I just got this guitar in January with my Christmas money and could not be happier! I'm a retired high school principal and teacher who grew up in the 80's listening to all the good 80's hard rock bands (and still do). I played a little guitar back in the day, but after college life just got in the way and I just didn't have the time for it. Fast Forward 35 years. I just picked it back up in the last 2 years and am playing everyday now. For less than $, this guitar sounds as good or better than many guitars that are much more expensive. I am particularly impressed with the pickups. Yes, they are the cheaper Jackson brand humbuckers which I thought would be the first thing I replaced. However, they are very loud and aggressive. I really like the way they sound so far. The Jackson licensed Floyd Rose is not the best of quality, and I will probably replace it at some point, but again, for $ it does the job rather nicely (crazy squeals and dive bombs). I switched out the original strings for heavier (10/46) and had to add an extra spring in the back to balance the bridge to the nut. The neck is very thin and fast. The body is very lightweight. After playing my Les Paul for a while and then switching over to this, I feels light as a feather. The purple burst finish is really nice looking. I really enjoy this guitar. It sounds great and is very fun to play. I could have spent more on a guitar with name-brand pickups and an original Floyd Rose, but I couldn't imagine it sounding much better. This thing rocks hard and sounds great. If you are looking to get a shredding machine without breaking the bank, this is the guitar for you. Now, saving the best for last: the folks at Sweetwater are unbelievable! If every business extended quality customer service like this, there would be much less anger in the world today! Thank you Sweetwater! I'm a customer for life!

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This guitar feels incredible and has made my learning so much easier. Make sure you to research on locking nuts and Floyd rose's first. I have yet to have an issue with it. If you are interested in metal/rock music this is the one for you.

Love the look. Love the finish. Sounds great in my limited experience. There is just a metallic rattle sometimes but I think that might be my clumsy fingers. Definitely a cool addition to my wall.

I got this beautiful ax and immediately shredded it. it's a smooth neck and the whammy is amazing. it's annoying to tune with the nut then the bridge tuners but regardless you will love this guitar.

Pretty guitar, I would have liked the purple to be a little lighter it looks black in low light. Having never had a Floyd Rose style tremolo before I was surprised at the tuning procedure. But over all I like it.

I've always liked Jackson and recently after a long layoff I decided maybe I needed a new guitar to get me excited again about playing. I decided to spend about a grand on a new guitar, found Sweetwater, and the best guitar for me at 1g and under was this. With the money left over from the 1g I decided to have it run through the Plek system, which still put me under 1g. Let me tell you guys, right here , right now, I will always have the Plek run on my guitar. This guitar is beyond words, amazing...best instrument I've ever played in my 30+ years of off and on musical ride. thank you Sweetwater and especially Ian Chamberlain as my sales engineer, what a great guy, and what a great team. I can't express how satisfied I am with this purchase. All my future purchases are through Sweetwater now, they are that good. Period.

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This little Jackson came setup and played right out of the box. I did a few small adjustments to my preference, no big deal.

This guitar is not only beautiful but also plays like butter!

When I decided I wanted to get a new guitar I thought I was going to get another Ibanez. I am a beginner guitar player and I have an Ibanez GIO. I love that guitar and that is why I started looking at a new Ibanez and thought for sure that's what I was going to get. I came across the Jackson Dinky Arch only because it fell within my price range. Then I saw the purple burst color and started to do research on Jackson guitars. Long story short, I love playing 80's hard rock and metal and everything I read about Jackson pretty much told me this was the guitar that I should get. So, I bought it. Since I'm not a very experienced guitar player I can't get really technical with my review. I guess my review would be for beginner guitar players.

What I would say is if you do have the funds to get a Dinky Arch then heavily consider to do so. The tone of the guitar compared to my Ibanez GIO is so much richer I knew immediately I made the right choice. I do love the locking nut and Jackson Floyd Rose tremolo bridge as a lot of 80's metal songs loved to use a tremolo, so this was perfect for me. I have heard there is a love/hate relationship with Floyd Rose bridges. I don't really know why, but I can speak from experience that I just did my first complete string replacement and if you're even a little mechanically inclined it was pretty easy to do so. In the end I couldn't be happier with the Jackson Dinky Arch and I will most likely be looking at Jackson again for a future upgrade.

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I wanted to add a locking tremolo guitar to my collection as I did not have one. I've been playing for 43 years and this was my first experience with a Floyd Rose locking system. It has opened up a whole new world of possibilities in my playing, and I'm having a blast with it. Very pleased with build quality, fit and finish. Hope to enjoy many years with it!

I knew I was gonna swap the pickups before I bought it but wasn't sure on what to get. I went with Dimarzio AT1 & Air Norton. Couldn't be happier with this guitar for the money and those pickups are a BIG upgrade.