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  • I've been a Charvel/Jackson fan since the 80s and have owned, and still do, several of each. I'm sure Jackson sells enough of these and makes plenty of money from this, but every time I see one it just seems overboard to me. Too much. Like what I would have spec'd out when I was a kid. Figured tops, flashy paint jobs, figured necks, Floyd, sustainers, switches, batteries lol. These days I can afford whatever I want but I like it simple; FR and a humbucker that's it. I won't be buying this.

  • LOL Phil isn't one of my favorite players or even what I would consider a very good guitarist but I have nothing against the man. In fact many Def Leppard songs are among my favorites, and I've never heard anything but good things from people who have met or known him. I certainly wish him all the best on his success.

  • @xgemstar22x Why not post a video of your playing mate?

  • I heard his friend was drowned by a bully in grade school so he 20 years later he got the bully as a special guest at a concert and totally embarrassed him with a song about it!!!!

  • rock on phill!

  • His guitars with his specs are really not what you get when you pay out the ying yang for his artist model guitars. Look at the video. His guitars have titanium tremelos and dunlop straplocks. If you pay for that, you should get that.

  • What pc 1 is that? Some kind of limited model?

  • 1:19 ((O__o))

  • He is a bit sloppy but it works for him

  • Rock on Phil!

  • This is the first time i've seen him with a shirt on. I was really impressed with him at download on friday :D

  • Sleepy.

  • @Xyrium

    jog on ya dour face snooty nosed wanker

  • I really he would stop using metal picks. The tone is atrocious.

  • which PC-1 is that ? is it some sort of custom one-off guitar ?

  • Hey Phil, when is your PC8 coming out

  • can this sustainer works with active pickup like EMG 89 and SA? i'm thinking of replacing the bridge and mid pickup with those..

  • i tell u he's impossible 2 be better than at guitar

  • phil, i love you. and happy birthday \m/

  • possibly the most badass guitar ever made...phil collen would

  • Not to burst any bubbles here , but i know Phil Collen personally and to those of you that dont, and yes im aware some of you do.. But too those who dont he invented this guitar and mastered it, so how do any of you see sloppiness here.. It may not be classical but it defently isnt sloppy, He is self taught and never took a formal lesson in his life.. But now he has more money than most of you make in a year he makes just to wake up in a day... So dont knock him because your jealous,just learn.

  • to all the idiots who diss Phil, when you've sold as much as Hysteria alone, then I'll listen to your juvenile bullshit!

  • Wow, to say he is sloppy is somebody who has no idea who Phil really is. I like seeing him play a bit crazy like this.

  • Nice Hendrix Freedom riff... i like the sustainer... really gives a cool Hendrix type of sound.. without shaking your teeth out.

  • alguien sabe kual seria su precio en pesos mexicanos?

  • I play way better than Phil... just kidding ha,ha,ha,ha!!!

  • where can I find this guitar for sale? exactly this color?

  • See sloppy is a playing style. Done of the best used this style. However, a lot of distortion hides mistakes. Not to say that that's bad. But it can be a turn off to many other guitarist. But still I love the sloppy style.

  • @lespaul2090 Sloppy is indeed a style.. steve clark played sloppy and it rocked

  • ah he played a jimi hendrix song at 1:32

  • He's really rough on those switches.

  • Those are some pretty hot pickups though...I really like the way that Jackson followed through with the charvel/Kramer style electronics...by that I mean the mini toggles for a boost/coil tap.

  • hes quite sloppy

  • @YonOtto Yeah, but that's part of the style.

  • @Metallideth1993 u fuckin shittin me..... playing sloppily is part of a style.... yeah awesome lets not hit lots of notes!!!

  • @Rg1527 Have you ever heard Heartbreaker by Zep? Sloppiest playing you'll ever hear on a recording, and nobody ever complains about Jimmy Page, and rightfully so, he's awesome.

  • @Metallideth1993 Im not taking a shot at the guy i just think its ignorant to say that sloppy playing is part of a style. fact of the matter is alot of the great recordings (hendrix/page/young) had sloppy playing because the guitarists themselves didnt have the technical ability to play it clean

  • can anyone tell me what amps are in the bacground? (not that I could afford one!)

  • @inyourdreamsladdie fenders i think

  • they`re not fenders!

  • @inyourdreamsladdie they are fenders. thats all phil uses along with marshall jmp1 pre-amps and randall power amps.

  • that thing with the whammy bar around 1:17 is fucking insane! What an underrated player

  • 1:17 Awesome lick !!

  • That is just ridiculous...There is playing guitar and then there is playing guitar..

  • 2:01 aaaaaaaaaaaargggg don't try that at home!

  • He does that move a LOT, With a light weight guitar (which I'm 99% sure that the PC1 is a light weight) and a floyd rose w/ nutlock

    Have fun!

  • @LegoBen its not too lightweight, just under a les paul in weight which prolly has something do with the mahogany and the beastly thick neck they put on pc1's.

  • my brain turned into shit

    hes so good

  • wanna have wanna have wanna have!!!

  • i luvd it when he starts to play hendrix's Freedom

  • how does that second switch make it go to feedback like that?

  • it's not feedback, it's harmonics

  • It Increases The Intensity

  • @savagesnephew it makes the sound of the note go louder and the pickups can take more from the speaker and eventually turning it into a harmonic

  • more than care the fuck about you

  • ...

  • @MurderSoul216

    Well YOU are watching a video of him, so I guess you do.

  • No, I was just browsing Jackson's videos.

  • @MurderSoul216

    You didn't notice Phil Collen in the video title but took the time to comment?

  • :palmface:

  • shut the fuck up!

    He's such a good player.

    If you don't like his work, don't watch and comment on his videos. ¬¬

  • Me ;)

  • If you had any sense,you wouldn't speak this way about someone you know nothing about ! Show some respect !! What have you done with your life ? Have a nice day.

  • Btw, the correct term is *facepalm* ¬¬ Face it, you're unwelcome in the territory of Phil Collen :)

  • great guitar player, but man that guitar is so badass!

  • I am going to get i just dont know what color. Its sounds like the truest stratopaul tone ever. AMERICAN MADE Word to the wise only brits americans and japanese will get the better quality axes. from an entire year of watching youtube, people in italy really get fucked over.

  • about $2500

  • 2:24 man sounds like some Jake E. Lee \m/ \m/ Love Phil, he totally knows the jam man. Totally respect his musicianship.

  • what color is that?

  • probably one he had made or a prototype.

  • Obviously Phil has plenty of chops and could have gone "Shred Head" had he wished. I own a PC-3, which is MIJ, licensed Floyd, no Sustaniac, but was about 1/3 the price !

  • I need that guitar

  • AMAZING!!!

  • right so death metal is great.....and no other music is manly

    fail

  • Luuulz, nobody said Death is the only manly music, dont assume.

  • Whats crazy is that Phil has that much control over his guitar with 13-56's in std. D. Cool guy too. Glad I got to hang out with him and play his guitars.

  • I read good to very good things about Dimarzio Super 3. But I hardly seen any quality vids on it. Whats the deal?

  • and one last thing i couldnt fit in...

    1. dude your not as good as phil collen. his techniques are still bein used by tons of guitarists...face the damn facts...

    and other guy...

    2. honestly you are acting closed minded, dont call it realistic just close minded. there is no way the kid is as good as phil collen. but there is good music now. everything isnt death metal and rap....if you think so, then your close minded.

  • why is EVERYONE so FUCKING OPINIONATED!!!! you ALL, yes EVERY FUCKING ONE of you that is arguing right now is forcing your opinion on the other. im tired of it. if you dont like def leppard, THEN STAY YHE FUCK AWAY FROM THEM. If you do congrats, they're a good band. EVERYTHING from TODAYS MUSIC IS NOT SHIT!!! THERE IS GOOD MUSIC. YOU JUST HAVE TO LISTEN HARD ENOUGH......and last but not least, BE A FUCKING ADULT AND QUIT BASHING KIDS. damn...people today.

  • Not close minded dude, just realistic. If you like death metal, fine. It's just not my thing. However, when you start trying to talk like you are better than Phil Collen, that is where I will disagree with you. Maybe you don't care for the style of music Def Leppard plays and that's fine. But don't try for a second to diminish his skills as a guitarist because of it.

    BTW... you aren't tolerant of ALL music. Your statement earlier when you said "glam fag" pretty much said it all.

  • @Jacksonpc1 dont listen to ignorant people dude, every guitar player has their own style and talking shit about one of them cause its different than the style you like is straight up ignorance.

  • @Jacksonpc1 He has poor tremolo picking skills. Both his hands aren't matched speed wise. He does the same scale run all the time. A good guitar player from that era would be Warren Demartini.  He's OK at what he does but he pretty much sounds like a 13 year old on a saturday at Guitar Center. Plus Def Lep went to shit when Steve Clark died and Clark was the muscle.

  • @NiggerAnus

    LMFAO!!! A 13 year old at Guitar Center? Really? I love how guys like you come on here and say this player and that player aren't very good. I have no doubt Phil could outplay all of you missing his right hand and three fingers from his fret hand. If you guys are so good where is YOUR BAND??? Lets see some videos of your playing.

  • @Jacksonpc1 Stop getting butthurt Phil you just fucking suck brah! ^_^ you need to sit down with a metronome and learn some new scales.

  • @NiggerAnus

    Man the cocaine has clearly messed up your thinking. Why don't you post a video of yourself shredding on the guitar so myself and the others can critique it. I love how people bash players like Phil but don't have any of their own work posted for others to take a look at. Post a video of yourself shredding or shut up.

  • @Jacksonpc1 exactly!! Phil is th reason i even PLAY guitar... from the early Def Lep hard rock stuff even to the album they put out Def Leppard has ALWAYS been my favorite band and Phil has always been the guitar player i've aspired to be.. definitly an awesome underrated guitar player (obviously... get a load of these assholes who don't know shit) hahaha... saludos desde Argentina

  • @sblopez08 yeah

  • 5. Age does have something to do with it. You don't play guitar like Collen for 40 years and suck. Do you honestly think you are a better OVERALL player than Collen??

    6. Death metal is what it is. A bunch of no talent hacks who had to find a calling somewhere. You will learn someday when you get a bit older. It's just a phase you are going through. ;)

  • 1. He does but there is more to being technically sound than palm muting.

    2. Again, just because something is heavy does not mean it's good. Just remember that.

    3. Yeah ok. LMAO. Collen could play better than you with 5 broken strings on his guitar. Get serious now.

    4. They are garbage. They don't know how to play their instruments. They learn a few chords and think they are Randy Rhoads. They won't last. Just wait and see.

  • Palm muting and drop D tuning is NOT technical playing. Face it kid, you are totally wrong here.

    Hmmm. So Def Leppard is glam now??? When did this happen? You should listen to some Def Leppard. Being your age, you have no idea what "good" music is. EVERYTHING from today is garbage.

  • @Jacksonpc1 Actually it's not his age, i'm 15 and i love Def Leppard and hate today's shit, i think the one who says glam fag is a total dumbass, i couldn't agree with you more, Collen could play better than him with broken fingers!

  • And you are a speed metal freak but what's your point. You are nowhere near as good as Phil. You are sixteen. Phil has been playing for more than twice as long as you've been alive.

  • how much is it?

  • sustain? He stops it before it gets a chance to stay up long enough, My other jackson has more sustain without a sustainer!!

  • its kind of hard to sustain a guitar when its turned down really low

  • How come he doesnt play like that in his pussy glam band

  • @toxikfan6 He does, let see you do 1/8 of the shit that band has accomplished...

  • He probably plays better than you.

  • Wanna Bet?

  • Yeh sure. y not?

  • Well let's see. Phil Collen plays in one of the biggest bands the world has ever seen and you spend your days posting comments on youtube. Yes, I will bet that Phil is just a wee bit better at guitar then you are.

  • Lmfao! so a guitar players skill is judged by his bands popularity?! hahahahaso i take it that if your logic is correct then the Jonas Brothers have some fucking sick guitar playing dont they? you sir fail.

  • No you idiot. What I was saying that Phil Collen is playing music in a band. While the person who commented and thinks he is better than Phil is making comments on youtube. I'm fairly confident that you won't find many professional guitarists commenting on youtube videos. Try and keep up!!!

  • You have to be brain dead to think that you are even have as skilled as Phil Collen. Power chords, drop d tuning and palm muting does not make a great guitarist. I'll give you credit though. I watched some of your vids and you are good but still, Phil is in another league.

  • His guitar has a licensed floyd rose whammy not the actual is this true? I saw one at a shop with a licenced Floyd. Nice Axe

  • Phil's PC-1's come with Floyd Rose Original double-locking 2-Point Tremolo. The one you saw at the shop must have been modified. I'm not sure why anyone would want to swap out an original Floyd for a licensed one though. lol

  • there's always a dumbass.

  • What makes me a dumbass?

  • don't you hate it how people call you shit liek that and don't sya why?

  • Phil Collen is a total badass!!!

  • phil collen rock!!! i'm a huge fan ;)

  • i have never seen a video of it but i have seen pictures of a what they say is a prototype pc1... its green and has a unique floyd rose design which requires no tunning pegs on the headstock... its so sick... if i find a good picture ill post it

  • love his works in def leppard ..

  • how come the headstock is flipped unlike the one you can buy?

  • I guess coz that is his own personal copy. But that's just a guess. It could be released in the future, but I'm no genius.

  • maybe its a prototype guitar or something like that.. in my opinion the one you can buy looks better because of the normal headstock

  • the model you can buy will never be like his guitar...woods...hardware...:(­...

  • Well the first switch is more of a Subtle Sustainer switch the second one Opens it up and makes the pickup Hum harder lol. Badass guitar dude.

  • Phill Collen is awesome!!!!

  • He was just screwing around. He is an absolute technician when it comes to playing the guitar. One of the best around, yet very under appreciated.

    Kind of ironic you say Phil is sloppy when you have videos from Head & Munky (lol) and others listed as your favorites.

  • I agree 100%. I've seen sloppy and Phil is about as far from sloppy as it gets.

  • mmm I like sloppy

  • very hendrix-y

    I think he was playing "Freedom" at 1:32

  • yep the opening lick

  • are those fender super sonic amps in the back?

  • phil collen. wot a leg-end. i use jackson guitars. love that sustainer. always wondered where you got that sustain from. didnt think for a sec that it was aualy the axe tho

  • what is that effect called?

    1:20 - 1:25

    I Really Like that. i lvoe Doing Pinch harmonics too... But This Is REALLY Cool!

  • He is just dive bombing a note and on the pitch up touching a natural harmonic to give to that chime like squeal. Fun little trick to use in your playing.

  • Actually I think since he is using the sustainer in a particular setting on his guitar it pulls those natural harmonics out of any not he plays. Look here: 0:54

    The way you're talking about sounds like the way most people do it with standard style pickup configurations, made most famous by Dimebag, sounds different too. A setup like Phil's here would make adding effects like that SUPER easy.

  • true after listening a little more carefully I think the note just starts to squeal from the sustainer like it kicks into overdrive or something.true true

  • Phil is such a great guitar player!! Whew...Phil you are to good to me.

  • For some reason, it's odd to see a British guy able to play this cool stylish shred stuff.

  • that is a killer guitar!

    jcfonline sucks though!

  • Phill you are a legend!

  • Holy shit this thing would be a beast for a good legato player.

  • That sustainer is pretty cool, but I bet It works reverse for sweep picking

  • horrible for sweep picking. Not to be used for sharp attacks such as sweeping.

  • unreal.

  • fernandes sustainer kit ( fsk 401) single

    Fsk 101 ( humbucker )

  • it doent matter wat pickup u have u just need the sustainer

  • i want this guitar but i want it with non reverse head stock.

  • I don't know how old this video is, but the new ones have the standard strat headstock for 2008 and 09.

  • holy shit i need i need i need

  • i want

  • what is the name of that pickup? I would like to buy one after I get my DK2L...

  • Check Fernandes sustainer kit - fsk 401

    or fsk 101...depending on what cavity you have to fill...

    Cheers!

  • The bridge pickup is a Dimarzio Super 3 and the Jackson sustainer is in the neck position. It's the only model by Jackson that it's offered on, unless you custom shop order one with it installed.

  • Hi Phil, you are amazing, you read my mind I was thinking why doesn't def leppard have a contest and win guitar lessons from Phil. I want a Jackson pc 1 there is no target in Nova Scotia must be U.S.A. I might order it online. I hope to see Def Leppard In Nova Scotia Canada. Love Janie

  • I love the Gmp's and their pickups, if i could get my mitts on any...

  • is that ash solid body and maple neck?

    dont say balsa, or bass LOL

  • then i want one with a custom neck of the same specs of a SRV Strat... is it possible?

    man those pickups dont sound as hot as when i listened to phil play...???

  • sorry phil colen but thats not the same pick ups that are in your pc 1.....

  • Actually, they are. The only things Custom about what he's playing is the reversed headstock that we no longer use and the body wood.

  • very cool, very rock

  • Wow....that's awesome!!!!! Amazing!!!

  • Cool!

  • oh yeah! amazing!! Phil Rocks!

  • wow..that's all u need to say...

    FRICKIN SUH-WEET

  • This guy has got some of the most awesome loooking jacksons..

  • wow didn't know he's that good at tremolo picking

  • you can see he is influenced by Jimi Hendrix that was some of the riffs he was playing & I have that guitar

  • What finish did you get

  • i dont understand why phil would style his jackson like a fender its just awfull looking his orginal looks so much better

  • Kerry KIng also has a sustainer

  • Sorry sport but I have to say you are wrong. Not many people are as good as Phil. Just because he doesn't play the most difficult runs with DL, does not mean he is not a superb guitarist. He's one of the most underrated guitarists for sure.

  • hell yeah that's what i've been saying. phil's WAY under rated. as both a player and a singer

  • He has feeling, he has thouch... things that are not so easy to understand.

  • but when u say better, you mean faster.....you prob think that speed is everything which it isnt....he made half of the def leppard stuff....def leppard guitar parts are not as fast as metallica or evh, but his playing is definately a lot more creative...

  • Your and idiot "sportsportsport". Speed isn't everything. Phil is one of the best. And to me he has to be in the top 5 guitarist out there right now. He is awesome.

  • thing is he is fast; watch that for a start^ and miss you in a heartbeat his solo is really quick considering its acoustic. not that that matters, his solos are great, his riffs are awesome and hes a better writer then any of the guitar newbs. 5th of all time, with steve