PS3T vs KING V STD

[leevan_lee]

my 90's stock PS3T Rhoads Made in Japan, for a
90's stock King V STD Professional Made in Japan. (its the model with the KING V STD on the truss rod cover and also has dot inlays and says professional beside Jackson logo)
Both guitars have dot inlays, bolt on necks and lisenced floyds. but the king V has no tone control i think. Just volume and pick

Is this a fair trade value-wise? or does it lean towards one?
And if anyone has comments on the King V, please do tell. Like how it plays/reviews

i want to know too the difference of their necks/how thin for anyone who has played both. please tell me

[metalchurch79]

I owned a PS3-T and I currently have a '93 KV Standard. Im more partial to the KV because it has a much thinner neck, which is 17mm @ 1st and 19mm@ 12th frets. Probably the thinnest neck ever offered on a Jackson, and I've played alot of them.
The KV Standard was made from 1993-95 I believe and the PS3 was made from '95-96 (???)
The KV was made in only 3 colors: Black, White, and Purple, and had black hardware
Not sure about the PS3, but I know that Black was offered. Mine was Transparent Red. I believe it also had black hardware.
The KV also has a JT-580 Takeuchi trem, which is better than the PS3's JT-500.

So I guess it all depends on which body style you prefer, and what controls you like, because the KV does only have 1 volume and a 3 way and 2 humbuckers, but the PS3 has 2 volumes, 1 tone, and a 3 way, as well as 2 humbuckers.

Both guitars could benefit from a pickup swap, and possibly a better Floyd.
If they are both stock with no mods, I'd lean toward the KV, because the "Professional bolt on models were a tad better than the "Performer" models, but they are both nice guitars.

[leevan_lee]

thanks buddy, i already have a JB and Jazz stored in here ready for whatever guitar i end up with. the guy wants the trade since he really prefers the Rhoads Body. My only problem now is that my PS3t is in better condition but its fair trade i guess.

my theory on why the STD Vs had professional on the headstock was that they were actually the same necks used for the more more expensive kig v's that time, save the sharkfin inlays and fretboard wood.

[VitaminG]

so your theory is that they pre-printed "Professional" on the headstocks BEFORE they inlaid the fretboards for whichever inlay was required for that particular guitar?! For what benefit, to save time? I would think that slapping a logo on the guitar would be the quickest & easiest of all steps in putting a neck together

[leevan_lee]

well.. theyre... japanese hahhahahah lol i dont know honestly why they put a professional on the headstock if it was already the lowest king V model that time. or was it?

[VitaminG]

it may have been the cheapest KingV at the time, but unlike Rhoads & Dinkies, Jackson never released a Performer version of the KingV. You could go down from the Professional RR3 to the Performer PS3, but you couldn't do the same with the KV3 (or KingV STD).

[leevan_lee]

does this mean the KV STD rivals the present RR3/Pro series? (build and quality -wise exclude the pickup models)

[Spivonious]

Short answer, yes.

As to why they say Professional on the neck, it's because that's the series of guitar. For example, in the Professional series there was a Kelly Std, Kelly XL, and Kelly Pro.

I had a King V Std and it was a great guitar. I'd go for it unless the V is in horrible condition.

[leevan_lee]

here are her pics the guy showed me. this is all correct right? 1 volume, King V STD on trussrod cover and Professional on logo. It seems like it has a Lo JT580?

[Spivonious]

Looks pretty good for its age. It should be just a normal JT580.

[leevan_lee]

yes, they guy has the original jackson charvel molded harcase for it as well

[Newc]

it may have been the cheapest KingV at the time, but unlike Rhoads & Dinkies, Jackson never released a Performer version of the KingV. You could go down from the Professional RR3 to the Performer PS3, but you couldn't do the same with the KV3 (or KingV STD).

does this mean the KV STD rivals the present RR3/Pro series? (build and quality -wise exclude the pickup models)

No, what he's saying is that if you had an RR3, you could trade down to a PS3, but if you had a King V STD, there was nothing to trade down to that had a King V body.

Of course, this is speaking in terms of "back then". Obviously you could trade down to a KVX10 today.

[leevan_lee]

oh, but the KV STD is essentialy worth more than the PS3T Right?

[leevan_lee]

Wait i have a question, does the KING V STD have that same flat neck with no radius and smaller frets? "speed neck"?

[RacerX]

oh, but the KV STD is essentialy worth more than the PS3T Right?

Yeah, but not by much.