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Megadeth_junkie, on may 11, 2004 8 of 8 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 466.1
Purchased from: Long and McQuade
Features: I have no clue when this amazing guitar was made, but whenever it was made, it looked brand spankin' new when I picked it up. It was made in japan. It has 24 jumbo frets, which all of those who love soloing will use to bits! It has a only 2 knobs, a volume and tone adjustment knob. The bridge pickup is a "Duncan Designed HB-103B Humbucker" and the neck pickup is a "Duncan Designed HB-102N Humbucker". The fingerboard is made of rosewood, the neck is bolt on rock maple and the body is alder with flame maple veneer on transparent colors. The Body stle is that of a pointy Flying V, which i personally love. The bridge style is tune-o-matic. // 10
Sound: This guitar fits my music style perfectly! Since I mainly play Heavy metal/thrash metal/speed metal, it works perfectly and looks good doing it. Since i enjoy playing alot of Megadeth songs, its does a beautiful job of recreating Dave Mustaines tones and sounds. The amp affects i use are just normal, because i own a "BOSS metal zone pedal" it sounds even better. This guitar was made to give you all sorts of sounds, of course the main focus is clearly soloing, evident by the 24 frets and sleek sharp look. It gives me bright sounds due to the small gauge strings (.09s), and when palm muting i get the most lovely beefy sound i could hope for. I love every little detail of this guitar. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up perfectly in the factory and was ready for action the moment i bought it. the pickups we're set pretty well, I raised the bridge pickup because of personal preference. The guitar contained only 1 flaw, the volume knob is a bit wobbly, but thats nothing serious, it stays on tight and does its job perfectly none the less. // 10
Reliability & Durability: Everything on this guitar was built to last, it would most definetly withstand live play. Would Megadeth have used them if they didn't? The finish is stayin where it is and isnt going anywhere anytime soon. the strap buttons are most likely never gonna fall of by themselves i'd have to rip them off. I beleive that this guitar couldnt possibly let me down and therefore i would need no backup, but just for variety i'd have a few more backstage. // 10
Impression: I play mainly Heavy/Thrash/Speed metal and it suits those styles perfectly!. i've been playing for about 2 years now and i own an Ibanez bass and a Marshall 100watt amp. If this guitar was lost of stolen I would most definetly without a doubt buy another one, but not before i tracked down the person or persons who stole it and beat them quite violently..heheh. I love everything about this guitar and hate nothing... well cept the jack in location, makes sitting awkward but you get used to it and it becomes un noticible.I chose this guitar cause i had seen megadeth using them so i knew they were quality gutiars, and i jsut loved the look. I would highly recomed this guitar to both veteran players and new comers alike because of the size of the neck, it makes navigating the fretboard much easier. // 10
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Mega Deaf, on may 30, 2005 4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Guitar Center
Features: This guitar has an alder body, 2 Duncan desighned humbucker, a rock maple neck with rose wood fret board and shark fin inlays on the fingerboard, 24 jumbo frets, string thru body, and chrome hardware. This excellent guitar was made in Japan. I love the V style body, I just always loved how they looked. // 10
Sound: This guitar is just amazing. I play metal for the most part and it's perfect for it. I play through a Line 6 Spider II and I get the exact tone I want. The bridge pickup has a great chunky sound and is perfect for old school thrash to newer types of metal, also great for rock playing. The neck sounds terrible when distorted (but I never use it anyways except for clean) but it has a great tone when playing clean/acoustic stuff. I also like to play blues from time to time and this guitar gets it done. It's a very versitile guitar. And if you play lead, you'll get a great lead tone with this guitar, but be warned, its hard to reach beyond the high E and B strings past the 18th fet due to the V style body. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: Everything about this guitar was set up right for the most part. But the volume know is very lose, as mentioned in the reveiw above, it wont move while you play, but if you pull up at it, it nearly comes all the way off. Also I don't like the jack position, makes sitting and playing akward, but I prefer standing. The pickups are niceley set, and dont really move. Overall, the positives greatly overweigh the negatives. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I've accidently hit this guitar on things many time, especially the headstock, and that finish is staying. Not even the slightest dent or scratch has been made yet. The strap buttons are perfectly on it. I could definently go onsatge w/o a backup, this guitar would easily withsatnd live play. // 10
Impression: Like I said I play metal for the most part, and this guitar is a match made in heaven, or hell perhaps. I've been playing for about 2 years now, and this is my first and only electric guitar. But many of my freinds are guitarist and I've played tons of their guitars, and this one has always been my favorite. I really don't hate anything. At first I thought it was neck heavy, but now I'm very comfortable with it. If it were lost or stolen I would prbably buy another. // 10
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Abyssal, on september 25, 2005 3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 395
Purchased from: Music Stop
Features: It was made in Japan, Hence the made in Japan sticker behind the neck. And has 24 jumbo frets, with a thin neck, good for shredding. The neck is a bolt on rock maple and rosewood fretboard. With shark fin frets, awesomeness. The body is alder, but for transparent makes, it has flame maple veneer. With a sold black finish. The body style, duh V. It has a Tune-O-Matic bridge with string through body, which I'm very fond of, and Duncan Designed HB-103B humbucking pickup, and Duncan Designed HB-102N humbucking pickup. It has 1 volume and 1 tone, with a 3-way Switch toggle. With Jackson tuners. It also came with a padded gig bag. // 10
Sound: It suits my music style fine. Which is heavy metal, thrash, etc. I'm currently using a Peavey 26 watt backstage, with a Boss MT-2. I can get it to sound just like a Marshall 30 watt. It's never noisey, unless theres a lot of electronics close to the amp. It has the best sound I ever heard from a guitar. The pickups make the whole difference. Well you can play almost anything on any kind of guitar. But this ones suited for hard rock, or metal. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was set up perfectly when I got it. I didn't have to adjust anything, except the neck pickup, which had a bit of a hum to it. but its fixed. Nothing is damaged, or flawed, only small stuff you'd expect would happen after time, and after being in a gig bag for awhile. If there were any loose controls, it'd be fixable anyways. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I only had ti for a little while now. But I can tell that it could withstand anything I could throw its way. The hardware seems invulnerable to anything. I won't even need to buy straplocks, because the planetwave strap fits tightly in place of the Jackson strap buttons. I'd use it without a back up. Even though I have another guitar. The finish so far looks unscratched, but after awhile, any guitar would get scratched somehow with playing it frequently. // 10
Impression: I play metal, thrash etc. This is a perfect math. I've been playing for a year or so and I got all the basics down. There's nothing that I couldve wished to ask before buying this, because I've already tried my friends V. If it was stolen, I'd find the guy, or girl who did it. Rip it from their hands, and stab them frequently with the pointy end of the guitar. I compared it to a moser custom v, and a bc rich KKV, I chose this because of its quality. There's only one thing anybody would wish to put on this, floyd rose or EMGs. // 10
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Corpsegrinder7, on november 04, 2008 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Sound Control (before they went bankrupt)
Features: The guitar I got was made in 2006 with a 25.5" scale neck and 24 XJ frets. The neck is paper thin and very fast. The neck is made of mahogany and has a rosewood fingerboard. A bolt on construction as well as a basswood body to keep the guitar nice and cheap with a very boring black finish that chips very easily but at least the chips ad character to your guitar. It has quite possibly the worst Licensed Floyd Rose you should ever come across which is meant to be "low profile" but I find the fine tuners still get in the way. Duncan Designed pick ups I didn't care enough to check what they where exactly I'm sure another review will have. Not much other to say except for the guitar looks absolutely amazing. // 6
Sound: I play thrash metal which is why I bought this guitar (I'm a Megadeth fan boy). It sounds raw as hell. Fairly high output however unless playing clean the neck pick up is absolutely atrocious, do not ever use it. So that's right ladies and gents, it's yet another guitar with a neck pick up for show. Lead and rhythm on the bridge, trust me don't even experiment. However I did mention the neck on clean and it does sound nice with just a touch of reverb. One thing I must add though, I use noiseless cables and this guitar still gives horrible feed back when not being played which brings down my overall rating in the sound area. // 5
Action, Fit & Finish: The locking nut is an abomination. The alon key screws that hold the locking nut in place ware down really easily I've even tried using alon keys made out of softer metal but it just doesn't work. The floyd goes out of tune with every dive, sometimes only one string, sometimes them all. I'm not really fussy when it comes to string action etc. as long as its not outrageously high. // 7
Reliability & Durability: Now this is where this guitar shines. Though it's floyd may well not be usable Live and it's finish is very easy to wear away, this guitar takes a good beating. I never play with a back up because I don't use the trem and I know this guitar will get me through the night rather easily and with such great looks as well. The fine tuners on the floyd get in the way a little when picking at great speed ( I pick close to the bridge when speed picking because that creates less tension) but other than that this guitar takes a beating which is important in thrash. // 9
Impression: This matches the style of music (Thrash) very well in terms of sound and durability. I wish I'd asked about the trem before buying but too little to late I suppose. If it were stolen or lost I wouldn't buy this but the ESP equivalent because for the same price they give you a fixed bridge instead of this Licensed Floyd Rose nonsense and pick ups that are far better voiced than these. I love the look and feel of the guitar, the sound is mediocre and I hate the trem. I wish it had a better trem and better voiced pick-ups but for now playing my small time gigs and jamming in my room they will do. // 8
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pullasorsa, on january 22, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: € 444
Purchased from: Thomann
Features: It is produced 2008, and it's made in Japan. 24 frets, bolt-on maple neck and basswood body. Floyd Rose licenced tremolo and chrome hardware. Passive electronics, volume, - tone controls and 3-way selector. Only tools included. Duncan desinged humbucking pickups. // 8
Sound: It fits perfecly with my music style, which is kind of harder rock and heavy, cause it is flying-V kind of guitar. I'm using Ibanez Tube Screamer, (and sometimes Tech 21 gt2) and Boss compressor sustainer with it, and it sounds just great! Sound is bright, if you play with higher action. Well you can make pretty nice sounds with it but I prefer HardTail guitars. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: Well action was pretty low and pickups were good enough. Tone control was off but I found it from the bottom of the box, and volume control is getting slack. The selector was kind of upside down, and when I turned it, I looked inside of the guitar... and you can think what I saw... It was a quite mess. // 7
Reliability & Durability: Like all V-style guitars, it's difficult to play on sit, cause the cable input is in very bad place. But on stand it is just perfect. With random maintenence I think hardware will last long time. Finish is good and I think it will tolerate lots of playing. Well I would depend on it and I'm going to use it on gigs in the future. // 9
Impression: I play lot of heavy and rock so this guitar fits perfecly. I have played my father's and my brother's guitar until I got this. I think this guitar has lot to better, but it is still fine guitar compared with the price. If it were stolen I would meaby buy Dean's VMNTX or Jackson KV2. I should have neck-trough-body. // 8
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darman92, on april 17, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 400
Purchased from: Ebay
Features: Made in Japan, this guitar has 24 Jumbo Frets on a Rosewood fingerboard with a 12" to 16" compound radius. This guitar is made from basswood with a flame maple veneer on transparent colors. The neck is bolt-on rock maple with a scarf head-joint stock. Body is obviously of a King-V. My guitar has a String thru non-tremelo adjustable bridge, call it what you will, I call it kickass, because I get to adjust my action from both ends of the guitar. Volume, tone, and a 3-way pickup toggle. It has Duncan Design Humbuckers (HB-103B and HB-102N). Sealed Die-Cast tuners. Mine came in a Vintage Charvel Jackson hardcase with retro blue fuzz sidings... Wee... Standard is just a multi-fit Jackson gig bag. // 9
Sound: The sound, even on a crappy Johnson 15 watt practice amp, is amazing! I love metal, and I'm into Heavy/Speed metal. It works perfectly, tried it on my friend's Randal half-stack, and it was godly! It handle distortion well, but it still has a nice side when playing clean. It's only noisy when I make a noisy mistake, but the sound is always nice and rich. This guitar doesn't have the Standard liscensed Floyd Rose of the other guitars of it's class, but this is more of a custom guitar, so it doesn't do the scoops, but it still possesses a myriad of different sounds. The high output makes it extremely easy for the different types of harmonics. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar has an adjustable action with both the truss rod and the customizable bridge so problems with the action are easily remedied. The pickups according to the origional owner died withing the first few months, so he swapped them out with those of another Jackson X Series, so they're the same. Everything else is working order, except for the classic tone knob problem that's very common with Jacksons. But that problem is also easily remedied. // 8
Reliability & Durability: Seeing as how this guitar withstood the last owner's playing it for over 6 years and it is still is in amazing condition, the guitar is very dependable and will last a long time. Everything is in fine working order, and I wouldn't have a problem performing with it Live. // 10
Impression: I play a lot of metal, and this is a guitar that was designed specifically for playing metal. I've been a performing musician for 12 years, so I know about sound and the like, but have only played guitar for about a year, but have progressed far enough to know quality when I play it. Right now, this guitar is perfect, and will be a good match for me for awhile. I've tried my friend's Warrior (the same one that has the Randal half stack) and I like my V better. If this were stolen, I wouldn't buy a new one, however, I would hunt down the lousy bastard who stole the guitar and personally gut him with the signature Jackson headstock of death. I love everything about this guitar except for one thing: you connot sit down to play this guitar, you have to stand, or else the guitar will slide off your leg. But I enjoy standing and playing, so it's no big deal for me. I retrospectively compared it to an X Series Warrior (Jackson) and I liked the sound of mine better. I just wish I had some official Seymour Duncan Humbucking pickups rather than Duncan Design, but that can be fixed also. All in all, this is an amazing guitar, and I love it dearly! // 10
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unregistered, on march 27, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Sound & Image
Features: This guitar was made in Japan, not sure which year. It features Duncan Designed HB-103 and HB-102 pickups (H-H configuration), a basswood body with a bolt-on rock maple neck, a flame maple top and a low-profile double locking tremolo. The pickups are nice passive ones (no tedious 9V batteries here, thanks)and the guitar has 1 volume, 1 tone, a 3-way pickup Switch, Jackson tuners (may swap for Sperzels)and I got a couple of maintenance tools with it. // 10
Sound: This guitar is perfect for metal. The bridge pickup can chug out an aggressive roar, suitable for squealing Lydian solos and pentatonic tapping sequences, with the lead tone of a Seymour Duncan SH-4 and the rhythm tone of a Seymour Duncan SH-6 (on which the pickup was modelled)- perfect. I use no effects, just my MarshallVS6CR Valvestate and it unleashes an unholy roar when under distortion. The neck pickup is best when clean, and sounds slightly tinny distorted. The pickups are great clean too, but when turned up loudly the bridge distorts slightly. Overall great pickups, though. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: The action was so low when I got it that a piece of paper could barely fit through it. The pickups were adjusted fine - with a great balanced sound. Maybe the bridge pickup was a little higher than the neck. The neck itself was incredibly playable. It was thin, fast and unfinished, allowing you to slide freely up and down the fretboard with ease. The bridge was fine as far as I was concerned, even with the action low, on some strings you could reach five frets. The pickup selector made minor noise, but that's not major. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This guitar will take anything you throw at it (but being so lovely you wouldn't throw anything at it but guitar cleaning products). It is built like a tank, plays faster than Jeremy Clarkson in a Ferrari and sounds fantastic. The stock strap buttons were good; but upgrading to some locking Schallers can't Hurt. The finish is lacquered and therefore indestructible. I could depend entirely on this guitar during a gig, unless a string broke mid-show and I would then have my Dean V close at hand. // 10
Impression: This guitar is built for aspiring shredders and metal riffs. I have already a Jackson KE3, an ESP MW (I may sell that), a Dean V, a Michael Kelly Patriot Custom, a Dean EVO XM and have played Les Pauls, SGs, Strats, Strat copies, Jackson RR's and Dinkies, BC Riches, Ibanez RGs and Ltd Axxions but this Jackson is the best for the money you pay. Get one now! // 10
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unregistered, on march 04, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 280
Purchased from: Guitar Mania
Features: I bought this instead of the RR3 as a great deal came up. Also I really wanted 24 frets like my other guitars, so this is a 1up on the RR3. Don't know when this guitar was made, but I know it was made in Japan due to the made in Japan sticker lol
I was a bit unsure about the chrome hardware at first, but now I totally love it. I found with my Ibanez that the black hardware discoloured over time, and I'm pretty sure that won't happen with this guitar. The saw tooth inlays aren't cheap looking, and you don't notice them on you fret hand when your fretting notes which is great. I am going to have to modify my Floyd Rose tremelo arm as it spins about in the bridge hole too easily - I like it to be a bit more firm so it doesn't constantly swing in front of my picking hand. Also there is a little bit of give when you begin to apply pressure or pull on the arm, you feel the arm rock up/down a fraction before there is any change in the note - this is very bad when you are wanting to do vibrato using the tremelo for Dimebag style harmonics, and I need to get this sorted out. I got a great deal on this guitar - a 10% discount, bought from an online store and courier delivered. I thought there must be some kind of catch with the quality of craftmanship, but I'm left totally impressed. 1 point nocked off for the rubbish jack input location, and the terrible strap button locations. These had to be replaced with locking strap buttons. // 9
Sound: I'm tunning this through a Line 6 spider II mainly, and the guitar sounds great. I have owned much more expensive guitars, including an Ibanez RG and a custom Fender Strat, and suprisingly, I'm loving this guitar even more. The pickups are great, and the 3 way selection Switch does the job - although I don't see much point in the phased centre position - there's really no difference between central and neck position. The bridge pickup is nothing short of immense - although I should tell you when I first got this guitar, it wasn't set up at all. This is mentioned in the next section. The notes sustain great and the guitar intonates very well. I have put Yellow Ernie Ball Slinky 10's on it as I don't like the rubber bandiness of 9's, but still like to do lots of bends when shredding. The tremelo has the issue that there is a bit of a gap that the arm seems to rock back and forth in - even though the nut is tightened completely - it messes up vibrato, and makes it harder to sustain a note you are holding with the trem (as opposed to a sting bend). I need to modify this - some tape should fix it. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: This was my main issue with the guitar. I ordered it online, so sure it had probably been sitting in the box since it was built in Japan. The strings on the guitar were slightly corroded - feeling rough under my fingers, but I planned on changing them anyway to put on gauge 10's. The finish on the guitar was flawless and overall the guitar was very clean. The action was pretty high, which suprised me, as most would expect this guitar to come with a pretty low action as Standard.
Straight away I booked it in with my local guitar luthier. I asked HIM to put on the 10's and adjust the action. It cost me £30 which was money well spent as the guitar now plays sweet as a nut! He had to level the frets as they were slightly out - when your fret's ain't levelled it basically means you will get the strings buzzing on the frets when you play - often needs doing if you are putting on heavier strings or if you are tuning down. He also had to adjust the truss rod, and refloated the Floyd Rose tremelo. He said the intonation was completely out as well and he has got it set up perfectly now - the notes and harmonics fretted at the 12 fret are as perfect in tune as the open strings. Also had to buy locking strap buttons as if you don't get these with this guitar - your strap is garanteed to come loose and the guitar will fall to the ground! They cost me £8 so money worth spending. // 7
Reliability & Durability: I think the durability is good on this guitar - the finish on mine is the Standard black and the paint seems thick and looks perfectly even. Only had it a few days - this review is mainly to comment on the set up and built quality. I replaced the strap buttons as the Standard ones are useless and will result in your guitar strap coming loose and your guitar falling to the ground. The tremelo arm needs something to make it sit tighter in the hole of the bridge.
Fret board is beautiful - had frets levelled and wood oiled with lemon oil and the saw tooth inlays look set to last. The guitar stays perfectly in tune even after heavy divebombs / pull ups - no worries with the tuning here. I've played Live loads, and I'd not be afraid to take this on stage. It also looks very nice, and my friends all love the shape and style of the guitar. // 8
Impression: Overall - I think this is my best guitar yet - totally loving it - I play mainly metal and hard rock and have been playing 19 years. Although the advise I give to you is to send it straight to a local guitar expert to get the guitar set up perfectly with some Ernie Ball strings. It will cost you £30 but it's well worth it - also don't forget the strap locks.
Would I replace this guitar if stolen? I think so - although it's still too early to say as I've only had it a few days. Anyway hope this review has been helpful - I have no regrets buying this over the RR3 ESP as I have 24 frets (evil laugh! ) // 9
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iTzMaTT, on february 26, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: The Guitar Shop
Features: This crazy ass guitar was made in Japan. 24 Jumbo frets for massive shredding. I have no clue what kinda top it is but I'm guessing Laminated. Basswood body, very nice. One of the best V style guitars I have. It's got a Floyd Rose Locking Trem. system. 1 volume knob, 1 tone and a 3-way switch. It's got 2 Seymour Duncan HB-102N for neck and HB-103B Humbucking Pickup for the bridge. I've had this guitar for 5 months now and I still love it. Still looks great and performs well too. // 10
Sound: Man, this guitar rocks. I use a Line 6 Spider III 75W. The KVX10 is great for settings like Soil and Riggs, overall Metal. Acoustics sound good too but I wouldn't play much acoustic without missing the heavy distorted sound a few minutes later. Very rich, warm/fat sound with this guitar. I plan on changing the pickups with DiMarzios or EMGs for sure. Since I use this guitar for gigs it would be best to change the pickups to achieve an even better metal sound. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was brand-spankin' new when I picked it up downtown. It's got a nice black transparent paint job. The pickups were adjusted okay. While cleaning the guitar they wobbled a bit but they still work. The guitar was in perfect shape when I got it. Nothing was out of place and it had the greatest Shine. I would recommend getting a guitar polish for it if you do have the black colour for it gets dirty with finger prints real easy. There are a few little scratches that black nail polish can fix. This guitar is great, just take care of it. // 9
Reliability & Durability: This guitar will totally withstand playing Live. I've used it 4 times since I've got it and I've taken it everywhere to any musical gathering I have with friends. This hardware will last for sure. I don't need a backup guitar with the KVX10 on me. This guitar will last a long time, for sure. // 10
Impression: Even though I've been playing for only 11 months I really like this guitar compared to countless others I tried from friends and in the store. I had a Robson Strat starter before this and obviously the KVX10 blazes it by far. I completely love this guitar, I'd get another one for sure. If it was stolen I'd go emo for Who knows how long and then get another one! If you love metal, this is the guitar for you. // 10
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syringe, on july 22, 2006 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 455
Purchased from: DR Guitar
Features: This guitar was made in 2005 in japan. It has a Basswood body with flame maple veneer on trans amber sunburst, bolt-on maple neck, compound radius rosewood fingerboard with jumbo frets, Duncan Designed humbucking pickups, Jackson double-locking tremolo and chrome hardware. You get a three way selector Switch and a single volume and a single tone. // 10
Sound: Ok I am playing this through various Crate amps and it sounde pretty good for having stock pickups. It sounds great with loads of distortion (I run it through the amps lead channel and my Metal Zone pedal with a slight bit of reverb). I didn't get any hum or feedback except when cranked way up high with the volume on 10. Overall the pickups were just ok so I replaced the bridge with a dh-13 Dimebucker and the neck with a duncan jazzbucker. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: OK the second I picked this off the wall I noticed there was nothing at all wrong from the frets to the paint it was flawless, even the intonation was spot on (when paying for it I found out that the guitar store and fixed the intonation and did a basic cleanup of the guitar). So I say I was very impressed, this being my first Jackson. // 10
Reliability & Durability: Ok this guitar feels solid as a rock I feel like I can swing this bad boy anywhere, I'd still bring a backup though just cause you never know. The finish is thick and looks flawless I do think it will last many years. // 10
Impression: I play metal. This guitar was probably an 8 1/2 stock but after swtching the pickups I think it's a huge 10 for playing heavy music. I think for anything else its options are kind of limited with the volume and tones. My favrite feature is the floyd rose, this oscar is the best tremelo I; ve ever used it keeps its tunning so much better than any of my Ibanez's. I compared alot of guitars that day this guitar won out hands down. If I lost this axe I would cry for a few days and then go buy a new one definately. // 10
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CHASROCK, on july 16, 2007 1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: american musical supply
Features: I don't know when this guitar was made. I got it in July of 2006. It was a dent and scratch model. No biggie, just a minor chip. It must have been made a while ago though, because Jackson has been putting tremolos on the x series for a while now. Mine doesn't have the tremolo. 24 frets, jumbo. Maple neck, rosewood fret. Alder body, bolt-on maple neck, just like a $1200 Fender. Glossy finish. V-shape. String thru body. 1 volume 1 tuner and a 3 way Switch. 2 humbuckers, duncan designed. Jackson tuners. // 6
Sound: I play metal (rhythm and lead). This guitar is all about metal. I use a Behringer gmx 212 amp. My amp sounds like it's holding back a little. A distortion pedal might help a little but I think the source of the problem is the pickups in this guitar. Authentic duncans would probably make my amp roar, and therefore I wouldn't need a pedal. The pickups aren't really too hot. The tone knob works great, I can really hear a difference when turning it. The volume knob is another story. It goes from loud to nothing, no graduation. I can't hear much difference when moving the pickup switch, again this could be the pickups fault. This guitar sounds ok, but with better pickups it would be insane. // 5
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar felt good when I first got it, but after changing the strings a few times and not being careful the bridge got altered. I could easily fix this myself if I knew how. The pickups on it are kinda low. I heard there thould be a space of about 1/8 of an inch when pressing the strings on the highest fret. My guitar has a space of more than a 1/4 inch. Not too good. This can all be fixed very quickly at a guitar shop for about $40 if you don't know how to do it yourself. My guitar was nicked at the point of one of the wings. I knew it was a dent and scratch model. Other than that the guitar was in great condition. The neck is very comfortable for my style: fast, technical rhythms and atmospheric leads. I love the way my picking forearm rests on the wing when I'm playing. // 7
Reliability & Durability: This guitar is scary tough. It has the same effect as a gun on most people. They're flat out scared to hold it. The woods are great. All the knobs are solid and the pickup Switch is real nice. I already said I didn't like the pickups. Better tuning knobs might make a small amount of difference. I play pretty rough, and the guitar keeps it's tune pretty well. // 8
Impression: I'm crazy about the V. It's vecious. Totally metal. I was in awe when I got this guitar. It's extremely comfortable to play while standing, not so much sitting, but Who cares. I'm replacing the pickups with a Duncan distortion in the bridge and a Duncan '59 in the neck. This will probably be the best guitar I've ever played when that's done. It's built well, with good materials (except the pickups). // 8
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sajuuk, on october 11, 2007 0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 748.47
Purchased from: music makers
Features: Made 2006 can't recall where it was made. It has a grand total of 24 frets 25.5" scale neck nice and fast. The body is alder and the neck rock maple with a bolt on joint and a lovely rosewood fingerboard. Also has a licensed Floyd Rose, passive duncan pickups in H-H, single volume and tone control and 3 way selector. // 9
Sound: I play primarily metal and it suits that brilliantly as well as just about every other style I've thrown at it. I'm afraid on the issue of sound/tone quality I haven't been able to see what this guitar is eally capable of because I have a piddly MG. But even on that it sounds fabulous. It handles cleans quite nicely switching to middle position turning on both humbuckers gives a nice warm tone great for clean leads and the neck position is great for clean rhythm chord playing. As well as that it absolutely kicks ass in distortion even on my MG the bridge gives a nice heavy tight distortion with excellent note clarity and power chords sound well and truly heavy. I'm sure it would sound even better with a valve amp. And a note on the LFR: you can't ignore (nonsense) popular opinion this is brilliant. Never goes out of tune (after I set it up properly, obviously as a floating trem it is fiddly to set up). // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was quite well set up in the shop apart from the fact that it was out of tune but I fitted some .10 strings to it so I had to reset it myself. Pickups were set up fine and I had no troubles reseting them to my licking as I tinkered. Think that's all really. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This guitar could withstand Live playing easily though you may want to get strap locks for it the strap pin near the neck joint can easily get twisted out over time. As for using without a back up well if I had no choice I wouldn't be too worried it's durable and the body can take plenty of abuse. Plus the amber sunburst finish looks super KWL. // 8
Impression: I've been playing a year now and have two other guitars and this is the best I've played by far it works for my music style brilliantly plus several others I'm branching into. If it were stolen, I'd join the police force and track it down myself! That's how good this baby is. // 10
Reviewed by:
thethrupnybits, on july 02, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 310
Features: I'm not too sure when this guitar was made but I stumbled across it last year when looking to buy a new one for christmas. It is made in japan (so the sticker on the back of the neck tells me) and has 24 jumbo frets which really do make a difference to what you are playing. It has a bolt-on maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard. it has shark fin inlays that just look awesome and a Jackson Licensed Floyd Rose Low Profile Tremolo for the odd divebomb. It has 2 Duncan Designed pickups which sound tasty. 2 control knobs (volume and tone). // 10
Sound: If you are going to play an acoustic or clean style with this guitar you are wasting your time, the pickups aren't brilliant for a clean setting as you still get a bit of a distorted sound coming through. I am using a Morley pwo power wah pedal and a Marshall MG100DFX combo amp with this guitar. It still sound quality is still really good but if you want that extra crisp sound buy something a little less metal like? This guitar is suited from classic rock to your death metal, the humbucker pick ups make harmonics very easy to do and if you combine the harmonic with the Floyd Rose tremelo they sound awesome. With my old guitar the amount of background noise you got from sitting infront of a computer was just stupid however with this guitar you will get next to no background noise, don't be put off by this as if you want feedback to kick in at a gig it will still happen. The sound quality is brilliant for a heavier style however if you want something a little quieter this guitar isnt for you. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar is made very well however it is very easy to knock the fins of the 'V' as they are really long! I only had a very minor problem when I got mine and this was the volume knob wasn't screwed on properly, this is easily fixed by twisting the screw on the knob with a jewellers screwdriver. I haven't had any other problems with it. When I was looking at buying this guitar I got put off slightly because the Floyd Rose "goes out of tune easily". It will if you get the spring/string tensions wrong but if they are equal it stays in tune for ages. Just don't keep learning songs in different tunings as it takes a good half an hour to tune it properly that is the only downfall. The finishes Jackson can supply are just astounding. This guitar looks good in any finish. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This guitar is very reliable, I would definately use it withought a back up at a gig. The finish is very good however if knocked around a bit it could wear off. It could be made a little more durable but you just have to be carefull where you are slinging it around. // 8
Impression: I play mainly classic rock and a bit of metal. For these styles this guitar is simply brilliant. Compared to my first guitar the Westfield E1000 Strat there is nothing in it. Two completely different ends of the spectrum. The only thing is with this guitar is it is top heavy so your left arm sometimes aches a bit when doing a long gig. // 10
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BigfootScreamer, on october 07, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Features: A black V, with chrome hardware and the typical Jackson sharktooth inlays. As far as I know this guitar is made in Japan, in 2006. It has a basswood body with a bolt-on maple neck. 24 frets. The body is of basswood (yep, the new X-series got basswood bodies). Jackson Licensed Floyd Rose and two Duncan Designed humbuckers. 1 volume, 1 tone and a 3-way Switch. No useless extra, wich is good for me. // 8
Sound: I usualy play a lot of heavy stuff, somekind like Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My valentine, System Of A Down, Metallica and many more, the sound is very suitable with my music,, when I Switch to bridge pick up and overdriving my amp, I can get a great sustain for play solo, and I use the neck pick up for the clean tone, this guitar is so perfect for me, I can play music from punk to metal(but not emo), and the sound is great, for a people Who loves metal, I recomended this guitar for you! // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: The action was really good when I got the guitar, but it could go lower so I adjusted the bridge. There were no flaws in the finish or neck. The was one major problem though, when I bent the thin E sting it went out of tune, not being much of a guitar expert, I don't know what caused this so I just changed the strings and the problem disappered. // 8
Reliability & Durability: I Never Play a gig with this guitar, beacuse I just bought it a couple week ago, but there's an underground festival next month, so I can't wait for the gig with this monster! I've a back up, Squier Standard Startocaster which always onstage when I have a gig, but, this is my main guitar now! // 9
Impression: I have been playing for about 2 years, If this guitar was stolen, I would hunt down the person Who took it and stab them with the pointy fins of the guitar and probably buy the same guitar again, or if I suddenly had loads of cash, I would buy the KV2 or KV2T. This guitar has everything I need: fast thin neck, jumbo frets, no Floyd Rose and it is amazing value for money. // 9
KVX10 KING V
: Can't wait to get one. POSTED: 03/19/2006 - 07:16 pm / quote|
ValascoDaGama
: Wait a second, doesn't the KVX10 have a Floyd Rose? Or are you guys talking about the JS30RR? POSTED: 04/29/2006 - 10:42 am / quote|
..NEM..
: yea, I think that the KVX10 have a Floyd Rose. POSTED: 05/11/2006 - 12:04 pm / quote|
METAL..HEAD
: Quite the guitar for anybody who enjoys Megadeath POSTED: 05/29/2006 - 10:20 pm / quote|
The^Unforgiven
: Btw, on their earlier career, Megadeth used Stantard BC Rich -guitars, and later the Jacksons they used were custom built, so I don't think they can be compared with the X -series KV... POSTED: 06/12/2006 - 07:22 am / quote|
KVX10 KING V
: The only reason why u think they have a floyd rose is because the new Japan models are equiped with them, the older taiwan models don't POSTED: 06/22/2006 - 10:16 pm / quote|
Psyco_X
: AW MAN this guitar is like the best guitar i have right now its like customized with an EMG 81(bridge) and EMG 60(neck) it has such a nice sound and i have a 2005 model SO NO FLOYD ROSE although i really want one i should have waited for this years jacksons but i got the thing for like 600$ so i can't complain POSTED: 07/11/2006 - 01:14 am / quote|
AW MAN this guitar is like the best guitar i have right now its like customized with an EMG 81(bridge) and EMG 60(neck) it has such a nice sound and i have a 2005 model SO NO FLOYD ROSE although i really want one i should have waited for this years jacksons but i got the thing for like 600$ so i can't complain
Floyds suck, get a Kahler, you wont regret it. POSTED: 07/24/2006 - 08:29 am / quote|
pataldo
: What are the advantages / disadvantages of a floyd? POSTED: 07/25/2006 - 06:22 am / quote|
What are the advantages / disadvantages of a floyd?
They are a pain in the ass to tune, they take forever to re-string, they can take over your playing style, they can put the whole guitar out of tune in 1 dive, depending on which you have, and they are VERY high matinence
they make hitting high notes easier, they make a guitar look more professional, you can hond the guitar's weight with a good one, making tricks more fun, aaand...uhh...they up re-sell value POSTED: 08/10/2006 - 11:15 am / quote|
Cryp
: Change It to EMG 81/85 and it will Blast like hell :p
This is gonna be my bext guitar but with a Floyd Rose
Cant wait until i have it ^^ POSTED: 09/19/2006 - 03:56 pm / quote|
Change It to EMG 81/85 and it will Blast like hell :p
True and with the PA2 (20db gain booster) you'll have the same setup as the man himself Kerry King POSTED: 10/14/2006 - 01:30 pm / quote|
guitarNbass
: I play a lot of metal, and a lot of blues, and not much in between... can this guitar play any blues? POSTED: 10/20/2006 - 02:03 pm / quote|
DenHond
: hey dudes, just for knowing, but the picture on top of the site, isn't a kvx10, but from the js30-series or an ESP/LTD version of a V-guitarn --, you can see this where the snares are "implanted"...
The kvx10's snares are on a line... POSTED: 10/28/2006 - 02:21 pm / quote|
Alan2112
: I had bought this guitar,when it arrived i had to send it back because the locking nut was possitioned wrong causing the strings to be out of place.Poor craftmanship,shouldn't of left the factory.I normally love Jackons but i will stick with the higher end guitars from now on. POSTED: 11/25/2006 - 03:44 pm / quote|
hey dudes, just for knowing, but the picture on top of the site, isn't a kvx10, but from the js30-series or an ESP/LTD version of a V-guitarn --, you can see this where the snares are "implanted"...
The kvx10's snares are on a line...
NOOO!!!! It is a KVX10 King V, it's just an old model! The js-series havn't got duncan designed humbuckers! It's not an ESP either. POSTED: 12/09/2006 - 07:03 pm / quote|
PLZKLLME0080
: AWW MAN!!! i just ordered one cuz the only one they had at the store was used and missing a knob and the switch thing. I CANT FREKIN WAIT TO GET IT!!! POSTED: 02/03/2007 - 07:23 pm / quote|
badasskurt
: I got one with the blue crimson swirl finish yesterday POSTED: 02/27/2007 - 01:53 pm / quote|
Dime Blade
: I want one so bad, i just need to get the money for one POSTED: 03/11/2007 - 01:50 pm / quote|
PLZKLLME0080
: JESUS!! my order should be coming in any time now!!! POSTED: 03/12/2007 - 11:32 pm / quote|
badasskurt
: my king v used 3 months POSTED: 03/18/2007 - 10:57 am / quote|
What are the advantages / disadvantages of a floyd?
They are a pain in the ass to tune, they take forever to re-string, they can take over your playing style, they can put the whole guitar out of tune in 1 dive, depending on which you have, and they are VERY high matinence
they make hitting high notes easier, they make a guitar look more professional, you can hond the guitar's weight with a good one, making tricks more fun, aaand...uhh...they up re-sell value
The Floyd Rose on this one is very reliable, the guitar don't go out of tune at all. in fact, I haven't tuned it for 3 weeks now and it's still perfect. although the other disadvantages are still there ;P POSTED: 03/18/2007 - 11:37 am / quote|
HATSFIELD
: dude so pumped bought one of these pupies for $180 of my buddy he hted it because he couldn't play while sitting down lol
!!!!!
Hanger 17
: Would you get obne of these over an ESP? POSTED: 05/13/2007 - 08:12 am / quote|
SkirvyCOBHC
: i have this guitar and when i was tuning it one of the machineheads snapped off POSTED: 05/17/2007 - 01:24 pm / quote|
dikdik3000
: does it have a wammy bar? it's pictured with one on the guitar center website, but it hasn't been listed in any features section on any review i've read. POSTED: 06/07/2007 - 11:17 pm / quote|
badasskurt
: it features a licensed floyd rose, built by jackson POSTED: 06/14/2007 - 07:16 pm / quote|
thenexthetfield
: Gnarkill, Im hoping on geting one of these soon POSTED: 06/18/2007 - 11:47 pm / quote|
rockonmetallica
: gawwwwd i want one!!! jus lookin at it makes me drool from the reviews it sounds pretty good, think i'll get 1 with a floyd rose POSTED: 07/18/2007 - 10:11 am / quote|
rockonmetallica
: ps how much wud it cost me to get it installed with new seymour duncans or EMG 81 + 85's? POSTED: 07/18/2007 - 10:12 am / quote|
thenexthetfield
: i got a red one very nice, i love it POSTED: 08/05/2007 - 06:50 pm / quote|
Corpsegrinder7
: floyd rose? FLOYD ROSE!! YOU FANNYS!!! get a kahler! slayer realised how much better kahlers were when the put them on...oh yeah... ALL OF THEIR GUITARS! but i do intend on buying on of these mother****ersas they are sweeeeet POSTED: 08/06/2007 - 03:34 pm / quote|
Corpsegrinder7
: I got mine today then sent it away to have duncan jazz and jb pickups put in then im considering putting a kahler in instead cause kahlers kick so much more ass then floyd roses do POSTED: 08/13/2007 - 06:29 pm / quote|
tomisfatt01
: im getting one of these guitars.. played it in a shop today and it was great. I play alot of BFMV stuff (no im not emo i like the music) and its great for it. (Y) POSTED: 09/22/2007 - 01:08 pm / quote|
colton.
: yeah im thinking about getting one of these too.. now all i gotta do is get the money. uggh. POSTED: 09/24/2007 - 06:10 pm / quote|
Justinocalypse
: i just got mine today and it's awesome!!!!! POSTED: 09/25/2007 - 05:35 pm / quote|
iTzMaTT
: I'm thinking of getting one of these with Floyd Rose double locking tremolo and a neck locking tremolo as well. Thanks for this review, I want to play metal with this so ****ing bad! POSTED: 09/29/2007 - 05:12 pm / quote|
cravetec
: I bought my KVX10 in August of 2006.. One of the older models with through body set up.. Played it till my fingers bled.. Great action.. Great sound.. Loved it till I got my DK2M Dinky Pro.. Love it still but not as much as my Dinky.. Still kicks ass over my Ibanez tho.. I've played a heap of guitars.. NOTHING, and I mean nothing comes close to either of my Jacksons.. POSTED: 10/06/2007 - 05:59 am / quote|
DenHond
: My KVX10 is priceless and what "cravetec" sais is true, Jackson is way better than Ibanez...
If you want to but a good guitar, then buy a Jackson... POSTED: 10/27/2007 - 07:40 am / quote|
trivium036
: I got mine for 400 pound, not sure how many dollars that is.
It's the newer model with the floyd rose.
It's ****ing immense :]
I haven't tried re-stringing it as my uncle did that for me whe it arrived [ it was delivered to his house, and the strings it came with were shitty] after what i've heard im not in any rush to put in new strings.
But andway it is a really good guitar. POSTED: 01/20/2008 - 11:09 am / quote|
What are the advantages / disadvantages of a floyd?
They are a pain in the ass to tune, they take forever to re-string, they can take over your playing style, they can put the whole guitar out of tune in 1 dive, depending on which you have, and they are VERY high matinence
they make hitting high notes easier, they make a guitar look more professional, you can hond the guitar's weight with a good one, making tricks more fun, aaand...uhh...they up re-sell value
what do you mean by thay can take over your playing style???
my friend used to have a guitar with a genuine floyd rose and the only problem i had when i played it is when i palm muted it changed the pitch slightly knocking it out of tune.
it's probably because i was pressing down to hard though not because of the floyd POSTED: 01/30/2008 - 02:39 pm / quote|
a god
: can someone help me decide between this and the KVX10 King V? POSTED: 02/10/2008 - 09:00 am / quote|
a god
: crap...i meant between this and the Dinky DXMG.
thanks POSTED: 02/10/2008 - 09:00 am / quote|
crap...i meant between this and the Dinky DXMG.
thanks
The DXMG comes with EMG HZ pickups. It would definately be better for sound but I personally like the KVX10 due to its shape. I plan to change the pickups later :P POSTED: 02/26/2008 - 11:54 am / quote|
HenryJoe
: err guy at top u probally didnt realize this but it is a mustaine signature guitar POSTED: 03/07/2008 - 08:49 pm / quote|
Menzaine
: I have one.
AND ITS NOT MUSTAINES SIGNATURE!!
WTF?
His Jackson model went outta production YEARS ago.
He just based his signature on the King V model Jackson had.His model was the KV1.Then he had the ESP DV-8 and Axxion and now hes got his couple of Dean VMNT's including a double neck.MAN I WANT ONE. POSTED: 03/24/2008 - 11:05 am / quote|
thethrupnybits
: I got one of these for xmas and....IS FRICKEN AWESOME!!!!
got the amber sunburst one with floyd rose style trem. Plays like a dream and sounds wel gd through my marshall mg100dfx.
I have one.
AND ITS NOT MUSTAINES SIGNATURE!!
WTF?
His Jackson model went outta production YEARS ago.
He just based his signature on the King V model Jackson had.His model was the KV1.Then he had the ESP DV-8 and Axxion and now hes got his couple of Dean VMNT's including a double neck.MAN I WANT ONE.
true... his first guitar was inspired by the KV1 (or was the KV1)... POSTED: 04/28/2008 - 11:58 am / quote|
gupadoo
: I got one of those a few days ago and all I can tell is that it goes very well, pickups could be changed later on but that's not an issue right now, when i got it it was perfect, really worth it for the price POSTED: 05/12/2008 - 10:53 pm / quote|
Menzaine
: Man i have one i love it but the pickups are crap and i hate the action its too high POSTED: 06/26/2008 - 12:29 pm / quote|
Man i have one i love it but the pickups are crap and i hate the action its too high
i dont know what you're on buddy but the seymour's do this guitar much justice.
and if the action is too high you can easily fix that if you have the one without the floyd rose.
but if you have the one with the floyd
you have to take it somewhere unless you seriously know what your doing. but from the sounds of it you dont know how, but the action CAN be lowered. POSTED: 08/10/2008 - 08:41 pm / quote|
Oli_Sykes
: i'm thinking of buying this guitar next summer..but i'm wondering..It is good for metalcore/deathcore stuff? POSTED: 09/29/2008 - 07:32 am / quote|
i'm thinking of buying this guitar next summer..but i'm wondering..It is good for metalcore/deathcore stuff?
Nothing is ever good for deathcore because deathcore is shit
LMAO
I'm gonna pick this up. The actual one is better then the picture posted. It's a much darker, cooler black and the picture is the one without the floyd rose. Def. looks like it's gonna be a good purchase POSTED: 11/20/2008 - 11:39 pm / quote|
bry_bry
: This guitar is a great metal guitar! I changed the bridge pickup to an sh6 duncan distortion and the tone is more enhanced. I like everything about the guitar its so easy to play. I only have two minor complaints the strap is uncomfortable because of the shape and the location of the input but other than that there is nothing really wrong with it POSTED: 01/04/2009 - 03:14 am / quote|
ivillacorta
: Can anyone talk about: Jackson KVX10 vs. Dean Dave Mustain signature guitar? POSTED: 07/24/2009 - 02:34 pm / quote|
trivium036
: This guitars great. Im really happy with it. Only things ive found wrong with it are:
The volume control fell off on mine, but it was easily screwed back on.
And also mine is a little heavy at the head, so if im standing up playing it falls down at the top.
Mine is a 2008 model btw. But i would recomend this. 9.5/10.
Especially is comparison to my squier strat.
FearOfTheDuck
: Is this guitar really top heavy? because my sg does that and its really annoying! POSTED: 08/16/2009 - 03:32 pm / quote|
1if3 0wn3r
: This guitar is very good, especially for the price. I'm talking about the newer KVX10 X one. The one with the Floyd Rose and made in Japan. They sound good and have a nice finish. I'm sure the older one also sounds as good.
BTW, mine has EMG 81+85 installed so it sounds even better! POSTED: 10/04/2009 - 11:24 pm / quote|
Is this guitar really top heavy? because my sg does that and its really annoying!
Ahh, they are a lil bit heavy at the neck, but it's not a big problem (for me). Try to find one to see how it feels. POSTED: 10/04/2009 - 11:25 pm / quote|
Can anyone talk about: Jackson KVX10 vs. Dean Dave Mustain signature guitar?
The Mustaine guitar is a lot better because it was professionally custom-made and is also a lot more expensive. That's all I know. POSTED: 10/04/2009 - 11:26 pm / quote|
Marzy Boy
: JACKSON RR3 - black or JACKSON KVX10 KING V - black or DEAN RAZORBACK DB - white
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from the reviews it sounds pretty good, think i'll get 1 with a floyd rose 
