Jackson King-V

I have the 1997 model Japanese made King V. It has a black finish, 22 frets, a bolt-on neck, rosewood fingerboard, maple neck, poplar body, and a Floyd Rose trem. The 2 humbucker pickups are stock Jackson's, but they are awesome. It has a Volume control, a Tone control, and a 3-way pickup selector. Dunno who made the rest of the hardware (tuners, etc), but im guessign it was Jackson. The guitar came with a nice lined hardshell case. I bought the guitar primarily because i wanted the same kind that Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) played, but after jamming on it for a while i can honetly say that i made the right choice! There is nothing this guitar won't do with a minimum of tweaking.

I primarily play Death Metal/Thrash Metal so the guitar, visually at least, rates a 10 hehe. My only problem is that the guitar's pickups are simply AMAZING when i run through my DOD FX86 distortion pedal, but when playing clean they can sound a little weak. Other than that, the guitar is perfect for anyone into the death/black/thrash/speed metal scene.

I am very very impressed with Jackson. When i got the guitar, all i had to do was tune it up and take off! Everything was set up nicely. I've had the guitar for almost a year now, and it's had to go into the shop ONCE to be adjusted. Also, its never broken a single string! The strings don't buzz at all, and the Jackson Floyd Rose trem keeps them in tune amazingly, i rarely have to make a serious adjustment.

Well, its never broken, and the only thing to ever go wrong was the pickup selector sometimes would not work just right. But that was fixed by simply tightening the screw holding it on. The strap buttons are in a weird place, so a Strat-style player for instance might be suprised as to where the guitar "sits" when you strap it on. Also, do not try to play a Flying-V style guitar sitting down. This is really not reccomended hehe. The finish seems to attract fingerprints and dust, but a quick polish fixes that easily.

Its only been in once, and that was to get the intonation and everything tweaked after 6 months of playing, so i haven't really dealt with this yet.

This guitar is amazing. Visually it is striking, but sonically it leaves almost nothing to be desired in the death/thrash metal scene. Guys, whether its a King V or not, you have to try a Jackson guitar. The thin necks are lightning fast, and you will not be disappointed. If this guitar ever got broken/stolen/lost, the only way i would ever replace it would be to get a custom made King V from the Jackson Custom Shop. Other than that, i have yet to see a factory model guitar that can hold a candle to my King V! Read my review for my Epiphone Gold Flying V also if ya want.

Japanese made, 22 frets, solid poplar body with bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fretboard and dot inlays. Shape is like a flying v with no pickguard and really pointy edges.. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth uses it. 1 volume knob, 1 3-way selector, 2 Jackson design pickups, Jackson floyd Rose licensed tremelo, locking nut, black hardware, black finish, jackson tuners, thin wide neck, jumbo frets. Came with case.

Great neck pickup tone for the price.. very good when used with chorus and some reverb on the clean channel. Bridge pickup is high-output, but lacking in bass and mids. thin tone from bridge. Incredible for scooped-mid thrash though. TOo bad our band usually boosts the mids. The pickups are very quiet though.

Good action, but not from the factory, so I can't tell. Pickups were both way too low.. raising increaesd the output and fatness. Everything else was okay.

It will and has withstood live playing. Everything is pretty good, but the bridge is a floating floyd, so you need a backup, but that is not a design or production flaw.

They're okay.. not the best, but certainly better than fender or gibson or some other huge manufacturer. They ain't as nice as BC Rich though!

Uh.. this isn't my guitar. It's my rhythm guitarists, but I'm reviewing it for him. IT's pretty good, the shape of it is AWESOME, but the pickups could stand replacing. I'm gonna tell him to put EMGs in it. :) It really needs 2 volume controls and 24 frets though.

Has 22 frets, floyd locking trem, thin neck, two humbuckers (replaced with Duncan Full Shred models),one volume knob and dot inlays. Good finish, very tough. It's a 1994 model, so it was made when Jackson's "Professional Series" was a quality guitar.

Sounds brutal. Absolutely skull shaking. Only problem I have is that the neck heel is bolt-on so it's a little difficult to get to the higher frets.

Action is good. Had to do a minimal of tweaking, but it came out of the box in such a state that I knew tweaking it would only take about 2 minutes.

This guitar will withstand quite a bit of punishment. It's tough and reliable. Stays in tune and is light enough to carry with you for a long time.

Decent warranty. I do most repairs myself.

Been playing for 5 years. I would not buy one of the new ones. Most of the new Jackson "Professional Series" and the "PS Series" are crap. I'd look for another used one. But the old ones like I have are the shit. They're just as good quality as the US made stuff.

Year: 1996 Frets: 22 Controls: Volume, tone, 3-way selector Pickups: H/H JS500 Electronics: Passive Body style: King-V Bridge: Floyd Rose Tuners: double-locking Neck: Thin Country: Japan

The style and build of the guitar suits my main style (metal) perfectly, which is to be expected. I use a CRATE T35 Tube amplifier, which is perfect as I live in a flat and don't want the neighbours to get TOO angry! There's a reasonable amount of handling noise, but I guess that's normal for this type of guitar. Extremely rich sound, really full solo sound on the neck pickup and a nasty grinding rythm sound on the bridge. You can get some surprisingly jazzy sounds out of the neck pu with clean settings and a bit of reverb, but for the rest it's a metal-only guitar! The spikey bits can get damaged really easily, so be carefull. I do like them though!

The action was set near-perfect. I still have to set the pickups right though. After I let the guy at the guitar shop screw around with it for a few hours, the intonation is just perfect. Because of the thin neck and the Floyd Rose it does detune slightly when you move around alot, not that this is very noticable with my kind of music, but that's to be expected. The quality of the hardware is quite good considering the price, it tunes perfectly, both on the normal tuners and the bridge, and the switches and controls have a nice feel.

As I said above, it will damage easily at certain points, but if you are carefull enough it should be allright. The hardware seems pretty durable. Finish is quite hard, so it won't simply dent, but go right through to the wood. Backup is needed, because if you break a string, because of the Floyd it will go out of tune and restringing it will take ages!

I had it fine-tuned at the guitar shop, and after that it seems to be just right. I once had a dent redone and it was quite expensive because of the finish. As this is all due to the shop I will leave "No opinion"!

I have been playing for well over 3 years and it's starting to sound almost bearable. My first guitar which I still owm is a Korean Vantage stratocasterwhich is allright. If it was stolen, I'd find the thief and kill him!!! I really love this guitar! I like the looks and the sounds, both are extremely nasty. I don't really know any other guitar that looks quite like it (except the Gibson Flying-V, but that looks friendly compared to this one). It is really plain looking and black, which is what I prefer, as simple as possible.