Bring Me the Surfcaster: Lee Malia’s Signature 6-string Arrives
Since the band’s 2004 founding, Lee Malia has been Bring Me The Horizon’s lead axe man, adding rhythm duties to his repertoire of riffage more than a decade ago, with the band transcending myriad shades of rock, metal, hardcore, alternative, and electronic styles. Suffice it to say that Malia’s mélange of musicality requires an equally flexible yet focused instrument, and with his Pro Series Signature Lee Malia LM-87, Jackson rose to the occasion. Lee’s signature LM-87 is a voltaic and versatile take on Jackson’s Surfcaster shape, which has become a mainstay among Sweetwater’s harder-rocking guitarists who crave the eye-catching aesthetics and comfortable playability of the iconic offset style without sacrificing the aural architecture needed for all-night sonic haymakers. Outfitted with okoume and amaranth, a graphite-reinforced 3-piece neck, and electrifying Jackson-crafted coil-splittable pickups, the Pro Series Signature Lee Malia LM-87 is raring to rip, showing you that This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For.
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The ”Throne” of pliable performances
If Lee Malia’s work across Bring Me The Horizon’s multi-decade oeuvre could be described in a word, it’s diverse. Dynamic style and expansive playing abound, and the foundation of Lee’s Pro Series Signature LM-87 required the power and pliability needed to support this caliber of versatility, leading to a dyad of okoume and amaranth. As a tonewood, okoume is renowned for its maple-like profile, keeping tones crisp, warm, and bright throughout the spectrum, with excellent articulation that ensures every note rings with clarity, from chords and breakdowns to leads and solos. Amaranth is revered for its projection, sustain, and organic headroom, emphasizing power and precision via tight basses, punchy mids, and sonorous trebles that collectively endow your sound with a shimmering crystalline character, high in presence and definition.
An ”Avalanche” of sonic firepower
To bring the LM-87’s foundational firepower to life, Lee Malia’s 6-string features a dynamic dyad of custom-wound, Jackson-designed signature pickups: an LM-87 humbucker and an LM-87 P-90. The bridge-mounted LM-87 channels serious heat, taking passive-design pickups to their outer reaches, but without compromising headroom or sonic preservation, even as you crank up the gain. In the neck, you’ve got the LM-87 P-90 — an electrifying take on the time-honored tone that balances vintage flair with modern malleability. What’s more, the axe’s sound-shaping suite adds a push-pull coil split to the Volume control, joining the 3-way selector and Master Tone knob for detailed tone-crafting capabilities that are always on tap.
Serious Sempiternal sustain and stability
When you’ve been handling lead and rhythm parts for more than 10 years, the importance of tactility cannot be overstated. And this goes double for any instrument capable of road warrior-worthy use. Fortunately, Lee and Jackson are no strangers to these conditions, and it shows through every appointment of the signature Pro Series LM-87. Its 3-piece neck is reinforced with robust graphite rods. The 3-piece construction enriches the harmonic prism of the okoume while mitigating the risks of twisting or warping that are common to frequent changes in environmental conditions with 1-piece necks. The graphite reinforcement rods not only bolster this stability, but also significantly reduce weight, making neck-dive a thing of the past and lightening the load on your fretting hand’s shoulder. Speaking of fretwork, this searing Surfcaster boasts a compound 12–16-inch radius fretboard, topping a D-profile neck that balances speed and in-hand heft to provide preeminent playability that suits low-end brutality and high-flashpoint solos in equal measure. On the sonic-security front, Jackson spares no effort to keep your sound in place, thanks to the Jackson die-cast locking tuners, TOM-style bridge, and anchored tailpiece, equipping the latter with a set of fine-tuners for ultra-precise control.
Jackson Pro Series Signature Lee Malia LM-87 Features:
- Debut signature 6-string for Bring Me The Horizon rhythm/lead guitarist Lee Malia
- Okoume body and neck anchor tones in maple-like warmth, with full-spectrum clarity and brightness to make your sound shine
- Amaranth fretboard supplies high projection, enduring sustain, and punchy precision in every register
- Signature Jackson-designed, custom-wound pickups include a neck-mounted P-90 and bridge-mounted humbucker for an out-of-time mix of vintage and heavy-hitting sonics
- Sound-shaping controls include 3-way toggle, Master Volume, and Master Tone, with a push-pull coil split to unlock myriad dimensions of striking sonics
- 3-piece neck enriches harmonic complexity and increases resilience to twisting and warping
- Graphite reinforcement in the neck reduces weight, maximizes stability, and mitigates pesky neck-diving for ideal tour-grade performance
- 25.5-in. scale hosts 22 jumbo frets to balance playability across tuning and string-gauge configurations, from light and bright to down-tuned and diabolical
- Fretboard’s compound 12–16-in. radius deftly accommodates chords, riffs, leads, and solos with equal power and precision
- D-shaped neck profile blends speed, comfort, and accuracy to accommodate players of virtually any style
- TOM-style bridge and fine tuner-equipped tailpiece ensure reliable intonation and singing buzz-free sounds
- Locking Jackson die-cast tuners supply unwavering sonic stability
