King V Body without neck | Guitar project

[Wally312]

Hello there,


this is my very first post this forum.
I'll be very happy to introduce myself on a separate post

First of all I'm left handed.....and I'm quite of noob regarding building a guitar or playing guitars.
I'm learning both but not at the same speed.

That's about building a guitar I will mainly discuss.
I bought a King V body, apparently made for bolt on necks.
That's not a big deal for me if the body is right handed. I will do the necessary either alone or with my luthier or adjsut hardware (knobs, switch and tremolo system).
I have a Kelly for Lefty where the factory Jackson tremolo for right handed was adapted for lefty despite the guitar itself is for left handed. Anyway.

Now... i have no experience at all about Jackson guitars parts for King V. For example I couldn't tell if the body is conceive for a neck with 22 or 24 frets. Can't say which one would fit.

I have attached a couple of pictures, that may help for research.













I am following parts on Ebay and Reverb but I don't know yet if member of this forum can sell used parts, make repalcement neck, etc.
As long as I can learn things and get it ready to play, that's all that matter

Thank you

[Mudlark]

KVR-7 stamp? Was that a model? Doesn't appear to be a 7 string neck pocket.

Until we figure out what model it is we won't know if it's a 22 or 24...unless someone knows of another way?

Despite the sticker (which could've been added...they usually go on the back of the neck anyways), those do look like Japanese stamps. Is the jack on the lower or upper horn? Square or oval shaped jack screw pattern?
There was a 22 fret KV2, 22 frets with similar specs as that body, but there was also a KVX10D that had 24 frets with those specs.

[BlackRR]

If you measure the distance from the center of the Floyd mounting posts to the neck pocket you can figure out if it's a 22 or 24 , a 22 fret body should be roughly 6 9/16" while a 24 fretter would be 5 13/16"

[Wally312]

Hi there,

I'm currently away from home. I will check measures on wednesday.
I am not 'fluent' with the US measurement system. Will it be ok if i give you that in centimeter?
For the more jack, i will figure out if it's on the upper or lower horn =)
Thank you

[JCB RR1]

Multiply 1" (inch) by 2.54 and you'll have the measure in centimeters. For example: 6 9/16" = 16.69 cm.

[Axewielder]

Interesting, so were there any bolt-on MIJ KV's in silver sparkle? I'm stumped.

[Mudlark]

Now that Axewielder mentions it, I actually never gave much thought to the finish, but it may be a Snow White Pearl finish late '90s KV3. 22 frets.
I'm not familiar with that finish, so I may be corrected.

[toejam]

The KV4 (24-fret neck-thru) was available in Platinum, which was pretty close to Silver Sparkle. I thought the bolt-on, 22-fret KV3 was also available in that color, but I may be wrong.

[Newc]

I had a KV-3 in Purple Sparkle, so Silver Sparkle may be real. Given that you can still see the shielding paint in the pickup cavities, I'd say it was a factory finish.

However, the KVR - 7(whatever's under the sticker) may not be 7-string, but rather a KV-Reverse, to go along with the Kelly Rev and Dinky Rev from the same period. Whatever's under the sticker will probably shed more light. Could be a special dealer run, as well.

To my knowledge, the KVX10D only came string-through/tom (as with the BGF I had some years ago), so I'm leaning towards Japan-made KV-Reverse.

[Guitarkid8]

My only input is that I'm almost positive that guitar had a JT580LP factory.

[Newc]

But then again, I believe the Kelly and Rhoads 7-strings were stamped KE7R and RR7R, so KVR7 would be incorrect.

The more I look at it, the stamp looks like KVP, not R. But then, "KV Pro" wouldn't make sense, unless it was built when Japan was making the other non-Pro models, and if there was a non-Pro KV, unless they simply had the foresight to include the "P" stamp.

The original bolt-on Pro series KV2s were stamped KV2, as I recall.

The 5-5 might be May 1995.

[toejam]

The original KV2 didn't have a tone control, plus it had the regular JT580, not the LP version. I'm thinking it's just a KV3.

[Wally312]

Thanks for all your input. Real experts. Starting basically from no knowledge i appreciate a lot all those details.

[Mudlark]

Don't forget to check the jack location/screw pattern and check under that MIJ sticker.

[Wally312]

I should be back at home in 3hours i will check directly plus upload other pictures