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Jonathan Horsley

“100 per cent tour-worthy right off of the shelf, with bulletproof American construction”: All Rhoads lead to California as Jackson brings one of its most-iconic metal guitars home for a high-end upgrade

Jackson American Series Rhoads: the Rhoads is now officially being made in the USA again, and is offered with a choice of a hardtail or Floyd Rose, with the hardtail finished in Satin Black and Snow White, and the Floyd in Satin Black, Matte Army Drab and Snow White. Note the reverse headstock.

Jackson has expanded its California-made American Series with one of the greatest metal guitars of all time, the Rhoads RR24, offering the asymmetric V with the choice of a hardtail or Floyd Rose vibrato, and giving it a reverse headstock just in case it didn’t look aggressive enough.

For many players, this will be the acme of Jackson’s high-performance designs, the heavyweight champ – a modern update on the custom prototype signature guitar developed for the late Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads.

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