Ever wonder how the iconic Jackson Roswell Rhoads was conceptualized and produced?
The Jackson Roswell Rhoads was a guitar concept that came to Charles Perrino, Jackson Guitar's Marketing Director, through a dream in the mid 90s. He dreamt of this futuristic and ufo-inspired guitar and was so enthusiastic he had it sketched and designed when he returned to work. The first version was made in aluminum (suprisingly, not heavier than a Les Paul), an exciting novelty for guitar bodies, and had a maple neck and ebony fingerboard. It was named the Roswell Rhoads. "Roswell" was in tribute to the infamous UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, and "Rhoads" was due to the guitar's slight similarity in shape to Jackson's popular Randy Rhoads model.
The guitar was photographed and put on the cover of Jackson's Guitar Catalog of 1996 as a concept guitar, something that would grab people's attention. It did just that and as people wanted to get their hands on one, a total of 123 aluminum guitars were made in the USA over the course of the next two years.
During that time, Jackson's Japan factory made two limited-edition wooden models in the colors Black and Midnight Blue Sparkle. The woods used were typical of other Jackson Professional series guitars made in the 90s: poplar for the body, maple for the neck and rosewood for the fretboard.
If you'd like to learn about the specs of this unique and collectable guitar and hear its playability and some sound samples, watch our deep-dive video on YouTube.
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