Epiphone has partnered with rock legend Joan Jett on a brand new model of her signature Olympic Particular.

Touchdown in time for the forty fifth anniversary celebrations of her first two albums with the Blackhearts, Unhealthy Fame (1980) and I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll (1981), the guitar encompasses a no-frills design based mostly on Jett’s authentic Gibson Melody Maker.

By way of specs, the no-nonsense guitar encompasses a light-weight, asymmetrical double-cut mahogany physique with a glued-in mahogany neck with an Olympic Particular profile, and rosewood fingerboard with a 12” radius, 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays.

That is accomplished by a headstock retaining the “unmistakable” silhouette of the Olympic Particular, fitted with die-cast tuners and a Graph tech nut for rock-solid tuning stability. The headstock additionally encompasses a gold recreation of Jett’s signature on the again for a ending visible contact on an in any other case “performance-focused instrument”.

The guitar continues its streamlined method in its electronics, with a single PowerHammer ProBucker pickup and single quantity knob with a rubber grip and an on/off toggle change. It’s an “deliberately streamlined management structure for a easy philosophy: take away the distractions and let the participant take management. One pickup. One knob. One mission. Pure rock”.

“Joan Jett has by no means adopted the gang, and her selection of guitar isn’t any exception,” says Epiphone. “By her music, activism, and uncompromising presence, Joan continues to affect and affect new generations, and the Epiphone Joan Jett Olympic Particular channels that very same daring spirit right into a lean, stage-ready rock ’n’ roll instrument. 

“Completed with a pointy, understated look and constructed round a simple structure, its lone humbucker pickup delivers unapologetically highly effective tone. This can be a guitar outlined by perspective and focus – nothing extra, nothing much less. It’s made for gamers who wish to plug in, crank it up, and be heard, similar to Joan.”

The Joan Jett Olympic Particular is completed in a traditional Classic Sunburst, and ships with a customized premium gig bag and artist sticker set.

Value-wise, the guitar clocks in at £599. Study extra at Epiphone.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music expertise and manufacturing at college, and in addition written for the likes of Guitar World, Whole Guitar, Metallic Hammer and MusicRadar.