JS23 Dinky Review

I play metal (lead guitarist of w3lcome nightmare) and blues and it is just perfect for my metal work, but my blues work on it is sketchy. This guitar is amazing.

Features:	9.5
Sound:	8
Action:	7.5
Reliability:	9.5
Impression:	9
Overall rating:	7.7
Reviewer rating:	8.7
Users rating:	6.7
Votes:	22

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 25, 2012

Price paid: $ 130

Purchased from: Guitar Centers used section

Features: - Made in 2005 in India
- 3-piece laminated top Indian cedro body
- Two piece maple neck with a Rosewood fretboard
- Natural finish
- Passive electronics, 1 hum. 2 singlecoil
- 1 volume, 1 tone, 5way blade switch
- Vintage Strat style tremolo bridge
- Non-Locking Jackson tuners. // 9

Sound: I play Metal/rock/blues/neoclassical music and this guitar is great for all of them. I use a Line 6 Spider IV 75 Watt amp with the onboard effects. The stock pups were noisy and didn't sound that great, so I replaced the bridge pup with a Seymour Duncan SH13 Dimebucker, and the neck with a scr1 with a coil split, and took out the middle position pup. This guitar has screaming highs in the bridge position, and a mellower sound in the neck position.

With one of the bands I play in I use a very heavy sounding setting Metal=red Bass=7 Mids=3 Treble=10 Gain=100% position and sensitivity, when playing this guitar clean with the pups I have in this it sounds best with the scr1. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: The action was PERFECT! Everything was set up correctly. The only flaw I found was a blemish in the wood near the bridge but that's not that big of a deal. Where the guitar failed my test was the bridge, I hate the bridge! If you use the trem it doesnt't stay in tune the greatest and its just uncomfortable to palmmute with. // 7

Reliability & Durability: This guitar can withstand live playing. The hardware is solid, the strap buttons are huge and never had a problem with my strap falling off. I always bring my GSA 20 with me to gigs, but I only use that because it has a different tuning than my Jackson I don't use a backup because I don't need one. // 10

Impression: This guitar is really well built, the electronics aren't very good in my opinion so I replaced them. This guitar suits all of my music styles very well. If this guitar were stolen I'd probably buy an LTD M-10 to replace it because I prefer that guitar over this one. Over all it is an amazing budget guitar and I would suggest it to anyone looking for a good guitar that can't afford a PRS or ESP. // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 14, 2012

Price paid: $ 130

Purchased from: used at guitar center

Features: - Laminated top
- 24 frets, 25.5"
- Body wood: mahagony
- Neck wood: maple with rosewood fret board, pearloid sharkfin inlays
- Dinky body style
- Natural mahog. finish
- Vintage tremolo bridge
- 1 volume, 1 tone, 5 way switch
- 1 Seymour Duncan Dime Bucker humbucker
- 1 Seymour Duncan Stacked single coil pick up
- Thin flat neck contour // 10

Sound: I play metal (lead guitarist of w3lcome nightmare) and blues and it is just perfect for my metal work, but my blues work on it is sketchy, so I use my GSA-20 for blues. Since I have the Dimebucker in it I have an extreme amount of output on it. I use a Line 6 Spider IV 75 watt amp on the red metal/ green insane settings with everything up all the way "except reverb" with a lot of gain (built in effect) and the "stacked single coil" (just a tiny humbucker) has a coil split on it so I put the switch in the fifth position and it sounds like a Strat single coil where as in the fourth position it sounds like an EMG 60 (which has lower output) any way its made for hard rock and metal. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: The action is really low which is amazing for my solos, I do a lot of two hand tapping and shredding in my solos. The trem is really tight because it was never used until I bought it. The Vintage trem doesn't hold the tuning so I'll be either taking the bar out or replacing the bridge, other wise the guitar is really good. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This guitar is amazing. This guitar can handle bends and drop tuning. The finish is solid so it should be fine. I always take a backup to gigs and practice just in case but it would probably be fine by itself. The strap buttons are large and my strap has not fallen off yet. // 9

Impression: Good guitar and I will buy another one if this is stolen. This guitar deserves to be played by some one better than me, but she'd stuck with me. This guitar is for mainly metal so I wouldn't suggest it to a blues or country player but if you wanted to you pr. // 9

Comments

[feathers632]

It's ironic I stole this guitar then sold it to the guitar center.

[Sparda93]

feathers632 wrote:

It's ironic I stole this guitar then sold it to the guitar center.

Epic story, dude :=)

[meticadpa]

Woah. That's actually a really pretty guitar.

[carcass255]

This is a truly awful review.

[MarkoakaNiggaK]

i'd change half of the hardware on that thing in your place. it's nicely built but that's about it.

[dethmetal999]

It's ok, this guitar probably shouldn't be play by someone better than you

[COREYTAYLOR721]

So u just turn everything up all the way on a line 6 spider and it sounds good? lol. Sounds more like u r reviewing a toy than an instrument, prob your first guitar good luck with the guitar journey.

[Falco_7th]

ahahaahhaahahahahaaahahaahaaaaaha!!!! FAIL

[Jason_B]

I have a Jackson/Charvel that looks exactly like the natural wood. The only different thing is that the edges are rounded instead of flat. The thing i hate is that I don't know the model name or year (no serial #). I know that Charvel wasn't putting serial #'s on their guitars at one point. Makes me think that my guitar is worth $$$ since that Charvels' are pretty valuable right now

[sgbigsby1989]

I like that guitar for blues, its great for it. this is just another kid banging on about a guitar being great for metal (when its 99% the amp) if he turned his gain down and maybey used the guitar controls more it would help him along a bit. but just a wee point, no wonder tranny amps suck serious b***s, only metal sounds good as its all square wave.

[Kcared Neslo]

is there a left handed version

[Mr.Santos]

I have that guitar 2 dont know how to post like u did... but yeah it is a great guitar really it is

[headbang123]

How much does this cost non-used?

[MaggaraMarine]

Metal=red Bass=7 Mids=3 Treble=10 Gain=100%

Oh man and you are using a Line 6. My ears start to bleed.

Seriously, we have a Spider 1 (100 watt 2x12) at our school and it's incredibly bassy. And it hurts my ears when you turn it up and especially if the treble is at full. And 100% gain...

[MaggaraMarine]

I realized that these two reviews are by the same guy. Both reviews say that they have modded this guitar and upgraded the pickups with Dimebucker and SD stacked humbucker. And both play through a Line 6 Spider and both have GSA20 as their backup guitar.