Jackson Guitars was actually originally owned by the
Charvel guitar company, but after becoming popular, became its own entity. Recently, the
Fender guitar company acquired the Jackson brand, hoping to use it as their 'cheap' guitars, using inferior parts, much to the dismay of many metal artists. (Personally, I am not much of a Fender fan.)
The most common Jackson guitar is the
Dinky, which comes in several different styles, the most well-known being the Dinky
DKMG and the
JS-1 (The JS-1 is more or less the budget version of the DKMG). Also very popular guitars from Jackson, was the
Rhoads, mentioned above, and the
Kelly, also mentioned above.
Personally, I love playing my Jackson, but if you were to buy one, I'd seriously recommend buying a
used guitar, that was manufactured
before the
Fender buyout, as they are of much better quality.
Side Note
Charvel is the brand of guitar that
Eddie Van Halen used early on in his career, before switching to
Peavey.
Recently, Charvel has crawled back out of the woodwork and has released a
reissue of the original EVH guitar.