The Jackson JS series offers an affordable entry into the world of high-quality electric guitars, ideal for beginners and advanced players who want to experience the unmistakable Jackson sound and style. This series is characterised by robust construction, powerful features and the typical aggressive Jackson design. With features such as high-quality pickups, slim neck profiles for fast playing and solid hardware components, the JS Series guitars are perfect for anyone looking for reliable instruments for metal and hard rock without breaking their budget. Each model offers excellent playability and the powerful sound typical of Jackson.
Jackson Guitars was created when Grover Jackson took over the well-known company Charvel's Guitar Repair in 1978. The collaboration with the then Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1980 resulted in the Rhoads body shape, which is still available today, and also marked the start of Jackson Guitars. The timing was just right because heavy metal was experiencing a heyday in the 1980s and the trend (started by Eddie Van Halen) was so-called super or power strats. These are guitars that are visually more or less based on the classic ST form , but are equipped with more modern and stylistically more suitable components such as humbuckers or Floyd Rose tremolos. Jackson soon earned a reputation as a forger of premium, American-built, high-end custom instruments that could be seen in the hands of many well-known guitarists of the time. With the musical changes of the 1990s, Jackson Guitars began opening factories in the Far East in order to be able to offer their instruments in cheaper areas. Since 2002, both Jackson and Charvel have been part of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
