Saturday, June 21, 2008

Where the Kelly Jackson Guitar Came From

By Vincent Roarden

Bradford Kelly originally designed the Kelly electric guitar for the American guitar marker, Jackson Guitars. Bradford was the guitarist for the band Heaven, an Australian heavy metal group.

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.

In 2004, Bradford Kelly died. Interestingly, it has been said that Kelly received no remuneration from his design of the Kelly guitar. However, his name will continue for many more years to come with the Kelly guitar being a very popular design from the Jackson guitar company.

The Jackson Kelly guitar - like all Jackson guitars - is meant to be played by you forever. You can play as aggressively as you want and your guitar will last. You can bang it around and it will never be 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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