Kerry King's New B.C. Rich

[Sharkfin]

I'm glad to see I'm not alone in thinking that is a hideous guitar... did KK ever play Jackson's?

[toejam]

did KK ever play Jackson's?

Not that I'm aware. He probably played Jeff's Soloist, but he's been a die-hard B.C. Rich fan, then when they were sold to Class Axe here on the East Coast, he had an ESP endorsement for a few years then went back to B.C. Rich when Bernie bought the company back.

[FastJunkie]

Too pointy.

[markD]

too childish and wanna be metal. the thing that kills me about all these ridiculous pointy guitars is that the best metal was made on normal, modded guitars...like strats, gibson V's, explorers, SG's....shit, even slayer used gibsons back in the day....they sounded better then too..."show no mercy" is their best album, though "hell awaits" has some good stuff too....

metal does NOT equal a multitude of "points" on a guitar.....bc rich needs to just quit making new designs and realize that they have nothing innovative to offer. all the off shoots of bc rich, like moser and rico jr need to quit too.

ugliest guitars ever - all of em....

[j2379]

he should go back to using warlocks & mockingbirds.

[wilkinsi]

I thought it was Warlocks and V's with reversed pointy headstocks that he played.

[KBRR]

that thing is hideous

[toejam]

I thought it was Warlocks and V's with reversed pointy headstocks that he played.

Back in the day, he used a Mockingbird, and a Gibson Explorer. Jeff played a Les Paul, as well as a B.C. Rich Strat (Gunslinger? ST3?) and Bich.

Dean Zelinksi also presented Kerry with a Dime V at last year's NAMM. Dime had it in the works for him before he died.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tROwGxXjtA

[RacerX]

As usual, the RoadRunner comments are hilarious.

[Venomboy]

Turd guitars.

[Gartron]

too childish and wanna be metal. the thing that kills me about all these ridiculous pointy guitars is that the best metal was made on normal, modded guitars..
....

spot on

[Flatpicker]

spot on

I suppose, but I like the Warlock shape.
The other pointy's get to be too much, but the Warlock is comfortable.

[markD]

well, at least the warlock was different and a bit innovative when it was released. same with some of the jackson guitars. they WERE different from a gibson or a fender, which of course, were the staple guitars of the time.

even with the ibanez iceman or the bc rich mockingbird....they were a bit more extreme whe they were intorduced, but you can easily see what classic guitars they are derived.

modern day "metal" guitars are gaudy (like schecter and LTD), too pointy (bc rich, moser, rico jr., some of those pablo jacksons), and would mostly appeal to people more concerned about LOOKING metal rather than PLAYING metal.

sorry....i can play speed riffs and fast solos on my hamer vector, which is VERY nice and VERY classy, as well as i could on that new bc rich abortion.......

and don't get me started on down tuning to be "heavy"......

[AK47]

I am going to use this thread as a excuse to post my KKVs.

[Flatpicker]

I am going to use this thread as a excuse to post my KKVs.

Any excuse will do. those are nice.