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Jackson launches feature-packed, Mexican made Super Strat for Phil Collen

September 24

The partnership between Jackson and Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen has been running for almost 40 years, and their latest collaboration is the release of the pre-relic’d Pro Series PC1-E signature…

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