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The Jackson Soloist is an electric guitar model introduced by Jackson Guitars in 1984, although prototypes were available before then. The design is a typical "superstrat"; it varies from a typical Stratocaster because of its neck-thru design; tremolo: Floyd Rose or similar, Kahler; or a fixed Tune-O-Matic; premium woods; a deeper cutaway at the lower horn for better access to the higher frets ...
She plays guitar on "Monster", a song credited to Michael Jackson featuring 50 Cent, which was released on the 2010 edition of Michael on 14 December 2010. It was removed along with two other songs from the Michael album on digital editions on 29 June 2022 and on physical editions on 9 September 2022 due to their false authenticity of Jackson's ...
Many sources cite Grover Jackson as one of the first (and most influential) guitar makers to have crafted custom shop guitars with all the features of superstrats, doing so as early as 1981. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Later all these improvements were integrated in the factory-produced Jackson Soloist model.
In 1978, he started working at Wayne Charvel's guitar repair shop in Covina, California (while using a PO Box in neighboring San Dimas). Since Charvel's shop was almost bankrupted, Charvel eventually sold his interest to Grover Jackson on November 10, 1978, which gave Jackson control of the business and the Charvel brand.
Throughout the heavy metal heyday of the 1980s, the Jackson brand was associated with high-quality, American-made, custom instruments, and was used by many popular guitarists of the period. In addition to the original, as they came to be known, Rhoads models, the 1980s spawned distinctively designed Jackson models such as the Soloist , King V ...
The company was started in 1984 by Tom Anderson, who is regarded as "one of the most respected names in the […] custom guitar market." [ 1 ] They manufacture about 1200 instruments per year and have a reputation for "consistently high build quality, superb playability and innovative tones."
From 1984 John Suhr began creating guitars at Rudys Music Stop under the R Custom name before later building guitars carrying the Pensa-Suhr moniker. Mark Knopfler began using a number of Pensa Suhr instruments with the intention of the guitar's creation to be able to sound like both a 1961 Fender Stratocaster and a 1958 Gibson Les Paul ...
This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists