Where the Kelly Jackson Guitar Came From
June 22, 2008 – 5:43 amThe Jelly Guitar is made by the US guitar producer Jackson guitars. It was originally designed for them by Bradford Kelly, the lead guitarist of the Australian heavy metal band, Heaven.
The Kelly’s distinctive body shape means that it produces inimitable tone and sustain. It also places the neck more outward compared to other guitars. This feature makes it very effortless to play high up the neck. The neck back shape is most likely the slimmest of all Jacksons because it is “cut out” towards the middle of the guitar.
Also, the “fast” neck makes it easy to play on. Noteworthy guitarists who used to use the Kelly are Marty Friedman (Megadeth) and Adam Darski (Behemoth). Jackson Guitars became popular for their slim, chic and stylish models. Due to their often innovative, “out of this world look” the guitars became well-liked by harder rock and metal music artists.
Bradford Kelly died in 2004 but his name will last for many years with the Kelly Guitar being a very popular Jackson model. For a little bit of trivia, it is rumored that Bradford Kelly never received any money for his design of the Kelly guitar. Then again, as a passionate heavy metal guitarist, he may never of even asked for any.
As you can imagine, a guitar played by a heavy metal group will take its fair share of knocks and damage. That is why the Kelly guitar, as with all Jackson guitars, are designed to be robust and to be able to be thrown about without ever being out of tune.
The sound that the Kelly guitar produces is fantastic and you could play this without any back up live. If you are in a rock or heavy metal band then this guitar will do you great service.
This guitar is grand. If you play metal and are looking for a low priced guitar to go well with your fashion this is just right for you. According to the site, “A Jackson guitar is meant to be played, and played hard. Each of our endorsers and players choose Jackson because they know we build our instruments just how they want them. Our instruments are built to handle hard lives on the road, and are ready to take whatever our players will throw at them — that’s just the way it is, and we won’t have it any other way. ”
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