Notable Users
Vinnie Vincent, formerly of Kiss, was the first professional guitarist to be offered an early Rhoads guitar by Jackson after Rhoads' death, which Vincent used on the Kiss Creatures of the Night and Lick It Up tours from 1982 until 1984. Following Vincent's departure from Kiss, he modified the Rhoads V design by adding a second V at a slight rotation to the first such that it mimics a shadow. Jackson made at least 3 of these Vincent modified Rhoads Vs from 1985 to 1988 for Vincent, and about 25 others were custom ordered and sold. The design would later be copied by Carvin, Ibanez and Washburn Guitars, all for Vinnie Vincent.
In 2001, guitarists Alexi Laiho and Roope Latvala (of Children of Bodom and Sinergy) had their own custom Randy Rhoads, which featured alder bodies, neck-thru construction, 24 frets, ebony fretboard, white binding, an gold hardware including an OFR. The electronics were the Jackson J-50BC pickup with JE-1000 preamp. The model was called the Jackson Randy Rhoads L/L (L/L for Latvala/Laiho). There were several different finishes, notably Laiho's which was black w/yellow bevels and gold hardware, and Latvala's main Rhoads was black with inverted cross inlays. You can see them playing these guitars in some of their earlier videos during their stint with Sinergy (Alexi & Roope), Stone (Roope), and in the Children of Bodom video(s): Everytime I Die, Deadnight Warrior and in Laiho's old Young Guitar videos during the Follow the Reaper and Hate Crew Death Roll era(s). Jackson released a limited amount of Jackson rr24 in the popular black with yellow bevels finish, but, was discontinued after a short time.
Other noted users include:
- Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) and (Quiet Riot)
- Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.) - Early adopter, Alexi Laiho's model and the RR24 were based on his own custom, single pickup design.
- Marty Friedman (Megadeth) - more commonly associated with Jackson's Kelly model
- Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
- Phil Demmel (Machine Head)
- Matthew Tuck (Bullet for My Valentine)
- Mille Petrozza (Kreator)
- Corey Beaulieu (Trivium)
- Matt Drake (Evile)
- Galder (Old Man's Child and Dimmu Borgir)
- Silenoz (Dimmu Borgir)
- Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
- Roope Latvala (Children of Bodom and Stone)
- Phil Campbell (Motörhead)
- Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
- Dan Spitz (Anthrax)
- Enrik Garcia (Dark Moor)
- Kevin Bond (Superjoint Ritual)
- Sam Totman (Dragonforce)
- Daron Malakian (System of a Down) - used only in the studio
- Swad Akram (Abhijukto)
- Mikael Akerfeldt and Peter Lindgren (Opeth) - used on Orchid, Morningrise, and My Arms, Your Hearse
- Samoth (Emperor and Zyklon)
- Kristian Ranta (Norther)
- Hamish Glencross (My Dying Bride)
- Pat O'Brien (Cannibal Corpse)
- Jason Gobel (Cynic)
- Oscar Dronjak (HammerFall)
- Matt Bellamy (Muse) - used for one show to play Stockholm Syndrome before throwing it into the crowd
- Michael Sweet (Stryper)
- Andreas Kisser (Sepultura)
- Ashmedi (Melechesh)
- Christian Muenzner (Obscura)
- Robbin Crosby (Ratt)
- Christian Andreu (Gojira)
- Mark Morton (Lamb Of God)
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