The New Jackson American Soloist: 2 Very Different Guitarists Take a First Look
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Jackson is reissuing a boutique, USA made version of one of the most legendary 'shred' guitars ever created: The Soloist. But can the new Soloist do more than shred? We invited a very non-metal guitar player (Ariel Posen) and a very metal guitar player (Max Damske) to take the Soloist through its paces - and what we found may surprise you...
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Ariel Posen: arielposen.com
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This would be a really cool series for reverb to have random musicians of different backgrounds check out different gear. Dig it 👍
I think you are right. It would be awesome!
I second this
I love how Ariel is trying to be so positive haha.
Yeah it doesn’t ring true at all.
Hey. He's a self confessed John Mayer fan and Mayer plays a Jackson Soloist from time to time 😂
Which is strange because everything he's playing on it sound amazing. I think he's a little bit afraid to fly the slime green freak flag? Too pedestrian? lol
This is an excellent format!!!
I so love that you gave Ariel a shredmachine. And he played it and sounded like…Ariel Posen.
I love this new perspective, I feel like it really help me decide if I like the ger because 2 polar opposite players look at the same piece
PLEASE CONTINUE THIS SERIES! ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES! I LOVE IT!
Love Ariel, love the format, more plz!
Never thought I'd see Ariel Posen play a guitar with a Flode Royse 😂
The Damske Brothers are national treasures.
FUCK YES MAX TELLIN' 'EM LIKE IT IS!
The green kicks ass....I'd love a hard tail version of this
As someone who loves both a beautiful single coil clean or edge of breakup tone AND big chonks, I greatly appreciated this video
You really missed a trick not having these guys in the room at the same time though!
this was fire, nice job guys
Awesome new wrinkle to demo videos. Love it. Also appreciate Ariel being a good sport.
I see Ariel Posen - I click. In this one - I see him do amazing stuff on a shred machine.
Am I the only one who noticed Ariel’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” shirt of art from the Original book illustration? I wouldn’t have guessed he’d be into Hunter S. Thompson.
Prime example of why you don't use steel wool on frets to polish them. The magnets on the singles are loaded with fibers and could short out the coils.
I use it as a finisher but I ALWAYS put masking tape over the pickups and use a small vacuum cleaner over the whole thing before taking the masking tape off.
@@manuelperaltasun8467 still poses way too much of a risk when there are better options available including micromesh, synthetic steel wool (non metallic), fret rubbers and polishing compounds on deemed wheels.
@@ThatMusicGuyAu yeah I've been trying to buy some but I'm from Argentina and that stuff doesn't make it here. Customs are a real pain. You basically have to make due with what little luthiery products you can find. I've started working with some great locally made fret polish paste and a rotary tool, but the final touches still have to be made by hand lol.
Great video. Jackson is doing some good things lately. I want one of these now just for fun. Excellent choices for demo work as well.
@3:24 Jesus....that sounds like a cheese grater tuned down to drop-K.
Great comparison between the clean & distorted tones🤘🏼
I feel so bad for Ariel. I’ll need popcorn for the next round.
Hey Arielle, nice shirt!
Very interesting video. It really shows the versatility of the instrument.
"You can really hear the definition on there" (makes a noise like an industrial grinder cutting off a rusty bumper from a 1975 Pontiac Catalina.)
🥸
Now give a metal guy a Jazzmaster
*ahem* Jim Root
@@rendezpadgett9944 his signature JM only has the body and headstock of a JM, the rest of it is very much not a Jazzmaster
@@rendezpadgett9944 😂 okay okay…vintage style jazzmaster
love Ariels pokerface and it really is a great concept for a show.
Great video!
I played one of those years ago it was black with the ghost flames not only beautiful it was the best playing guitar I've ever handled I have played countless guitars nothing came close couldn't afford it at the time used it was like 25 hundred bucks. It would definitely be worth it to me..it was all that and a bag of potato chips..the straight green there makes it mo betta. Great video 2thumbs up...
These just came out in less than a year. So there is no way you played one years ago. Jackson has made soloists for decades but this is a redesign and have shifted production to the factory line vs the small shop they were building them in before. Or maybe you played one of the numerous offshore factory builds from places like Korea, China, India, etc.
The cheaper floyd rose seems odd at this price point
Great content guy’s, great 👍🏼
This video was a great idea.
Still no SS frets? Come on man!!
The soloist has always been a versatile, good playing guitar. I've used one for anything from classical to metal..... Used to have a 1991 with active pickups that was my go-to for about a decade. If it wasn't a 13 lb mahogany body, I'd still be playing it.
I want to see the same two guitarists review the Gretsch Richard Fortus now!
Love Ariel!
Proof that it's all in the hands
Did it come from the factory with the steel wool all over the pickups? I give it a few years before those pickups crap out. I’ve replaced several sets of dead pickups due to steel wool use.
Whoever put locking tuners on these Floyd equipped guitars needs a raise. Every guitar needs locking tuners.
$2,900 but has a Korean Floyd Rose 1500? No wonder Jackson are getting flamed in all the reviews on this American Series Soloist. Do better, Jackson 🤦♂️
It’s called a soloist and both players avoided soloing.
now give Max a dobro
Reverb! Create more content like this!
I don’t remember the original Jacksons from the 80’s being satin colors.
pretty phukin beautiful
2500 though?
yeah....
for $3000 it should have a hard case , just saying
wtf is up with all the metal shavings stuck to the pole pieces?! @1:42
5:01 if you make review on guitar, you must know how play and control it. You can't take it without beginner noise, your playing have 100% beginner mistakes. So it's doesn't matter what guitar in your hands they will sound like shit. I have Sl3 Usa, it's amazing guitar. How long are you playing? One week?
What does it mean when people assign colors to a time period that is just stupid?
It's not stupid, the 80s was known for loud neon colors.
Floyd rose 1500???😭😭😭
It’s got all the resonance of a piece of rubber.
2,600 $ Dollars? Damn just get an Ibanez. I have a Jackson king v and personally I think that it’s the best option if you want Jackson. If you want shred Strat style guitar then it’s Ibanez! For less money you can get an equivalent of this new Jackson soloist!!!
Dude seriously. For half the money you can get a MIM Dinky or a Charvel with almost the same exact specs. Probably built by the same people too. A CNC machine doesn't know what country its in. Lol
@@19red80 yeah dude. Why would somebody waste so much money on this. Like you can buy TWO guitars with the same spects as this one. If you buy this, you’re an idiot probably. Those inverse shark inlays look like a copy of a Jackson too :p
The problem with these is that Jackson themselves make better specced soloists for less. It's not like they're strictly competing with Ibanez or ESP, they're competing with their own product lines. If this were made in Korea is would be $1300, Indonesia it would be $1000. You're not paying for how it's made, you're paying for where it's made.
Lost me at the painted neck on top of the fact Jackson has basically sucked since Fender bought them in 2002 & Grover left for Washburn.
neither one played any Skynyrd?
"Play some Skynyrd, man!"
Damn, I can’t enjoy the sound of this guitar.
Ironically, the non-metal guitar player plays much better than the metal head.
The metal dude sounded like crap...seemed like the guitar was not in tune...🎸🤘🎸
This horrible looking guitar sounds nice
Painful watching Ariel trying to get anything resembling a credible non-metal sound out of this. Equally painful watching metal guy working almost indistinguishable variations on his one sound. What is the point?
Its funny man, meme video not meant to be taken that seriously / literally. Prob just not your brand of humor, thats ok
WAYYYYYYY overpriced
Pretty sure both of these guys HATE these guitars. Terrible demo. WOW!
I would rather get a friedman made by grover jackson himself just saying
Horrible guitar 🤭 ! Sorry....
Shows the difference between guitar players and metal players. ;-) Embarrassing format, won't catch on. To each its own.
Guys with terrible technics.
metal chugga guy was kinda eh, but Ariel is a TIPTTY TOP tier guitarist.