Double Rhoads V ($4000) vs. King V

[Gabriel Raphael]

Can anyone tell me what the differences between the 2 are aside the limited edition?

Cheers

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[sully]

iirc, the wings are 2" longer on a double rhoads. a double rhoads was what the original king Vs were.

[Gabriel Raphael]

So why not call them Double Rhoads instead of King Vs then, strange.

[neilli]

The King V is smaller, ergo, it's not a Double Rhoads....

[RacerX]

Hi Gabriel

I like your enthusiasm!

However, you're asking lots of questions that can be answered with a bit of research.

Here are some places to start:

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/search.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Guitars

http://audiozone.dk/cm/jackson-charv...alog-scans.php


Good luck!

[Brooke]

It's called a double rhoads, becuase the points are as long a the long point on a Rhoads. So it's a really big V!

[sully]

So why not call them Double Rhoads instead of King Vs then, strange.

mainly because the double rhoads was eventually called the king v in honor of robbin "king" crosby, who was the highest profile user of that model.

sully

[Axewielder]

Dave Linsk's name comes up a lot when there's talk of the Double Rhoads.

[Gabriel Raphael]

Hi Gabriel

I like your enthusiasm!

However, you're asking lots of questions that can be answered with a bit of research.

Here are some places to start:

http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/search.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Guitars

http://audiozone.dk/cm/jackson-charv...alog-scans.php


Good luck!

Hey thanks

I have a bit to learn about Jacksons stlll, i regret not having any until now., i am becoming a huge admirer of these guitars

[eakinj]

Anyone on here have one and can share pics? I remember back on the jackson site there was some employee Double Rhoads that was pin striped and looked pretty killer

[Hellraiser6502]

Dave Linsk's name comes up a lot when there's talk of the Double Rhoads.

Who's Dave Linsk?

[sully]

now now...

[Axewielder]

Who's Dave Linsk?

Guitarist for Overkill. I understand he originally spec'ed out the first "double Rhoads", and Crosby saw one and wanted one too. Hey, I'm not trying to take anything away from Crosby, because he's still "the man" as far as I'm concerned.

[RacerX]

[STLKINGV]

Anyone on here have one and can share pics? I remember back on the jackson site there was some employee Double Rhoads that was pin striped and looked pretty killer

Here is a size comparison picture.



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