Jackson American Series Virtuoso EB Rocket Red
All about the Jackson American Series Virtuoso
The American Series Virtuoso was designed to inspire players around the world and is equipped with all the essential features today's high‑speed players need. The model features an alder body with a contoured 'hand‑shake' heel that provides ergonomic comfort during long sets. The series brings production of a popular Jackson classic back to where it all began - California. The Virtuoso is a true tone chameleon that can handle everything from thrash‑metal leads to intricate fusion arpeggios. The instruments are built in the USA in more than 150 steps and are set up to meet the demands of the most discerning guitarists in the world. The Virtuoso is the perfect instrument for modern players who ignore boundaries and redefine what high‑performance means - as shown in the video here with Dave Davidson, Misha Mansoor, Marty Friedman, Debbie Gough and Clint Tustin.
Materials and Features
The five‑piece, multi‑laminate neck of caramelised maple and unfinished maple is secured with screwed‑in graphite reinforcement rods, providing rock‑solid stability up to the 24th fret. The ultra‑flat ebony fretboard with a 12"–16" compound radius and rolled edges is designed for easy chording and riffing and for fast scale runs. Luminlay side dots ensure that you always land on the right fret even on the darkest stages, while a neck‑heel‑mounted truss‑rod adjustment wheel allows quick neck relief tweaks in no time.
The HH pickup configuration includes a Seymour Duncan JB TB‑4 bridge humbucker, which delivers a hot‑rodded attitude and a powerful low end, while the Seymour Duncan '59 SH‑1N neck pickup offers glassy highs and scooped mids that suit a wide range of genres. The intuitive control layout consists of a five‑way switch and dome knobs for volume and tone.
Other premium features include either a Floyd Rose 1500 Series double‑locking tremolo bridge system for reliable tuning stability during bold, aggressive playing or a Hipshot hardtail bridge. Sleek black Gotoh MG‑T Magnum locking tuners and Dunlop dual‑locking strap buttons are also on board.
Product information "Jackson American Series Virtuoso EB Rocket Red"
The Virtuoso VT is a sensible addition to the Jackson American series - a Made in USA shredder axe with the best features. The maple/ebony neck is bolted to the alder body, the fingerboard is dressed in a comfortable compound radius. A Floyd Rose 1500 ensures detune-free tremolo operation, while Jackson has opted for the tried and tested Seymour Duncan SH-1N/SH-4 combination for the pickups. In a cool Rocket Red finish with matching headstock.
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Shape: Modern Strat
- Body finish: High Gloss
- Bridge / Tremolo: Floyd Rose 1500
- Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan TB-4
- Color/ Finish: Rocket Red
- Colour: Red
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: USA
- Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
- Fretboard: Streaked Ebony
- Fretboard Inlays: Offset/Reverse Dots
- Fretboard radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius
- Fret material: Nickel silver
- Frets: 24
- Fret size: Jumbo
- Hardware: Black
- Includes: Softcase
- Neck: 5 pc. Roasted Maple/Maple graphite reinforced
- Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-1N
- Neck Profile: Speed Neck
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)
- Nut material: Floyd Rose Locking
- Pickup Configuration: H-H (2x Humbucker)
- Pickup Cover: Open Black
- Pickup Selector Switch: 5-way switch
- Pickup type: passive
- Pot Caps: Dome Speed Black
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .009 - .042
- Technology: Solid Body
- Translation: 1:18
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh MG-T Locking
Jackson Guitars arose from Grover Jackson's takeover of the well-known company Charvel's Guitar Repair in 1978. The collaboration with then Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1980 resulted in the Rhoads body shape still available today and also marked the start of Jackson Guitars. The timing was perfect: heavy metal enjoyed a heyday in the 1980s and the trend (sparked by Eddie Van Halen) was for so-called super- or powerstrats. These are guitars that are visually more or less based on the classic ST shape but fitted with more modern and stylistically appropriate components like humbuckers or Floyd Rose tremolos. Jackson soon earned a reputation as a forge of first-class, USA-built high-end custom instruments, seen in the hands of many well-known guitarists of the era. With the musical changes of the 1990s, Jackson Guitars began opening factories in the Far East to offer their instruments in more affordable price ranges. Since 2002 both Jackson and Charvel have been part of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.