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The Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7 solidbody electric guitar serves up bone crunching tone, courtesy of two direct-mounted DiMarizios. Designed in collaboration with Jackson Custom Shop Master Builder Mike Shannon, this is the Megadeth axeman's take on the venerable Soloist, complete with an offset arch-top mahogany body and maple top. You get buttery playability from a quartersawn maple neck and bound ebony fingerboard, while a recessed Floyd Rose Pro serves up the vibe. This guitar looks amazing ? curvaceous in all the right places, and with a downright dangerous-looking headstock. If it's a superb 7-string metal machine you want, the Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7 is it.





7-string beef





7-string guitars are a breed apart. The Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7 solidbody electric sports a 25.5-inch scale that keeps your low B sounding nice and tight; this also imparts a unique sound to the rest of the instrument. This axe was designed as a 7-string from the ground up. Jackson Custom Shop Master Builder Mike Shannon worked closely with Chris Broderick to realize Chris's vision of what a metal axe should be. The results are stunning.





Shred on this





The Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7 was designed to shred. You'll find its quartersawn maple neck with maple-bound 12-inch radius ebony fingerboard and 24 jumbo stainless steel frets effortless to play, and the dual direct-mounted DiMarizio humbuckers sizzle with extreme energy and lusty overtones. Having 7-strings at your beck and call is so cool! Put up a wall of sound with huge, thick chords; launch runs that start really low; play bass lines; discover new chord voicings ? the possibilities are endless. Plus there's a kill switch, so you can stun your audiences with high-gain stutter.





Seriously set up





In the Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7, there's genius in the details. Stainless steel frets. Ernie Ball Strap Locks. Break a string? No worries. This axe is fitted with D'Addario Auto-Trim tuners that automatically cut excess string while changing strings, making string changes quick and easy. And there's no doubt about it ? with its sinuous curves and spearhead headstock, the Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7 looks killer. A class act, all the way. At Sweetwater, we're stone serious about sound, but we're not immune to a little stage vanity. Look at it this way: as you're hurling monstrous power chords at your audience and ripping out white-hot solos, you might as well look good doing it.





Jackson Chris Broderick Soloist 7 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:


Offset arch-top mahogany body with Quilt Maple top


Super-comfortable and balanced Jackson Soloist body shape


Painted quartersawn maple neck with 12-inch radius ebony fingerboard and 24 jumbo stainless steel frets


Two Chris Broderick-designed Custom DiMarzio direct mounted humbuckers; kill switch


Nut Width: 1.875-inch; Scale Length: 25.5-inch


Floyd Rose Pro (recessed) bridge


D'Addario Auto-Trim tuning machines


Jackson Floyd Rose Nut


Ernie Ball Strap Locks


Made in Jackson's USA Custom Shop