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The Jackson Adrian Smith SDX solidbody electric guitar is built for serious playing. The Iron Maiden axeman worked with Jackson to spec out his signature model, which sports a lightweight, resonant basswood body to help you sail through marathon gigs without fatigue. You get a fast-action bolt-on maple neck with a compound-radius maple fingerboard and jumbo frets for fluent high-speed soloing. With a high-octane Jackson bridge humbucker and middle and neck single-coils, this axe gives you massive tonal flexibility while a Floyd Rose Special vibrato handles your dive-bombs with aplomb. For an amazingly affordable guitar that can do it all, look no further than the Jackson Adrian Smith SDX.





High-performance design puts you in touch with your music





One of Jackson's mottos is "Choose wisely. Play better." That's not just hype, either. The fact is, a well-made guitar like the Adrian Smith SDX gives you a closer connection to your music. For instance, the Adrian Smith SDX features a compound-radius fingerboard, which is more rounded at the nut and flatter higher up the neck. This makes it easy to fret chords near the nut, while opening up the fretboard for soloing. The flatter higher frets also let you keep your action low without bottoming out when you bend notes.





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For playability, you can't beat the SuperStrat recipe





The Jackson Adrian Smith SDX is, well, a SuperStrat. Take the most comfortable (and popular) solidbody electric guitar body style, hot-rod it with high-end features like a compound-radius fingerboard, then spec it with top-drawer components (Floyd Rose vibrato, anyone?). The result is a great-sounding axe that drips with playability from one of the companies that put the SuperStrat concept on the map.





Optimized electronics give you a staggering range of tone





Jackson's Adrian Smith SDX sports an electronics setup that stokes your sonic arsenal with massive tonal range. For those chimey, spanky single-coil sounds, you have single-coils in the neck and middle position - right where you want them. Smoldering at the bridge, you have a muscular high-output Jackson humbucker waiting to do some serious damage. All in, the 5-way blade selector serves up the gamut of (noise-free) tone you could ever hope to elicit from an electric guitar.





Jackson Adrian Smith SDX Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Lightweight, resonant basswood body


Compound-radius maple fingerboard


High-output Jackson bridge humbucker


Middle and neck single-coil pickups


Floyd Rose Special vibrato tailpiece


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