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The Chris Broderick Signature Was Built to Burn





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Designed in collaboration with Jackson Custom Shop Master Builder Mike Shannon, the Jackson USA Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 6 was conceived as a premium take on one of the company's most classic ? and eminently venerable ? models. This five-star axe was built for maximum performance, melding an ergonomic offset mahogany body with an exquisite arched maple top and rock-solid neck-through-body construction. This solidbody electric guitar brandishes a comfortable graphite-reinforced, quartersawn maple neck, which is capped by a fast-playing, 12-inch-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo-sized, stainless steel frets. The Chris Broderick Soloist delivers a smorgasbord of head-crushing tones courtesy of a set of direct-mount, custom-designed DiMarzio humbuckers, which are bolstered by a mini-toggle kill switch, a push-pull coil split, and a push-pull tone kill. You also get a Floyd Rose Lo-Pro double-locking tremolo to unleash your pent-up pitch pyrotechnics, along with Planet Waves Auto-Trim locking tuners and Ernie Ball strap locks. Furthermore, the Chris Broderick Soloist was tailor-made for the spotlight, thanks to a light-catching gloss polyurethane finish and stunning masked-off quilt-maple binding. The Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 6 is one of the finest made-for-metal instruments in Jackson's USA lineup, and given the company's penchant for top-shelf metal-ready axes, that's really saying something.





High-octane performance and playability





Players with high-performance demands will be duly impressed by the Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 6. For starters, this solidbody electric guitar boasts a meticulously sculpted offset mahogany body, which is crowned with a stunning arched maple top. The Chris Broderick Soloist's graphite-reinforced, quartersawn maple neck and its 12-inch-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo-sized, stainless steel frets offer next-level playability. You'll also appreciate this guitar's neck-through-body construction, which gives you a super-unobtrusive heel shape and unrestrained vibrational transfer. Sweetwater guitarists have found the Chris Broderick Soloist to be the perfect weapon for insane leads, sudden-death riffs, and any other fretboard hijinks you'd care to partake in.





Loaded with high-output crunch





Plug into anything with high-gain capabilities, and the Jackson USA Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 6 high-output crunch will blow you straight away. Armed with a duo of direct-mount, Broderick-designed DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers, this metallic beast delivers a whole slew of archetypal modern metal tones with near-limitless headroom, articulate response, and superb dynamics. The Chris Broderick Soloist 6 also boasts a mini-toggle kill switch, a push-pull coil split, and a push-pull tone kill, ensuring that you have everything from paint-peeling, ear-pinning grind to chiming, single-coil-style glassiness readily at your disposal.





Built for dive-bombs and squealies





The Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 6 holds up to sadistic whammy abuse without choking, thanks to its Floyd Rose Lo-Pro double-locking tremolo. A high-performance trem with an unfettered, low-profile feel, the Lo-Pro is fully capable of subtle, expressive warbles, although that's probably not what you're shooting for. Never fear; this lean, mean shredder also tackles screaming harmonic squeals and subterranean dive-bombs with equal assurance. Even better, this trem's double-locking design delivers super-reliable tuning stability while enabling seemingly endless sustain. Want to brutalize your whammy bar? If so, the Chris Broderick Soloist is more than happy to accommodate you.





Jackson USA Signature Chris Broderick Soloist 6 Electric Guitar Features:


Signature solidbody electric guitar of Chris Broderick (Megadeth, Act of Defiance, In Flames)


Ergonomic offset mahogany body with an exquisite arched maple top


Neck-through-body construction provides a super-unobtrusive heel and unrestrained vibrational transfer


Graphite-reinforced, quartersawn maple neck with scarf joint


Fast-playing, 12-inch-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo-sized, stainless steel frets


High-output, direct-mount, Broderick-designed DiMarzio D Activator humbuckers


Mini-toggle kill switch, push-pull coil split, and push-pull tone kill


Low-profile Floyd Rose Lo-Pro double-locking tremolo unleashes unbridled pitch pyrotechnics


Planet Waves Auto-Trim locking tuners and Ernie Ball strap locks


Light-catching gloss polyurethane finish and stunning masked-off quilt-maple binding