The man who designed the Kelly Jackson Electric Guitar was Bradford Kelly - the guitarist from the Australian heavy metal group, Heaven. He designed the Jackson Kelly guitar for US guitar makers Jackson.
The Kelly guitar produces a unique tone and sustain because of its distinctive body shape. The neck is very slim, probably the slimmest of all the guitars Jackson makes, and the neck is also outward. This enables the player of the guitar to be able to play high up the neck.
This fast neck makes the Kelly easy to play with more difficult cords. Marty Friedman from Megadeth and Adam Darski from Behemoth have all played the Kelly guitar. This guitar keeps with what Jackson is famous and popular for - guitars made for heavy rock and metal guitarists with great looking and stylish shapes and designs.
Bradford Kelly died in 2004 but his name will last for many years with the Kelly Guitar being a very popular Jackson model. For a little bit of trivia, it is rumored that Bradford Kelly never received any money for his design of the Kelly guitar. Then again, as a passionate heavy metal guitarist, he may never of even asked for any.
Most guitars that are used in a heavy metal band needs to be robust enough to absorb all the knocks that it takes from being thrown about and played very hard. As with all the guitars made by Jackson, the Kelly Jackson guitar is constructed so that it can be thrown about and never be out of tune.
You could play this guitar live with out a back up, no problem. The sound is, or course, excellent. This guitar is highly recommended to real rock stars and the heavy metal fanatics.
This guitar is grand. If you play metal and are looking for a low priced guitar to go well with your fashion this is just right for you. According to the site, “A Jackson guitar is meant to be played, and played hard. Each of our endorsers and players choose Jackson because they know we build our instruments just how they want them. Our instruments are built to handle hard lives on the road, and are ready to take whatever our players will throw at them — that’s just the way it is, and we won’t have it any other way. ”