Custom Shop Round-Horn V by Master Builder Mike Shannon Electric Guitar

Jackson began as a custom shop. In the beginning, there were no production guitars. Every Jackson guitar was a highly original high-performance custom instrument. Its a longstanding tradition of U.S.-made greatness and devotion to craft that continues to this day. The Jackson Custom Shop, the original custom shop.

In conversation, Mike Shannon is so unassuming and down to earth that you might have to remind yourself that he is in fact a legendary figure whose acclaimed guitar craft dates back to the earliest days of Jackson and Charvel. Shannon started work at Charvel in 1980 and had a major hand in designing and building many famous guitar models by Charvel and, later, Jackson. Despite having little guitar-building experience before 1980, he was already a veteran woodworker with years of experience and expertise, and he proceeded to build fine instruments for many of metal' sharpest shredders.

Shannon joined the Fender Custom Shop in 2000 as a master builder, but returned to the Charvel/Jackson fold as a senior master builder in 2003 when Fender acquired both guitar makers. He is a veteran woodworker with years of experience and expertise, and he continues to some of the most sought out instruments for many of metal' best players.