Jackson KE5FR Kelly Review

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Jackson KE5FR Kelly has been rated by 4 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.5

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Features 4.75

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Quality 2.37

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Reliability / Value 5

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Jackson KE5FR Kelly Specs

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  • Body Shape: Star  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Wood: Alder  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Neck Shape: Standard  
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  • Neck Joint: Neck-through  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: Compound 12"-16"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: MOTO Shark Fin  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Locking Nut: Yes  
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  • Tuners: Die-cast  
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  • Bridge: Floyd Rose  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan JB TB4 humbucking pickup Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan Jazz SH2N humbucking pickup Pickup switching (3-position blade): position 1. Bridge pickup position 2. Bridge and neck pickups position 3. Neck pickup

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Few guitars can match what Jackson's KE5FR Kelly offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for KE5FR Kelly, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

Jackson has put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right features for KE5FR Kelly and tuning them right, and that just made a lot of musicians happy, causing them to award this instrument with the highest grades. Features of KE5FR Kelly are brilliant and Jackson should be proud of themselves for producing such a beautiful instrument with which you will also be happy, whether you decide to go for it.

KE5FR Kelly is a professionally built guitar that is extremely easy to set up. Action is great, and easy to tweak. The finish is traditionally great, a main characteristic of nearly every Jackson guitar model. This is an instrument that has both beauty and endurance. Fit with the best hardware, this guitar will provide you with joyful years of playing experience.

KE5FR Kelly is a reliable guitar that will go to hell and back with you, and would want to do it again. It's a magnificent instrument that is reliable on stage as it is in studio. It will stand the beating and still would not lose its charm and ability to perform. Jackson did make the instrument that should be considered the most reliable in its class!