In 2008 Paradise Guitars worked with Becker to design a Jason Becker signature guitar

This month we’re looking at the legendary shred guitarist Jason Becker. Hailing from Richmond, California, Becker began playing guitar at the age of five, inspired by his father Jason Becker Guitars  and uncle, who both played guitar. Becker began by learning Bob Dylan songs on his acoustic and performing them for his friends at school. Soon he moved to electric guitar and after watching The Last Waltz, he began learning Eric Clapton solos note-for-note. It wasn’t long before Becker was diving into Van Halen, Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen—and even Bach and Mozart.

Active electronics are standard Jason Becker Guitars , which consists of master volume, tone, and active cut/boost for bass & treble, and phase switching in addition to the dual-to-single coil switching for each pickup. You can also order the Seymour Duncan Jason Becker Signature Perpetual Burn bridge pickup as a factory-installed option. The Perpetual Burn humbucker is built using an Alnico 5 bar magnet, with a hotter-than-vintage wind to produce the tone, clarity and punch that Jason was looking for. Although designed with the shredder in mind, the passive Perpetual Burn is versatile enough for rock, blues, even jazz.