The New Jackson American Soloist: 2 Very Different Guitarists Take a First Look

Jackson is reissuing a boutique, USA made version of one of the most legendary 'shred' guitars ever created: The Soloist. But can the new Soloist do more than shred? We invited a very non-metal guitar player (Ariel Posen) and a very metal guitar player (Max Damske) to take the Soloist through its paces - and what we found may surprise you...

[hh]

This would be a really cool series for reverb to have random musicians of different backgrounds check out different gear. Dig it 👍

[MarkJohnsonJams]

I love how Ariel is trying to be so positive haha.

[tenkarabadger]

I so love that you gave Ariel a shredmachine. And he played it and sounded like…Ariel Posen.

[christianbaraks]

PLEASE CONTINUE THIS SERIES! ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES! I LOVE IT!

[maximmasterovoy]

I love this new perspective, I feel like it really help me decide if I like the ger because 2 polar opposite players look at the same piece

[Darota]

Love Ariel, love the format, more plz!

[darklight]

The green kicks ass....I'd love a hard tail version of this

[therewasascene]

As someone who loves both a beautiful single coil clean or edge of breakup tone AND big chonks, I greatly appreciated this video

[ARamseyGuy]

The Damske Brothers are national treasures.

[warforgedband]

FUCK YES MAX TELLIN' 'EM LIKE IT IS!

[MattyWhens]

Never thought I'd see Ariel Posen play a guitar with a Flode Royse 😂

[mr]

Awesome new wrinkle to demo videos. Love it. Also appreciate Ariel being a good sport.

[guitashamilele]

You really missed a trick not having these guys in the room at the same time though!

[realgoodmind]

Great video. Jackson is doing some good things lately. I want one of these now just for fun. Excellent choices for demo work as well.

[coolhandluke]

Am I the only one who noticed Ariel’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” shirt of art from the Original book illustration? I wouldn’t have guessed he’d be into Hunter S. Thompson.

[mars]

@3:24 Jesus....that sounds like a cheese grater tuned down to drop-K.

[ThatMusicGuyAu]

Prime example of why you don't use steel wool on frets to polish them. The magnets on the singles are loaded with fibers and could short out the coils.

[onebadkitchen]

I see Ariel Posen - I click. In this one - I see him do amazing stuff on a shred machine.

[jacksonrich]

Great comparison between the clean & distorted tones🤘🏼

[musicmademedoit]

Very interesting video. It really shows the versatility of the instrument.