Grover Jackson, the founder of Jackson Guitars, left the company in late 1989. Despite this, the Warrior design was being created by Mikey Wright - a R&D designer with an innovative guitar body model that would take the Jackson lineup to unimagined heights and astonish the guitar population with a design that drastically departed from Jackson's entrenched "superstrat."

The first Jackson Warrior rolled off the production line in 1990 only to be discontinued a year later. With no less than 5 pointy appendages (four on the body, one at the headstock) the Warrior was amply named. The design has been called aggressive and obnoxious.

Two versions were produced in 1990. The Warrior was made in the USA and the Warrior Pro was made in Japan. Both versions were the same, except that the Pro was made in a foreign country.

Jackson offered the following paint colors on the Pro models: Snow White Pearl, Ferrari Red, Pearl Yellow, Candy Blue and Midnight Black. The plain Warrior had even more colors available: Pearl Yellow, Fire Crackle, Snow White, Metallic Electric Blue, Metallic Black, Candy Red, Tie Die, Eerie Dess Swirl, Ferrari Red, Pearl White and Midnight Black.

Ten years after the last Warrior was made, Jackson decided to release a new version of the guitar in 2001. They currently retail for around $1,200.

The overseas made Warrior retail for about $400 and are simple bolt on models with a wide range of pickups. The USA made Warrior is more expensive, reflecting the Duncan pickups, Floyd Rose tremolos and other superior qualities. The US model however, doesn't have the active circuitry, slanted fingerboard and pickup as the previous models did.

These new Warrior are of excellent quality. Even though there has been some small changes to the original design, the US models are competitive with the original Warrior models.