Jackson Rob Caggiano Shadowcaster PM

Does what it should

I'm a Gibson guy and this is my first non-Gibson I've bought, and was only purchased because of my following of 'Volbeat', in my opinion one of the greatest bands ever. However back to the instrument, first thing I noticed was the perfectly slim profiled neck, it just sits so well and certainly as good as any of my Gibsons. The neck is solidly bolted to the lightweight body, and won't be moving on you anytime soon.The body has a nice finish to it and it's definitely purple. The 5 position pick up selector was a bit of a let down as I find it too easy to miss P2 & 4, although this might be a 'me thing'.Love the two control knobs, Volume/Tone as these are wonderfully machine turned and give great control. Wanted this guitar to add that 'Volbeat' deep crunchy growl, a tone heard in a lot of their music, I have an amp set purely to their sound, both my Les Paul 60's and Gary Moore sig sounded ok on it, but when I plugged this one in it came into it's own and I can see why Rob wanted the pick-ups he had put in. On general sounding, those of us who own 'higher end' kit won't be abandoning them for this anytime soon, but for the price would satisfy a new player totally across the board. Prior to delivery I was expecting this to hit maybe a 7/10 on my scale, but gotta say it's a definite 8/10. Keep Rockin Dudes.