Jackson Kelly JS32 - Snow White Reviews

It looks badass and it feels nice and solid. I've had no issues with it at all, it plays wonderfully, the paint job looks nice and clean, and the added locking nut and tremolo is a nice touch as well.
I recommend this guitar if you want something that looks cool and isn't pricey.

My first Jackson guitar showed up and blew me away right out of the box. The snow white finish is pure hetfield but the cutaway at the bottom fin makes for easy upper fret access. There was no need for setup, the guitar was easy to tune thanks to the included allen wrench keys. The licensed Jackson floyd rose bridge is stable. Divebombs, flutters, no matter what nonsense you throw at this thing it stays in tune. I've even done the Herman Li trem bar lift (If you listened to metal in the mid 2000's you know what I'm talking about) and it still stayed in tune but wouldn't reccomend trying this at home.
While the pickups aren't quite as versatile as duncans or dimarzios they are very serviceable for all ranges of heavy metal. They don't mud out when you downtune either, I currently have mine in drop B. The 25.5" scale length accomodates this tuning quite well. I find the neck profile comfortable in my hands despite being a bit thicker than an Ibanez Wizard neck.
Overall I can't reccomend a Jackson JS32 Kelly enough for someone who wants an extremely playable and affordable metal guitar. They sound great and look absolutely killer. Shouts out to Ray Gonzalez at Sweetwater for helping me choose mine out!

This guitar plays quite well, was pleasantly surprised after changing strings how easy it was to play. I purchased this guitar for and upcoming series of performances as I needed anthother guitar for a another tuning. Absolutely surpassed expectations, would recommend for beginners and experienced musicians alike. Only criticism for this guitar is the Floyd Rose licensed Bridge doesent always take heavy punishment and stay in tune. This is not uncommon for these types of bridges though, so keep that in mind.

I expected to have to have a set up done on the guitar after it arrived but that was not the case. All I've done is adjust the pickup height and change the strings. The only issue with the guitar is the balance while standing. Believe it or not, the neck drops and it wants to be level, I like the neck up body down but that's just my personal preference. The guitar plays great, frets are not sharp, finish had no defects, intonation is spot on, the trem works great ( the fine tuners are stiff ), no fret buzz, pickups sound good and it is a beautiful guitar. For the money, Jackson has come a long way. This is my 2nd Jackson ( 1992 Jackson Performer ) and the Kelly is by far better out of the box! Sweetwater was brilliant and I will buy more from you all. I was worried buying sight unseen, my first time, and I will get more from you all. Thanks for a wonderful experience!

Customer service is second to none, Jake Trethaway is a Rock star!!!!

The kelly is smoother and plays much easier than my strat! Its always a pleasure doing business with Sweetwater, thanks guys

I bought this guitar mostly for the style and planned on making some upgrades, like new pickups and pots, if it played well. It turns out that I like it enough to just leave it as-is. I recently took up playing again after giving it up 35 years ago and I've really been impressed at the level of quality you can get in guitars that only cost $300-$500 now. Sure, the pick-ups aren't top-notch aftermarket models, and the licensed Floyd Rose has gritty fine tuners, but at this price...it's still a pretty well made guitar.

Well ok then. Guitar arrived in prefect condition as always (thank you SW). Only real complaint was the neck-dive on this sucker. Took care of that with some flat wheel-weights tucked into the control cavity. Swapped out the bridge pickup and will swap out the neck pickup this weekend, and also swapped out the fine tuners with stainless steels. Guitar plays and sounds amazing, and now hangs from the strap in a neutral position. This is a great mod platform. Another sound purchase from Sweetwater!

I spent hours adjusting action and pickup height trying to un-mud the sound. Good for playing chuck berry or hot cross buns. The worst playing Jackson I have that cost more than my others. Body and neck are flawless on this guitar and it truly upsets me that the rest of it can be so awful.