Jackson King V X Series KVXMG STN BLK
Product information "Jackson King V X Series KVXMG STN BLK"
The King V is one of the most famous Jackson guitar designs. With the KVXMG STN BLK, Jackson has an affordable version of this classic in its programme. The facts are impressive: solid poplar body, maple/laurel neck in comfortable speed neck shaping, official EMG pickups and the indispensable Floyd Rose tremolo - all in a cool "all black" look.
- Body Material: Poplar
- Body Shape: Heavy
- Bridge / Tremolo: Floyd Rose™ Special
- Bridge Pickup: EMG 81
- Color/ Finish: Satin Black
- Colour: Black
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- Country of Origin: Indonesia
- Fretboard: Indian Laurel
- Fretboard Inlays: Pearloid Sharkfin
- Fretboard radius: 12" - 16" Compound
- Frets: 24
- Hardware: Black
- Neck: Maple
- Neck Pickup: EMG 85
- Neck construction: Neck thru
- Pickup Configuration: H-H (2x Humbucker)
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3 way toggle
- Pickup type: active
- Scale: 25" (635 - 659 mm)
- Scale Length: 25,5" (648 mm)
- Signature Model: yes
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .009 - .042
- Technology: Solid Body
Jackson Guitars arose from Grover Jackson's takeover of the well-known company Charvel's Guitar Repair in 1978. The collaboration with then Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Randy Rhoads in 1980 resulted in the Rhoads body shape still available today and also marked the start of Jackson Guitars. The timing was perfect: heavy metal enjoyed a heyday in the 1980s and the trend (sparked by Eddie Van Halen) was for so-called super- or powerstrats. These are guitars that are visually more or less based on the classic ST shape but fitted with more modern and stylistically appropriate components like humbuckers or Floyd Rose tremolos. Jackson soon earned a reputation as a forge of first-class, USA-built high-end custom instruments, seen in the hands of many well-known guitarists of the era. With the musical changes of the 1990s, Jackson Guitars began opening factories in the Far East to offer their instruments in more affordable price ranges. Since 2002 both Jackson and Charvel have been part of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.