SOME THINGS — the Porsche 911 GT3 comes to mind — just plain look fast. Others — like the tail of a scorpion — look obviously dangerous. Then there are those objects that exude both those qualities. In the world of guitars, one such fast and dangerous object is the new Jackson American Series Soloist SL3. Rigged with a locking nut and two dozen thick, slippery nickel rails, its speedy neck dares you to, sonically speaking, burn rubber as fast as you can up and down its ebony dragstrip of a fretboard. Meanwhile, the guitar’s menacing, backward-angled headstock is so pointy, you’d almost expect a drop of venom to be dangling from it. (Bandmates beware!)
Until September of this year, you could only get Jackson Soloists
