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Nov 12, 2022 12:47 AM

Jackson JS Series Dinky Arch Top Electric Guitars: Amaranth / Black Burst

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Adorama has Select Jackson JS Series Dinky Arch Top Electric Guitars on sale below from $199. Shipping is free.

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    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that the Jackson JS32Q DKA HT Electric Guitar is $100.99 lower (33.7% savings) than the next best options with prices starting from $299.99. -SaltyOne
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Adorama has Select Jackson JS Series Dinky Arch Top Electric Guitars on sale below from $199. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor iconian for sharing this deal.
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Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that the Jackson JS32Q DKA HT Electric Guitar is $100.99 lower (33.7% savings) than the next best options with prices starting from $299.99. -SaltyOne
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.

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I have 2 Jackson's that were made in Japan. I absolutely love them, great quality guitars. Because of my love for Jackson's, I bought my nephew one of these cheaper models above, and out of the box it played like a dream! Great sounding pickups, couldn't believe how nice it played for the money. Fast forward 2 months and the tuners were disintegrating internally, one of the bolts stripped out on the locking nut because of the cheap Chinese steel, and a piece fell off of the bridge. All of those things were fixed by me because I couldn't get the local guitar store to honor the warranty for Jackson because they were bought out. Hopefully that's fixed now too. Not to discourage anyone, just letting you know this is a good guitar for the money, but understand stuff is going to break on it. They are priced that low for a reason. I gave a thumbs up and Repped OP.
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Nov 12, 2022 3:28 AM
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JamieL2159Nov 12, 2022 3:28 AM
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I have 2 Jackson's that were made in Japan. I absolutely love them, great quality guitars. Because of my love for Jackson's, I bought my nephew one of these cheaper models above, and out of the box it played like a dream! Great sounding pickups, couldn't believe how nice it played for the money. Fast forward 2 months and the tuners were disintegrating internally, one of the bolts stripped out on the locking nut because of the cheap Chinese steel, and a piece fell off of the bridge. All of those things were fixed by me because I couldn't get the local guitar store to honor the warranty for Jackson because they were bought out. Hopefully that's fixed now too. Not to discourage anyone, just letting you know this is a good guitar for the money, but understand stuff is going to break on it. They are priced that low for a reason. I gave a thumbs up and Repped OP.
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Nov 12, 2022 3:46 AM
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NorthPurposeNov 12, 2022 3:46 AM
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100% recommend the hard tail for $199. It's a great sounding guitar with a nice slim neck. I have this exact one tuned to drop C and it screams. The pickups really sound good both high gain and clean. Agree with the other poster that the licensed Floyd Rose bridges on these are mediocre at best and will wear out sooner than later. Hard tail is the way to go with this price range.
Nov 12, 2022 5:42 AM
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pm11088Nov 12, 2022 5:42 AM
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Have a 7 string dinky hardtail. Once I changed out the tuning machines for some cheap ToneNinja locking tuners and set it up for 10s, it played amazingly well
Last edited by pm11088 November 11, 2022 at 10:11 PM.
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Nov 12, 2022 2:19 PM
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jazzpantsNov 12, 2022 2:19 PM
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I am curious,Will this thing stay reasonably in tune? I've been a student of classical n jazz my entire life. I play it daily. I have some nice instruments. But after seeing Steve Vai, I feel inspired. Will this disappoint?
Nov 12, 2022 4:13 PM
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brc81Nov 12, 2022 4:13 PM
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My son has an older JS32Q DKA HT as a backup to his other guitar with a floyd. It's pretty worn, but plays like a champ. I've offered to get him something newer/better, but he's content to stick with with the JS32. It punches way above it's price point.
Nov 12, 2022 4:33 PM
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Obiwan_StormblessedNov 12, 2022 4:33 PM
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One of theses days a soloist will go on sale that's my dream guitar
Nov 12, 2022 6:17 PM
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dealsrhNov 12, 2022 6:17 PM
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Thank you all for suggesting the hardtail. My 10yr old son has been learning guitar on an acoustic (which is all I've ever played) and wants an electric for Christmas. Almost bought one with a Floyd Rose because they look cooler, that would have been a mistake!

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Nov 12, 2022 8:38 PM
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jedecNov 12, 2022 8:38 PM
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Quote from jazzpants View quoted comment :
I am curious,Will this thing stay reasonably in tune? I've been a student of classical n jazz my entire life. I play it daily. I have some nice instruments. But after seeing Steve Vai, I feel inspired. Will this disappoint?

I have the J32Q DKA HT in purple. It's my favorite electric (I also own much more expensive electrics) because its 12-16" compound radius neck fits me perfectly comfy low and high on the neck.

The tuners really suck (way, way too much play) and the pickups are too muddy (even by humbucker standards); I had to swap out those items (~$300) to make the guitar playable for me. The guitar is uglier in person than photos (IMHO). So ugly that I'm a bit embarrassed taking it outside the house; but it plays really well so I sometimes do.

I like it enough to want to upgrade to a higher end Jackson, but nobody wants to buy my J32 for $200; so their resale sucks.

Nov 13, 2022 12:35 AM
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m37Nov 13, 2022 12:35 AM
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So happy to see so many guitar deals back on Slickdeals. We had a bit of a drought there for a while…
Nov 13, 2022 12:41 AM
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ToeNov 13, 2022 12:41 AM
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As others have said, skip any entry-level guitar with a Floyd Rose or any other trem, you'll regret it.

As for the $199 model without it, I'd like to see a coil split option, but otherwise this is a decent starter guitar.
Last edited by Toe November 12, 2022 at 04:44 PM.
Nov 13, 2022 1:39 PM
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jazzpantsNov 13, 2022 1:39 PM
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Quote from jedec View quoted comment :
I have the J32Q DKA HT in purple. It's my favorite electric (I also own much more expensive electrics) because its 12-16" compound radius neck fits me perfectly comfy low and high on the neck.

The tuners really suck (way, way too much play) and the pickups are too muddy (even by humbucker standards); I had to swap out those items (~$300) to make the guitar playable for me. The guitar is uglier in person than photos (IMHO). So ugly that I'm a bit embarrassed taking it outside the house; but it plays really well so I sometimes do.

I like it enough to want to upgrade to a higher end Jackson, but nobody wants to buy my J32 for $200; so their resale sucks.
Thanks. I could always look at the Jem.

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