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A Mint Jackson Roswell Rhoads 'Shark-Fin' - 1997 Limited Edition of Just 123 Guitars.

1997 Jackson Roswell Randy Rhoads Aircraft Aluminium Guitar.

This unique Shark-Fin shaped aluminium guitar weighs 9.10 lbs. Eleven inch wide, 1 3/4 inch deep, Aircraft 6061 T-6 'fluted' hollow Aluminium body. One-piece satin-gray finish, maple neck with a nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches, scale length of 25 3/4 inches and a very fast thin profile. Matching shark-fin shaped aluminium headstock attached to neck at nut. Headstock face with "Jackson". engraved in blind. Six individual LSR locking tuners (three-per-side). Ebony fretboard with 22 medium frets and inlaid Abalone UFO 'crop-circle' position markers and white dot side markers. One Tom Holmes high-output humbucking pickup in the 'bridge' position with an output of 8.02k. The underside of the pickup is engraved "H455 Alnico ll". Aluminium pickup surround. Single volume control with Aluminium 'flying saucer' control knob. The potentiometer is stamped "R137 9730" (CTS, July 1997). Nashville ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, strings anchored to top. This rare limited edition guitar is in mint, as new (9.50) condition and is complete with the original hang-tag with serial number "RSW 106" dated "10/23/97", the original Jackson warranty card, the truss-rod adjustment tool and two case keys. Housed in the original Jackson three-latch, rectangular black hardshell case with black leather ends and black plush lining (9.25).

The Jackson Roswell Rhoads was a limited edition of 123 guitars made in 1997. It was a variation on the classic Jackson Randy Rhoads shape, with a UFO theme running through it. The name was taken from the location of a supposed alien space craft crash in the 1947, Roswell, New Mexico.

"The Roswell body shape was based upon the popular Randy Rhoads shape drawn up by the late guitarist in 1980, but the famously angular, pointy shape of the regular RR modesl was ditched in favour of a much more curvy design, which kept the basic body shape but warped the body into an asymmetrical shape as opposed to the regular offset V shape. The inlays were crop circle designs, befitting the alien/jet age theme of the guitar." (Adelaide.backpage.com).

The body is made of 6061-T6 aluminum, an aircraft-grade metal which was hand-carved and polished in the Jackson Custom Shop. The guitar featured a single hum-bucker custom made by Tom Holmes and a fixed bridge.
It also had a set maple neck with a satin grey finish, and the tuners were unusual LSR gearless type built by Bill Turner of LSR Tuners in Chino, California. The inlays are crop circle design. Despite a single hum-bucker design this guitar sounds warm and full.

"The Jackson Randy Rhoads is a model of electric guitar, originally commissioned by guitarist Randy Rhoads and produced by Jackson Guitars. Rhoads' first Jackson prototype was the white, pinstriped, asymmetrical Flying V built by Grover Jackson, Tim Wilson, and Mike Shannon of Charvel Guitars. The guitar featured a maple neck and body (neck through body), ebony fretboard, medium frets, Stratocaster style tremolo, and Seymour Duncan pickups. The prototype was the first from the Charvel works to be labeled with Jackson's name. The guitar was originally slated to be called The Original SIN, but Randy nicknamed it Concorde after the sleek, white supersonic aircraft. Randy re-designed the next prototype because he felt the shape of the 'Concorde' was not distinctive enough from the traditional Flying V. His solution was to elongate the top 'horn' of the instrument such that the body bore more resemblance to a shark's fin. The second prototype featured the revised body shape, was black with a gold pickguard, and fixed tailpiece with strings anchored in the body. The guitar featured Grover locking tuners and Seymour Duncan humbucking pickups (TB-4 bridge and a SH-2 neck). Two more prototypes were commissioned (four in total), another string through body example (later accidentally sold at NAMM) and another black and brass tremolo model with reversed shark fin inlays. Rhoads was killed in a plane crash before the second two guitars were completed, and before he could give Grover any feedback. These revised prototypes would become the first guitars sold to the public under the Jackson Guitars brand name. The ensuing popularity of the Randy Rhoads model put Jackson's name on the map." (Wikipedia).