Jackson RR24 Rhoads Electric Guitar

by Gig Stig

This guitar looks menacing enough to frighten small children, even before I’d plugged it in I could sense the latent power residing within this instrument. I was afraid that much like the scene in “Back to the Future” as soon as I struck a power chord the sheer energy within this guitar would send me hurtling across the room only to end up flat on my back staring at the ceiling.

Thankfully, that didn’t happen – however I did get a real sense of how much raw power this beastie gives out when cranked up.

Let’s not beat about the bush here, this is never going to be the instrument of choice if you’re the guitar player in the Laurie Holloway Jazz band … It is squarely and purposely aimed at those high energy players whose features are just about discernable through the myriad of tattoos and piercings and whose preferred musical genre is Death Metal.

Well, for that style of music this guitar is perfect, massive amounts of gain, tons of sustain and endlessly resonating power chords are what the RR24 is good at. If that floats your boat, then this baby is for you …