Available in six unique designs – Dinky^™, SLS^™, Rhoads, Warrior^™, Soloist^™ and King V^™ – the new X Series guitars feature hot humbucking pickups, fantastic tone, distinctive shark-fin inlays, and stunning finishes. All models boast Jackson’s trademark compound-radius fingerboard, allowing for easy chording and low-action bends.

The Jackson Dinky DKXT, available in Black, Snow White and Transparent Red finishes, has an arch-top basswood body (quilt maple veneer on Transparent Red finish); bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and passive EMG^®HZ-H4-AN (neck) and H4-B (bridge) humbucking pickups that deliver well-balanced tone with tight bass, glassy mids and crunching highs. Other features include 24 jumbo frets; three-way pickup switching, and TonePros^®fully adjustable bridge with through-body strings for thick sustain.

Available in Natural, Gun Metal Gray and Snow White finishes, the Jackson Super Light Soloist SLSXMG has a basswood body (flame maple veneer on Natural finish); through-body maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and active EMG^®85 (neck) and 81 (bridge) humbucking pickups. Additional features include Floyd Rose^®Special double-locking two-point tremolo; 24 jumbo frets, and three-way pickup switching.

The Jackson Rhoads RRXT is Jackson’s most affordable neck-through-body model. Available in Black, Kawasabi Green with Black Bevels and Transparent Black finishes; it features a basswood body (flame maple veneer on Transparent Black finish); maple neck with rosewood fingerboard; Duncan Designed^™ alnico HB102N (neck) and high-output ceramic HB102B (bridge) humbucking pickups. Other features include 22 jumbo frets, three-way pickup switching and TonePros^®fully adjustable bridge with through-body strings.

The fittingly namedJackson Warrior WRXTMG has a killer-shaped basswood body, through-body maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and active EMG^®85 (neck) and 81 (bridge) humbucking pickups. Other features include 24 jumbo frets, three-way pickup switching and TonePros^®fully adjustable bridge with through-body strings. This model is available in Quicksilver with Black Bevels and Black finishes.

The Jackson Soloist SLX has a basswood body, through-body maple neck and Duncan Designed™ alnico HB102N (neck) and high-output ceramic HB102B (bridge) humbucking pickups. Other features include a Floyd Rose® Special double-locking two-point tremolo; 24 jumbo frets and three-way pickup switching.

Available in Black, Kawasabi Green, Natural and Snow White finishes.

The King V KVXT is available in Burnt Cherry Sunburst, Black with Blood Red Bevels, Quicksilver and Black finishes. This V-shaped beast has a basswood body, through-body maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, and EMG^®HZ H4-B and HZ H4-AN humbucking pickups. Other features include 24 jumbo frets, three-way pickup switching and TonePros^®fully adjustable bridge with through-body strings.

For more information, and to find a dealer near you, please visit www.jacksonguitars.com

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JACKSON KING V KVXT

JACKSON RHOADS RRXT

JACKSON DINKY DKXT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.  (Sept. 6, 2011) — Fender is very proud to introduce one of the most distinctive signature models in its history, the Kurt Cobain Jaguar guitar, meticulously modeled on the battered 1965 Jaguar that the Nirvana singer, guitarist and songwriter wielded during the heady and meteoric early-’90s era when the band burst out of the Pacific Northwest, ruled rock and led a musically stunning and culturally subversive movement.

Fender craftsmen have reproduced Cobain’s battle-hardened left-handed Jaguar down to the last unusual detail, including its worn finish, dual humbucking pickups and unique electronics and controls (which were already in place when Kurt acquired the guitar in summer 1991).

Unique features include an alder body with Road Worn aged finish and hardware treatment, bound fretboard with pearloid dot markers, Stratocaster headstock shape with 1950s-style “spaghetti” logo under the finish, DiMarzio^® humbucking DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary neck pickup and DP100 Super Distortion bridge pickup, triple knurled “chrome-dome” knob configuration (volume-volume-tone), three-position toggle switch, black chrome Adjusto-Matic^™ bridge and Gotoh^® sealed tuners. The guitar will be available in right- and left-handed versions.

Accessories include a black textured vinyl hard-shell case and an exclusive Fender Kurt Cobain book featuring extensive photos and commentary by Charles Peterson and an insightful interview with Nirvana guitar tech Earnie Bailey.

Nirvana photos courtesy Charles Peterson, © 2011.

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About Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer, and its name has become synonymous with all things rock ‘n’ roll. Iconic Fender^® instruments such as the Telecaster^®, Stratocaster^®, Precision Bass^® and Jazz Bass^® guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s musicians and collectors. FMIC brands include Fender^®, Squier^®, Guild^®, Tacoma^®, Gretsch^®, Jackson^®, Charvel^®, EVH^®, SWR^® and Groove Tubes^®, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com.

The G-DEC 3 Thirty Metal.

Fender’s acclaimed G-DEC 3 Thirty practice amp is now available in three genre-specific FSR (Factory Special Run) versions tailor-made for blues, metal and country guitarists.

Like the standard 30-watt blackface G-DEC 3 Thirty, all three new FSR models come equipped with 100 presets, a wealth of CD-quality backing tracks, easy computer connectivity and Fender FUSE™ software for custom configuration. Unlike the standard model, however, each of these three distinctive new amps features a striking cosmetic treatment created especially for its individual musical personality.

The G-DEC 3 Thirty Blues is a vintage-style amp with a classic Fender look, with blonde vinyl covering, oxblood grille cloth and chrome corners that tastefully evoke the early 1960s. Onboard CD-quality backing track loops by dozens of top musicians give a special nod to the blues, with other tracks in various vintage jazz, R&B and soul styles and 100 tone presets appropriate to these styles.

The G-DEC 3 Thirty Metal goes horns up for shredders and punks alike, with black hardware and grille cloth and covered in hardcore black-white-gray camo. It features onboard CD-quality backing track loops by members of Hatebreed, Anthrax, Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, Sepultura, Bad Religion and others, plus several sick drums-only metal loops, a few Southern rock tracks thrown in just for fun, and 100 tone presets perfect for all these sounds.

The G-DEC 3 Thirty Country saddles up with stylish western “cowboy tooled” vinyl covering, wheat grille cloth and chrome corners. Its onboard CD-quality backing track loops by dozens of top musicians give a special nod to classic and modern country, rockabilly, and Americana styles, with 100 tone presets by acclaimed pickers Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, James Burton and more that are ideal sounds for the tracks.

The G-DEC 3 Thirty Blues (left) and G-DEC 3 Thirty Country (right).


 

Squier is proud to introduce a trio of new Vintage Modified series instruments for 2011—two guitars and a bass—that deliver time-honored vibe and great Squier look, sound, feel and value.

With its offset waist and contoured body, the new Vintage Modified Jazzmaster® guitar honors its famous Fender® forerunner, with a few hot-rodded touches included. Custom Duncan Designed™ pickups with vintage tone (neck) and higher output (bridge) produce tones ranging from glassy smooth to jangly rocking rhythm crunch. Other features include a comfortable one-piece maple neck, ’62 Jazz Bass® stacked concentric volume/tone controls, distinctive top-loading hard-tail bridge and vintage-style tuners.

The Vintage Modified Jaguar HH guitar offers many of the same features found on the Vintage Modified Jazzmaster, including the offset waist and contoured body, ’62 Jazz Bass stacked concentric volume/tone controls, distinctive top-loading hard-tail bridge and vintage-style tuners. Its special features include a 24”-scale fast action maple neck with rosewood fretboard, dual Duncan Designed™ humbucking pickups, and a three-position toggle pickup switch on the upper horn.

    

Squier’s all-new Vintage Modified Jazz Bass and Vintage Modified Jazz Bass Left Handed guitars feature the time-honored offset-waist body and ultra-slim fast-action neck that the model is famous for. Modern hot-rod touches include a pair of Duncan Designed™ JB101 single-coil Jazz Bass pickups. Other features include basswood body with Three-Color Sunburst polyester finish, “C”-shaped maple neck, 9.5”-radius rosewood fretboard with medium jumbo frets, three-ply tortoiseshell pickguard, standard four-saddle bridge and chrome hardware.

 

Also introduced in 1951, the Precision Bass was the world’s first successful solid-body electric bass guitar; an instrument that revolutionized popular music so thoroughly that it even created a new kind of musician—the electric bassist. Sixty years later it is still the first word in electric bass and an essential and indispensable instrument in the hands of bass players worldwide.

The 60th Anniversary Precision Bass embodies six decades of Fender bass legacy in a collectible U.S.-made instrument. Features include an ash body with Blackguard Blonde thin-skin lacquer finish, maple neck and fretboard with modern 9.5” radius and medium jumbo frets, vintage Precision Bass split single-coil pickup, black pickguard, high-mass vintage bridge, knurled control knobs, modern tuners and Fender/SKB® molded case.