedman (former Megadeth), Vinnie Vincent (former |Kiss), Kevin Bond (of Superjoint Ritual), Kai Hansen (of Helloween, Gamma Ray), Matthew Tuck (of Bullet for My Valentine) and Alexi Laiho (of Children of Bodom).
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 got to use a copy for their own use, and only got to play the guitar for promotional purposes.
This model has also been copied by other guitar manufacturers, like Eagle Guitars and Crafter and Kramer.
The very first Jackson Randy Rhoads was signed by Randy Rhoads in gold.
A Randy Rhoads was used by Sammy Hagar during the song "One Way to Rock" in the DVD "Van Halen: Live Without a Net".
Ramy Almerie lead guitarist from the metal band Aphotic Agony plays a modded Rhoads in live gigs.
Randy Rhoads played many similar guitars including the Sandoval.
Randy Rhoads died at around the time the guitar went into production. He never really had a chance to take it out on the road, and there are no known photos with him playing it.
Vinnie Vincent of Kiss was the first guitarist to be offered the guitar by Jackson after Rhoads' death (Rhoads only received one RR model in black just before his death, 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 ofset angle behind the front V. Jackson made at least 3 of these Vinnie Vincent modified Rhoads V's 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 for Vinnie Vincent.